The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) has been awarded a $900,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will fund the "Education Initiatives for Justice-Involved Individuals" program, which aims to create evidence-based, trauma-informed educational pathways to help incarcerated individuals in Kansas obtain high school diplomas and increase their employment...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $743,662 Project Grant to the Second Chance Center, Inc. (SCC), a Colorado-based nonprofit organization. The funding will be used from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 to provide comprehensive reentry services to individuals with substance use disorders or behavioral health conditions who are being released from the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections. Key services to be provided through the award...
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) was awarded $1,000,000 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) federal grant program for a 54-month project period ending March 31, 2027. The funding will support ODMHSAS and sub-awardee Grand Lake Mental Health Center Inc. to deliver individualized reentry services to formerly incarcerated individuals with mental...
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) received a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will be used to streamline processes for probation and parole officers, improve their use of case management data to encourage pro-social behaviors, and increase the employment readiness of clients. Key initiatives include developing mobile applications for client intake,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. The purpose of the grant is to implement a best practice diversion model to improve crisis stabilization and community reentry for individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. The project aims to screen, assess, and...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $825,000 Project Grant to Cayuga Counseling Service Inc., a non-profit organization in Auburn, New York, under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will be used to strengthen and expand pre- and post-release treatment services for 75 adults and youth reentering the community following incarceration in Cayuga County. The services will include evidence-based interventions such as mobile and clinic-based crisis...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to The Center For People in Need located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will fund a program to improve employment outcomes and reduce recidivism for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals in the Lincoln metropolitan area. Key program activities include providing career development training,...
This $989,298 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.585 Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program) supports the establishment of an adult recovery court program by the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), a non-profit federally qualified health center. The program aims to reduce crime and substance abuse, reunite families, and increase community safety by providing intensive case management, home contacts, drug...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to the Oklahoma County Diversion Hub, Inc. The grant funds the creation of a Workforce Support Program (WSP) that partners with the Oklahoma County Public Defender's Office to improve long-term employment outcomes and reduce recidivism for 500 individuals reentering the community from incarceration in Oklahoma County. Key services...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Recovery Point of Huntington, Inc. a $750,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to implement a Second Chance Reentry Program in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, Inc. The program will provide pre-release, post-release, and stability services to incarcerated males...