Applicants name: ambassadors for christ youth ministries, INC. (AFC).

Active Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
23A60PE000012
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$8,000,000

Award facts

Assistance listing
17.270 Reentry Employment Opportunities
Completion date 95% complete
Place of performance
Arkansas, USA

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Description

Purpose
To provide reentry programming to eligible, incarcerated individuals prior to release from the arkansas department of corrections and the jefferson county jail and to continue comprehensive services after release. AFC will serve 400 male and female incarcerated individuals ages 18 and older. Funding level requested: 4,000,000. The total cost-per-participant is 10,000.
Intended beneficiaries
Male and female individuals who incarcerated in arkansas corrections facilities and the jefferson county jail who are within 20-270 days from their scheduled release date. The names and addresses of the mandatory partners are shown in the table below: ADC pine bluff unit, 890 free line drive, pine bluff, AR 71603 ADC barbara ester unit, 7500 corrections circle, pine bluff, AR 71603 ADC tucker unit, 2400 state farm RD., tucker, AR 72168 ADC cummins unit, 2540 HWY. 388, gould, AR 71643 ADC randall L. Williams unit, 7206 W. 7TH avenue, pine bluff, AR 71603 ADC hawkins unit, P.O. Box 1010, wrightsville, AR 72183 ADC wrightsville unit, P.O. Box 1000, wrightsville, AR 72183. The list of names of other partners are as follows: arkansas department of human services, carpenters daughter apprenticeship program, the bridge youth and family counseling services, black and yellow CAB service, center for arkansas legal services, community empowerment council, the arkansas division of workforce services southeast arkansas workforce development board, southeast arkansas college, shorter college, and kohler company (employer partner).
Subrecipient activities
There are no subrecipients for this program. Specific cities, towns, or counties where program will serve: AFC will serve the city of pine bluff (jefferson county), star city (lincoln county), and wrightsville (pulaski county), arkansas. Identification of whether each city, town, or county is rural or urban: pine bluff is a small urban town, and star city and wrightsville are rural towns. AFC and its partners will provide pre- and post-release workforce and reentry programming to incarcerated men and women who have been convicted under federal, state, or local law and are within 20 to 270 days of a scheduled release date. Services will include developing idps, job preparation, career exploration and planning, experience and skill matching, counseling, social services assistance, and skill-building services that consist of registered apprenticeships or other occupational training in in-demand industries. Proposed outcomes: by the end of the second quarter after exit, the number of program participants who are employed will be at least 55 by the end of the fourth quarter after exit, at least 45 of program participants will be employed improve effectiveness in serving employers by the end of the project period by the second quarter after exit, the median earnings of program participants will be at least 6,000 per year by the end of the project period, at least 60 of program participants will have received industry recognized credentials by the end of the project, the number of program participants who have identified career interests and attained relevant skills will increase by 65 , as measured by pre- and post-tests by the end of the project, at least 25 of program participants will obtain or are on the path to obtaining high quality jobs and careers, as measured by employer report by the end of the project period, the recidivism rate for program participants convicted of a new crime committed within 12 months of release from a correctional facility will be less than the recidivism rate for the state of arkansas, which is 50 by the end of the project, the number of program partners will increase by at least 50 , as measured by the number of partners at the beginning of the project.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment $0
Amendment $0
Amendment $4,000,000
Original award $4,000,000

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Who received award 23A60PE000012?

23A60PE000012 was awarded to Ambassadors For Christ Youth Ministries by Employment and Training Administration (Department of Labor) on July 1, 2023.

How much is award 23A60PE000012 worth?

$8,000,000 has been obligated on 23A60PE000012.

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