Project Grant 2011CZBX0027

The Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry in Cleveland, Ohio will receive $1 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant funds the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program to provide reentry services to at least 450 citizens at moderate to high risk of reoffending upon release from incarceration in Cuyahoga County. Services will be delivered by Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry and three sub-awardees....

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court received a $390,182 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2016 under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) program to fund a Crisis Intervention/Behavioral Health Specialist position through September 30, 2021. The Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative aims to reduce recidivism and help individuals returning from prisons and jails to...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $3,999,011 Project Grant to Towards Employment Inc., a non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The funding is provided through the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program, which focuses on delivering comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: trauma-informed case management, career coaching...

This federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) provides $1,125,000 to Oriana House Inc., a non-profit community corrections agency, to implement the OHI COACH Program. The program will deliver substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery coaching services to approximately 1,300 pre-trial felony offenders incarcerated at the Summit County Jail and transferred to the Oriana House Community Alternative...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Alvis Inc., doing business as Alvis House, to provide pre- and post-release services for up to 90 incarcerated adults in the Franklin County (Ohio) Correction Centers. The program, called Out4Work, will deliver a 15-week cognitive-behavioral intervention and employment training curriculum, industry-recognized credential attainment, and 12...

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) will receive $1,072,000 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand supportive housing services for individuals returning to Ohio communities from incarceration. ODRC and the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) propose to enhance and expand the Reentry Housing Ohio (RHO) program, which provides permanent supportive housing, in Knox, Muskingum, and...

The Kent State University Prison Reentry Program is a $900,000 project grant awarded under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The program aims to develop comprehensive educational and employment-based reentry services for moderate to high-risk justice-impacted individuals in the Trumbull Correctional Institution in Northeast Ohio. Key program activities include providing transitional and reentry support, education and skill-building, career...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court was awarded a $700,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to pilot an adult drug court model incorporating mental health services. The Court will pilot a post-adjudication Mental Health-Adult Drug Court Docket Pilot Program (MH-ADC Docket) serving 40-50 unduplicated clients annually over a 12-24 month period starting...

The Licking County Coalition for Housing (LCCH) in Ohio was awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will enable LCCH to study the impact of permanent supportive housing with peer support services for individuals with mental health illnesses and substance use disorders transitioning from incarceration in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. The project aims to identify...

The Ohio Public Defender Commission (OPD) has been awarded a $729,539 Project Grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will fund a reentry support and service coordination program for youth in Ohio who are released from the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Key program activities include creating a survey to assess youth and family needs, training staff on a screening tool to identify strengths...