Project Grant H79TI085853
- This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will fund the "Project Reconnect" program delivered by the Center for Family Services Inc., a non-profit organization based in Camden, New Jersey. The program will engage 90 youth and their families, providing individualized strategies and resources to support successful reintegration into the community. Key...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) provides $850,000 to Miami-Dade County to implement the Reconnect Resource Nexus, a technology-based intervention designed to mitigate barriers faced by probation clients in accessing community-based resources and to enhance information sharing between probation officers and treatment providers. The key objectives are: (1) deploying an advanced...
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to START CORPORATION (START) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) program. The purpose of the grant is to implement a new community-based reentry program in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, providing comprehensive, evidence-based pre- and post-release services. Key program activities include: Expansion of START's substance use disorder treatment program, offering 12-week Moral Reconation Therapy and...
- The Louisiana Parole Project has been awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). This funding will strengthen the mental health and substance abuse screening and assessment process for individuals preparing to return to the community after serving long sentences in prison. The grant will support a mental health care team of two Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) and one...
- The Leon County Sheriff's Office received a $491,576 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will fund "Project Connect", an innovative program to enhance pre- and post-release services for formerly incarcerated individuals in the county detention facility. Key services include evidence-based interventions focused on employment, housing, and transportation to reduce recidivism and improve community...
- This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will fund the "TRANSCEND: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry Program" delivered by Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts. The program will provide integrated recovery-oriented services in culturally appropriate Spanish language to over 125 Latino individuals returning from...
- Chris 180, Inc. will provide reentry services to 280 individuals over three years through the Power to Change program, funded by a $750,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. Under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative, Chris 180 will implement intensive case management, behavioral healthcare linkages, warm handoffs to support services, and ongoing follow-up to help primarily Black/African American adult males aged 25-40 with substance use...
- 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,...
- This $714,958 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) will enable Open Doors, a non-profit organization in Providence, Rhode Island, to serve 100 women per year with intensive, wraparound reentry support services. The goal is to facilitate successful community reintegration and reduce recidivism among the female criminal justice population in Rhode Island. The funding will support a range of evidence-based...
- 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...
PROJECT RECONNECT - SUMMARY OF PROJECT: CADA, AN ACCREDITED SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH AND HIV PROVIDER WITH 62 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A 16-YEAR PROVEN TRACK RECORD SERVING THE POPULATION OF FOCUS, WILL IMPLEMENT PROJECT RECONNECT FOR ADULT REENTRANTS HOUSED IN THE LA. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL REENTRY PROGRAM. THE NEW ORLEANS REENTRY TASK FORCE WILL SERVE AS THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDING OVERSIGHT AND ENHANCING REENTRY SYSTEMS COORDINATION. PROJECT NAME: PROJECT RECONNECT. POPULATIONS SERVED: HIGH RISK/HIGH NEED ADULT REENTRANTS 18+ IN NEED OF SUD/COD TREATMENT (24% FEMALE; 75% MALE; 1% TRANSGENDER); 55% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 4% HISPANIC/LATINX; 2% LGBQ+; 60% COD; 1% HIV+ AND 1% VIRAL HEPATITIS+. STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: THE RISK-NEEDS-RESPONSIVITY TOOL WILL DETERMINE RISK FOR RECIDIVISM AND SERVICE PLANNING BY MATCHING PARTICIPANT'S LEVEL AND INTENSITY OF SERVICES TO HIS/HER LEVEL OF RISK AND RELATIVE TO HIS/HER CRIMINAL JUSTICE/REENTRY NEEDS. EXPANDED TRAUMA-INFORMED SUD/COD TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS VIA EVIDENCE BASED SERVICES/PRACTICES AND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO MEET THE INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS OF ADULT REENTRANTS. TRAUMA-INFORMED COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES (HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS); TRAUMA, SUD/COD SCREENING/ASSESSMENTS AND TRANSITION PLANNING WHILE IN CUSTODY; INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, OUTPATIENT AND/OR INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; AND WRAPAROUND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, ENSURING LINKAGES TO RECOVERY HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SUPPORTS. EBPS: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, SEEKING SAFETY, WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN FOR PEOPLE IN JAIL OR PRISON TO SUPPORT REENTRY AND RECOVERY, MATRIX AND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. GOALS. 1) USE THE RNR MODEL TO IMPROVE REENTRY SYSTEMS COORDINATION AND DOUBLE SUD/COD TREATMENT CAPACITY; 2) IMPROVE SUD/COD DIAGNOSIS AND ABSTINENCE FROM SUBSTANCE USE; 3) IMPROVE HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES VIA INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT COUPLED WITH PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT LINKAGES; 4) IMPROVE EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT STABILITY; 5) IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY; 6) DECREASE RECIDIVISM; 7) IMPROVE SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS; 8) REDUCE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISPARITIES. OBJECTIVES: BETWEEN 9/30/23 AND 9/29/28: 1) 100% OF ADULT REENTRANTS WILL IMPROVE ACCESS; 2) 80% WILL IMPROVE ABSTINENCE; 3) 80% WILL IMPROVE HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; 4) 80% WILL IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION STATUS; 5) 80% WILL IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY; 6) 80% WILL DECREASE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT; 7) 80% WILL IMPROVE SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS; 8) 59% OF ADULT REENTRANTS ENROLLED WILL BE RACIAL/ETHNIC AND/OR LGBTQI+ MINORITIES. # SERVED: 60 ADULT REENTRANTS YEARS 1-5 = 300 TOTAL.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 1/15/26 | ||
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| Not listed | $400.0k | 9/23/25 | ||
| Not listed | $400.0k | 9/23/25 | ||
| Not listed | $400.0k | 6/25/24 |