The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $825,000 Project Grant to the City of Houston's Health and Human Services Division under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will support the Houston Health Department's Community Re-Entry Network Program (CRNP), which partners with the community to devise strategies for reducing recidivism, enhancing public safety, and facilitating the successful transition of ex-offenders into productive members of the Houston...
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 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 Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc. The 36-month grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, supports the "Reintegrating Individuals Successfully through Empowerment" project. This program aims to assist up to 300 reentering citizens in the Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Broward counties reintegrate into...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $850,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (HCCSCD) in Houston, Texas. The grant's purpose is to enhance public safety and build trust between HCCSCD, its staff, the Young Adult Caseload (YAC) clients, and the broader Harris County community. Key objectives include: 1) training HCCSCD staff on the HEAT curriculum, an evidence-based...
The Salt Lake County Jail Release Resource Center was awarded a $1 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) federal grant program. The grant will fund the establishment of a release resource center to provide formerly incarcerated individuals services to aid their reentry into the community from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As described in the grant...
The Denton County MHMR Center (the Center) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) effective October 1, 2023. Through this 3-year grant, the Center aims to improve reentry outcomes for at least 400 beneficiaries incarcerated in Denton County, Texas who have mental health and/or substance use diagnoses. The Center will deliver evidence-based strategies such as Adult Needs...
The Superior Court of Guam was awarded a $1,124,943 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 grant funding will be used to enhance the existing Guam Adult Reentry Court Program (GARC) over a 4-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. The program aims to provide substance use disorder treatment, recovery support services, and transition assistance to up to 80 justice-involved...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will fund the Page County Jail Reentry Project. The project aims to reduce recidivism and improve behavioral health and reentry outcomes for up to 90 adults incarcerated in the Page County Jail who have moderate or high criminogenic risk and substance use or co-occurring mental health challenges. Over a three-year period from October 1, 2024 to...
The Jefferson Parish Government was awarded a $1,000,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Jefferson Parish Reentry Program. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812), with a completion date of September 30, 2025. The Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative aims to reduce recidivism and help individuals returning from prisons and jails to successfully...
The Louisiana Parole Project has been awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). This funding will strengthen the mental health and substance abuse screening and assessment process for individuals preparing to return to the community after serving long sentences in prison. The grant will support a mental health care team of two Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) and one...
The Gulf Coast Center was awarded a $825,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) to support the Galveston County Jail Reentry Program. This 36-month grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to enhance connections to and retention in treatment for individuals exiting the Galveston County Jail who have serious mental illness. Key services to be provided include psychiatric care, medication management, case management, therapy, and peer support. The program seeks to serve 80 adult participants per year, for a total of 240 participants over the grant period, with the goal of reducing recidivism through evidence-based interventions and targeted support services.