Maine Department Of Corrections

Maine Department Of Corrections, a state government entity and child of the State of Maine, acts as a federal grant recipient administering criminal justice reform, juvenile justice system improvements, and corrections operations funding from the Department of Justice and the Department of Education. The agency does not hold federal contracts or GWACs; its entire federal footprint consists of grant awards, with 97% as prime recipient (60 of 62 awards) and 3% as sub-recipient on education grants from the Maine Department of Education.

The agency's federal grant work concentrates heavily in the Department of Justice ecosystem. Twenty-three awards flow through DOJ Office of Justice Programs broadly, with granular distribution across the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (14 awards) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (9 awards). Together these two DOJ components account for approximately 50% of recent award volume and anchor the agency's mission-critical work. A secondary customer base sits with the Department of Education (11 awards across elementary/secondary education and career/technical education offices), representing the remaining 18% of the top-five-customer concentration band (92% of all awards). The remaining 8% of activity spreads across ten distinct federal agencies.

Maine Corrections' recent grant portfolio centers on juvenile justice system transformation, community-based diversion, and reentry programming. Concrete examples include a $622,975 FY 2025 Title II Formula Grant (CFDA 16.540) from OJJDP awarded July 1, 2026, supporting rehabilitation, diversion, intervention, and reentry programs for youth at-risk or involved in the juvenile justice system through June 30, 2030; a $1 million Project Grant (CFDA 16.590) from the Office on Violence Against Women awarded October 1, 2024, sustaining six Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Programs and establishing a new program in York County through September 30, 2027; and a $400,000 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program grant (CFDA 16.835) from the Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded October 1, 2024, to outfit 200 correctional officers with body-worn cameras and track effectiveness through September 30, 2027. Earlier work includes a Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027) supporting medication-assisted substance use disorder treatment and community reentry partnerships, and PREA Program grants (CFDA 16.735) from OJJDP supporting Prison Rape Elimination Act compliance and implementation (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026). On the education side, the agency receives sub-awards from the Maine Department of Education targeting academic services in state juvenile detention facilities and career/technical education pathways.

Activity has remained modest and cyclical—three awards in 2021, declining to two annually in 2022–2023, climbing to five in 2024, and one in 2026 to date. Five awards carry completion dates inside the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. Combined obligated dollars across all 62 awards total $25.5 million, reflecting the formula-grant and modest project-grant nature of the funding stream. The agency partners with Maine Behavioral Healthcare as a sub-recipient on family engagement and reentry programming, and receives sub-award support from the Maine Department of Education on juvenile education initiatives.