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The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $694,937 Project Grant under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program to Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC). The funding will support CPNYC's "Voices from Afar: Strengthening Connections between Children and Incarcerated Parents" program. Key activities include strengthening relationships with correctional facilities, facilitating trauma-informed trainings for...

The Vanderburgh County Superior Court was awarded a $691,814 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.831 Children of Incarcerated Parents program) to implement the Vanderburgh Parenting Reentry Program. The program aims to improve services for incarcerated individuals, their children, and families, with a focus on Black, Haitian, and Latino communities in southern Indiana. Key services include developing and expanding...

The Children's Trust of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Corrections will use a $741,960 award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop a family education program under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812). The program aims to reduce risk factors and improve protective factors for high-risk families with incarcerated parents by engaging parents and children in innovative...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections was awarded a $741,960 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Children of Incarcerated Parents program. The grant will fund the Second Chance Families Program to improve services for incarcerated parents and their children from October 2022 to September 2025. Specifically, the program will develop strategies to foster positive family engagement through reunification...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections will use a $741,960 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement the THRIVE (Therapeutic, Restorative, and Inspired Visitation Enhancement) program. Under this Children of Incarcerated Parents grant, the Department will plan, build, and design family-friendly visitation spaces and updated safety protocols for children visiting...

The federal Project Grant award of $691,814 under the Children of Incarcerated Parents program (CFDA 16.831), funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, supports the STARR (Start Talking About Rebuilding Relationships) program proposed by North Carolina Families United. This 3-year project aims to address the multifaceted challenges faced by incarcerated parents and their families in North Carolina. The STARR program will offer a range of...

The Franklin County Fiscal Court was awarded a $739,239 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Children of Incarcerated Parents program. The three-year award will support Franklin County in implementing positive family engagement strategies and activities to address the needs of incarcerated parents with minor children. Specifically, the county will provide resources to strengthen and expand commitment to...

The Department of Adult Correction (Ncdac) in North Carolina received a $596,819 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CFDA 16.831) program. The grant will fund the Family Re-Entry Support & Help (FRESH) program, which aims to enhance relationships between incarcerated parents and their minor children, provide services to the children during incarceration, and offer reentry...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the federal Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $506,454 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to conduct a multi-method investigation on the practices of foster caregivers and the developmental outcomes of youth in foster care. The key objectives of this 5-year research project are: 1) to explore critical risk and resilience factors for...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $0.00 Project Grant to Civic Heart Community Services of Houston, Texas under the Children of Incarcerated Parents federal grant program (CFDA 16.831). The goal of this three-year grant project, running from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2020, is to develop and expand services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their children to prevent violent crime, reduce...