Project Grant 19122756223

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 $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...

Operation Restoration will receive $900,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Community Based Reentry Education and Employment Services (C-BREES) program. The program will provide comprehensive education and employment services to 75 currently and formerly incarcerated women annually through 2025 to improve vocational education programs available in custody at Louisiana Correctional...

The Department of Labor & Industry Pa, through a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270), will expand its existing PROWD (Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development) program to provide job club, navigation, and peer mentoring services to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania secure sustainable, high-quality employment and reduce...

The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending federal grant program. Through this two-year award ending February 2025, CRCD will provide paid transitional employment, workforce training, education programs, and multiple supportive services to remove barriers to employment for 100 individuals aged 18 and older...

This 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 support the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties, Inc. in providing education and training to inmates at the Oneida County Jail in New York. The project aims to increase employment success for incarcerated individuals with sentences under one year, particularly those from underrepresented and historically...

Chris 180, Inc. will provide reentry services to 280 individuals over three years through the Power to Change program, funded by a $750,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. Under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative, Chris 180 will implement intensive case management, behavioral healthcare linkages, warm handoffs to support services, and ongoing follow-up to help primarily Black/African American adult males aged 25-40 with substance use...

The Partner4Work Pittsburgh Reentry Career Services Program (PRCS) will provide $900,000 in career services and support to individuals reentering the community from incarceration in Allegheny County Jail. Funded through the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), PRCS aims to reduce recidivism by connecting participants with in-demand employment opportunities through occupational training,...

The California Workforce Development Board received a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program. The project aims to integrate the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) pre-apprenticeship training into federal correctional facilities' career and technical education offerings, and provide warm handoff wraparound services to assist individuals transitioning...

The City of New Orleans, through its Division of Housing doing business as Job 1 Office of Workforce Development, has been awarded a $1,218,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will fund the Reimagining Employment Strategies to Offer Reentry to Employment and Beyond (RESTORE) program, which aims to remove barriers and provide a pathway for 150 incarcerated individuals in...