Project Grant 18637435121

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Storycatchers Theatre a $100,000 Project Grant to support staff salaries and participant stipends for an in-person and virtual post-release performing arts jobs program for court-involved youth. This award falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, and builds capacity and infrastructure within the arts...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to California Lawyers For The Arts, Incorporated to support a teaching artist workforce development pilot program for formerly incarcerated individuals. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) and will support the pilot program from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The program aims to provide opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals to...

This Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will support Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, in implementing the B-READY: The Brownsville Reentry Program in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The program aims to serve 100 youth ages 12-18 who are assessed as moderate risk and are returning...

This federal Project Grant award of $705,664 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) supports Inspire Together, a minority-owned and woman-owned nonprofit organization, in providing pre-release case management and supportive services for 200 youth transitioning from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall to South Los Angeles over a 3-year period. The project will focus on serving youth facing...

The Workforce Investment Board Of The City Of LOS Angeles was awarded a $2,292,253 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention on October 1, 2017 to implement the Los Angeles Regional Plan to Improve Outcomes for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. The grant was awarded under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) program to support regional plans and programs that prevent recidivism and improve...

This $900,000 award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812) supports the "Prison to Careers Equity Pathway" pilot program at Cal State LA University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS). The project aims to expand the university's successful prison degree program by connecting formerly incarcerated college graduates with regional employers and community organizations to facilitate their...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Amikids, Inc. a $12 million Project Grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025. The grant will introduce justice-involved youth ages 15 to 18 to careers in the culinary arts industry through classroom training and paid work experiences. Specifically, Amikids and three sub-awardees—Amikids Greater Fort Lauderdale, Amikids White Pines, and Amikids Tampa—will...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID 15PBJA24GG00232BRND, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The $963,000 award supports the Recidivism Engagement Network Training & Retention Initiative (RE-N-TRI), a collaborative program between the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice and Diphrent, Inc. The initiative aims to reduce recidivism, increase school attendance and graduation rates, and improve...

The Gang Alternative, Inc. received a $6 million project grant award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to provide career pathway training and workforce development services to at-risk youth in Miami, Florida. The grant aims to introduce 160 justice-involved youth ages 18-24 to employment through paid work experiences and industry-recognized certifications. Services will address essential skills...

The Queens Community Justice Center will provide reentry services and support to 100 at-risk youth returning from juvenile detention and placement facilities to Queens, New York over three years under this $766,942 project grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Funded through OJJDP's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812), the grant will support the Justice Center's "Coming Home: Queens Reentry...