Project Grant PE152660660

The Kent State University Prison Reentry Program is a $900,000 project grant awarded under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The program aims to develop comprehensive educational and employment-based reentry services for moderate to high-risk justice-impacted individuals in the Trumbull Correctional Institution in Northeast Ohio. Key program activities include providing transitional and reentry support, education and skill-building, career...

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...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the County of Santa Barbara, CA to provide comprehensive workforce development services to justice-involved individuals through the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program. The grant aims to improve employment outcomes and reduce recidivism by offering pre- and post-release services, including occupational skills training, job readiness preparation, case management,...

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,...

The Page County Jail Reentry Project is a $600,000 federal grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The project aims to reduce recidivism and improve behavioral health and reentry outcomes for up to 90 adults incarcerated in Page County Jail over three years. Specifically, the grant will provide reentry and recovery services, including case management, substance use and mental health treatment,...

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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the U.S. Department of Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), awarded a $749,999 project grant to Jubilee Housing Inc., a non-profit community development corporation in Washington, D.C. The grant funding supports Jubilee Housing's Reentry Transitional Housing Program (RTHP), which provides comprehensive individualized reentry services to returning citizens in the Washington, D.C. area. The program's primary activities...

The Department of Labor & Industry Pa, through a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270), will expand its existing PROWD (Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development) program to provide job club, navigation, and peer mentoring services to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania secure sustainable, high-quality employment and reduce...

The Colorado Department of Corrections Division of Adult Parole received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant funds will be used to develop a pay-for-performance program that coordinates recovery residences and provides behavioral health services for individuals with serious mental illness during the first 6-9 months of their reentry into the community. The program...

The City of Houston's Health and Human Services Division received a $825,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) to support the Community Re-Entry Network Program (CRNP). The program will partner with the local community to devise strategies for reducing recidivism, enhancing public safety, and facilitating the successful transition of ex-offenders aged 18 to 80 into productive members of...