Project Grant 2016CZBX0017

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance is providing a $593,985 Project Grant award under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to the Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut. The funding will support the creation and implementation of a new homegrown adult probation risk assessment instrument for male and female adult probation clients. The project consists of four phases: 1) initial item development, 2) item refinement and pilot testing, 3) item...

The County of Hamilton, Tennessee was awarded a $844,294 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). This funding supports the Recidivism Reduction Initiative (RRI), a comprehensive strategy to enhance Hamilton County's alternative sentencing programs. Key activities include: (1) implementing evidence-based assessments and training for probation officers; (2) hiring a licensed clinical social...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a 5-year, $383,111 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The grant will fund Project Reconnect, an initiative to provide enhanced reentry services for 275 individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring substance use and mental illnesses (CODs) who are...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will test the effectiveness of an adapted form of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT-CJ) to reduce post-incarceration drug use, mental health symptoms, and drug-related crime among incarcerated individuals. The $2,663,022 five-year grant will enroll 640 participants (50% female) from 10 prisons across 5 states to evaluate the CPT-CJ intervention...

This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will create programming to train incarcerated individuals in Rhode Island with marketable skills. The goal is to provide meaningful education and employment opportunities for this population, thereby closing the skills gap and reducing recidivism. The award recipient, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, will develop and implement this...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) a $350,000 Project Grant through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to create workforce pathways for incarcerated and previously justice-involved Rhode Islanders. The grant will enable CCRI to design and implement a multi-year strategy to expand educational and vocational programs within the Rhode Island Department of Corrections facilities and on CCRI's campuses. The goal is to...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $330,930 four-year Formula Grant under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program (CFDA 16.593) to the Connecticut Office of Policy & Management (OPM). The grant aims to enhance the Connecticut Department of Corrections' (CT DOC) capabilities to provide residential substance abuse treatment services for incarcerated individuals with alcohol and opioid use disorders. Key funded activities include: Providing...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1.1 million Project Grant to the Administrative Office of Trial Court in Boston, Massachusetts under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) federal grant program. The four-year award running from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026 will support the High-Risk Probationer Recidivism Reduction Project. This project will utilize performance-based and outcomes-focused programming...

The Iowa Department of Human Rights (DHR), Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP) will receive $1.5 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand the efforts of Iowa's Juvenile Reentry Task Force (JRTF). The goal is to promote positive youth outcomes, increase public safety, and reduce recidivism among justice-involved youth returning to their communities from...

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...