Project Grant 2013CZBX0007

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...

The Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services will partner with Justice Works Youth Care to implement the Clark County Youth Reintegration Program. Funded by a $400,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the program will utilize evidence-based methodologies to reduce recidivism among youth exiting the Spring Mountain Youth Camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. Running from October 1, 2022 to...

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 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 Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Inc. was awarded a $750,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to provide reentry services for youth at the Newport News Juvenile Detention Center. The funding will support serving up to 20 youth annually with programming and services aimed at reducing recidivism through expanded community partnerships and...

This $784,194 Project Grant award from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) supports Sbcs Corporation, a non-profit organization in Chula Vista, California, in assisting youth to successfully transition from juvenile residential facilities back to their communities. The key objectives are to: 1) Expand and strengthen prosocial, evidence-informed programming for youth in long-term custody and reentering the...

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 Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) received a $750,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to serve 1,222 juvenile justice-involved youth returning to their communities across Oklahoma. The comprehensive, data-driven assessment conducted by OJA and the Council of State Government will drive the development and implementation of programmatic needs for this diverse population, including education, employment...

The Shelby County Youth Re-Entry (SCYR) Project will provide intervention and prevention services to adjudicated youth transitioning back into the Memphis community following case disposition or detention completion. Funded at $750,000 by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the SCYR Project aims to reduce recidivism through assessing and addressing general risk and need factors. Delivered by Shelby County Government from...