Philadelphia proposes to design and implement a family-based alternative-to-incarceration diversion program aimed at keeping justice-involved mothers home with their children

The City of Philadelphia was awarded a $647,630 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027. The grant funding will enable Philadelphia to design and implement a family-based alternative-to-incarceration diversion program aimed at keeping justice-involved mothers home with their children. The program will provide these women with gender-responsive, trauma-informed holistic services and supports both in jail and after they return to their communities. The expected outcomes of this program include decreasing the number of incarcerated women, reducing the recidivism rate of program participants, and lowering child welfare involvement.

This program will provide women with gender-responsive, trauma-informed holistic services and supports in jail and after they return to their communities.expected outcomes of this program include: 1) decreasing the number of incarcerated women; 2) decreasing the recidivism rate of program participants; and 3) decreasing child welfare involvement.