This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) provides $400,000 in funding to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The project, titled "Project RENEW," aims to expand trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, recovery, and reentry services for 18-35...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $749,848 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative to Project Lift Behavioral Health Services, a woman-owned non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant supports a comprehensive, trauma-informed violence reduction model that incorporates restorative justice principles to address the root causes of youth violence and promote community healing. The project comprises...
This $963,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will fund a comprehensive initiative by Beit T'shuvah to reduce crime through substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment. Key components include: Subsidizing treatment costs to increase capacity for recovery services targeting justice-involved clients, with the goal of reducing recidivism. Expanding the Partners in...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of Jersey City a $865,420 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to enhance the Jersey City Community Solutions (JCCS) program. The project aims to build access, inclusion, and equity into JCCS's intervention program for low-level, nonviolent offenders, with a focus on minority young adults aged 18-22. Key activities include hiring a dedicated supervisor case manager, case manager, and minority peer...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $250,000 to support a collaborative program between The Bloom Project (Indianapolis, IN) and Project STAND (Memphis, TN). The program aims to reduce recidivism, increase positive social skills, and create leadership development opportunities through civic engagement for 10 young men with prior or current involvement in...
New Age Services Corporation was awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812). The award will fund the Rescue and Recovery Community Reentry Project for Men of Color, which aims to establish a sustainable system of care for 150 adult incarcerated persons with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders in Cook County, Illinois over...
The Council of State Governments (CSG) was awarded a $2,286,371 Cooperative Agreement by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to design and manage a 4-year demonstration program for integrated treatment of individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system. CSG will select up to 12 demonstration sites and provide them with training, technical...
This $832,988 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) supports a three-phase project led by Justice System Partners (JSP), a non-profit organization. The project aims to transform the culture of substance use recovery by implementing the Coach (Referee) Model for Change (CRMC) in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections and Massachusetts Parole Board. Phase one involves...
The Judicial Diversion and Intervention for Mental Health Project (JDIMH) received $776,455.40 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to minimize justice involvement for defendants, probationers, and offenders with mental illness or co-occurring substance abuse disorders through increased access to appropriate behavioral health treatment and...
The Queens Community Justice Center will provide reentry services and support to 100 at-risk youth returning from juvenile detention and placement facilities to Queens, New York over three years under this $766,942 project grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Funded through OJJDP's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812), the grant will support the Justice Center's "Coming Home: Queens Reentry...