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Hope of Buffalo, Inc. will use a $750,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand their Empower Youth (EY) program. The EY program provides intensive case management, community resources, and wraparound supports to justice-involved youth ages 13 to 18 in West Seneca, New York. This funding will allow Hope of Buffalo to connect more at-risk youth with these reentry services. The award is part...

The Center For Hope Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence federal grant program (CFDA 16.818) to enhance and expand its existing Kuji Program youth skills development and violence intervention program into a fully staffed violence response program. The Kuji Program will work with Center For Hope's violence intervention programs, Safe Streets...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $764,509 Project Grant to Hope Network West Michigan (HNWM) to implement the Reuniting Parents and Kids (REPAK) program. REPAK will provide pre- and post-release services to men and women in West Michigan to support family reunification and long-term family stability. Services will utilize evidence-based approaches such as motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy and include...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to HopeWorks, Inc., a Memphis-based non-profit organization. The grant will fund comprehensive reentry services over 36 months for 150 inmates transitioning back into the Memphis community from the Shelby County Division of Corrections. HopeWorks will provide personal and career development classes, job training, counseling, mentoring, and adult basic education...

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will enable Operation New Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization, to expand its pre-release and post-release reentry services in Florida over the next 3 years. The funding will serve over 150 additional individuals returning from incarceration by providing individualized transition plans, career and technical training, job placement...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $498,972 Project Grant to Boysville of Michigan Inc., doing business as Holy Cross Services, to launch the "Belong, Be Strong" program. This 27-month initiative aims to assist transition-age youth in Michigan's foster care system by providing a support system, life skills courses, advisory committees, support groups, and social events to help them develop the necessary skills,...

The Hope of Buffalo, Inc., doing business as Peace Prints Prison Ministries, will provide workforce development expansion services under a $900,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812) to support services for individuals returning from incarceration. Peace Prints will expand its existing Project Blue program to...

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) was awarded a $900,000 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) to expand its Hospitality Opportunities for People (RE)entering Society (HOPES) program. HOPES provides sequenced job readiness training, support services, occupational training, industry credentials, employment connections, and advancement...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $5,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program (CFDA 17.270). This award, effective March 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, supports the Hospitality Opportunities for People (Re)entering Society (HOPES) program, which provides comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals. The...

The Hope Program, Inc. received a $199,933 cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.815). The award will fund the Hope Program to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the Bronx, New York in environmental careers with skills needed for remediation work at solid and hazardous waste sites. Training includes 107 instructional hours in 40-hour...