Project Grant 2016CZBX0016

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to the Community Awareness Resource Entity of Arizona (CAREaz), a non-profit organization based in St. Johns, Arizona. The grant will fund CAREaz to facilitate the successful transition and reentry of justice-involved individuals returning to southern Apache County, Arizona after a period of incarceration. Key activities include in-reach...

The Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES) will receive $2,340,682 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. The funding supports ADES's Reentry Employment Opportunities program to strengthen employment skills and sustain jobs for the federally incarcerated population in Arizona. Key activities include delivering 12-week and 8-week job readiness curriculums at Bureau of Prisons facilities and residential reentry centers. ADES...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has awarded a $472,178 Cooperative Agreement under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program to the Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES), doing business as Legal Services. The four-year award period runs from June 15, 2024 to June 14, 2028. The Reentry Employment Opportunities program focuses on providing comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals to improve their...

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 the Community Awareness Resource Entity of Arizona (CAREaz), a non-profit organization based in St. Johns, Arizona. The grant funding will enhance CAREaz's existing Live Free Re-Entry (LFR) program by expanding services to support individuals re-entering society after incarceration in Apache County and surrounding communities. Key components of...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,206,470 Formula Grant under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) operating as Arizona Corrections Support. The grant aims to break the cycle of substance abuse and anti-social behavior among inmates and prepare them for successful community re-entry. Funded programs will implement evidence-based residential, jail-based, aftercare,...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $6 million Project Grant to the Little Rock Workforce Investment Board through the Reentry Employment Opportunities program. The grant will fund job readiness training, occupational training, case management, legal advocacy, mental health counseling and referrals for 200 individuals in the six months prior to release from the Pulaski County Correctional Facility. Services will include comprehensive individual...

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $30 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to deliver reentry services to federal inmates in Illinois. The award will fund DCEO's adoption of the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program model to deliver reentry services to 750 federal inmates during incarceration, in...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,161,006 Formula Grant under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) program to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. The award will support residential and jail-based substance abuse treatment programs for inmates in Arizona from October 2022 to September 2026. Specifically, the funding will assist organizations providing cognitive, behavioral, social, and vocational...

This $900,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will fund Capacity Builders Inc.'s 36-month "Improving Reentry Education Program" to provide workforce development services to 150 Navajo American Indian adults who are incarcerated in correctional facilities in the Navajo Nation. The program will offer job readiness screening, career counseling, and personalized education and...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Ser-Metro Detroit Jobs For Progress, Inc. under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The 36-month program aims to reduce recidivism and facilitate successful reentry for up to 100 incarcerated individuals from Michigan correctional facilities into the Detroit and Wayne County communities. Key services provided include career readiness training, wrap-around support (housing, mental health,...