The Wisconsin Department of Justice is awarded a $825,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to fund the Youth Crisis Stabilization and Detention Reentry Program. This program aims to enhance mental health and substance use disorder assessment, treatment, and reentry services within juvenile detention centers (JDCs) across Wisconsin. Key program activities include: Training facility staff on evidence-based mental health and...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Sauk County, Wisconsin under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund the "Navigating Recovery Project" to implement a comprehensive approach to reducing the impact of substance use disorders in the county. Key products and services to be delivered include: Embedding peer recovery support services through a partnership with the nonprofit organization...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Strength In Peers Inc., a non-profit organization based in New Market, Virginia. The grant will fund the Page County Jail Reentry Project, which aims to reduce recidivism and improve behavioral health and reentry outcomes among incarcerated individuals in Page County, Virginia. The project will provide reentry and recovery services, including peer support,...
This $832,988 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) supports a three-phase project led by Justice System Partners (JSP), a non-profit organization. The project aims to transform the culture of substance use recovery by implementing the Coach (Referee) Model for Change (CRMC) in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections and Massachusetts Parole Board. Phase one involves...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Milwaukee County Housing Services (MCHS) to implement the SMART Reentry: Housing Demonstration Project. The purpose is to increase affordable, safe housing options for residents of Milwaukee County's Community Reintegration Center (CRC) upon their reentry into the community. Key project activities include convening a reentry task force, providing secure...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $825,000 Project Grant to the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will support the Community Peer Support and Early Intervention Program, which provides specialized case management and peer support services to adult individuals reentering the Denver metro area community with co-occurring mental health and moderate to high substance use needs. The program aims to reduce...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $750,000 Project Grant over 3 years under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to CGA, Inc. to expand the Pinal County Community Reentry Project. The project will provide peer recovery support services, including individual assessment, case management, and referrals, to approximately 300 inmates preparing for release and during reentry from state prisons and the Pinal County Jail. The project will also train individuals to become...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $898,188 three-year Project Grant to the City of Philadelphia under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) program. The grant funds the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and the Philadelphia Department of Prisons partnership to establish the PeerSTAR Expansion SUD Pilot. The pilot will increase substance use disorder treatment capacity in the...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Weber County, Utah a $1.3 million project grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program to enhance reentry support services for justice-involved individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The grant will fund two peer recovery support specialists and two reentry coordinators to provide addiction recovery and systems navigation services integrated within the local criminal justice system and homeless shelter. It...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,300,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the Fond du Lac County Health Department. The grant will fund the Fond du Lac County Bridges to Recovery Program, which aims to expand mental health and substance use treatment services in the Fond du Lac County Jail. Key activities include increasing peer support services, expanding counseling to...