North Dakota Department Of Corrections & Rehabilitation

North Dakota Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, operating as the North Dakota State Penitentiary, is a state government entity that acts as a federal grant recipient, delivering juvenile justice, criminal justice reentry, substance abuse treatment, and victim services programs to the Department of Justice and the Department of Agriculture.

The agency is a division of the State of North Dakota and operates from Bismarck, North Dakota. As a U.S. state government entity, it competes for and receives direct federal grants rather than federal contracts. The source data reflects 188 total awards across prime recipient and sub-recipient roles; the agency holds 47% as prime recipient (88 awards) and 53% as sub-recipient under state prime grantees (100 awards). Dollar figures in the portfolio reflect a data anomaly where obligated dollars ($84.8 million) far exceed reported combined potential value ($130 thousand), indicating a likely reporting or system issue; the obligated figure is the operative measure of recent funding volume.

Customer concentration runs heavily to Department of Justice programs. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 90% of awards, dominated by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (88 awards), followed by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs across multiple sub-offices: 44 awards from OJP overall, 18 from Victims of Crime, 11 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and 8 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The DOJ Bureau of Prisons North Central Regional Office carries the only explicitly stated potential value—$130 thousand across two awards. The concentration signal is clear: USDA FNS dominates by count (sub-awards for school breakfast and lunch programs, NSLP Free/Red and SBP), while DOJ dominates by mission-critical role (reentry, substance abuse treatment, victim compensation, and juvenile justice).

Representative prime grant work includes a $616,839 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Title II Formula Grant (CFDA 16.540) from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, awarded July 1, 2026, running through June 30, 2030, to expand community-based alternatives to incarceration and delinquency prevention for youth at risk. A $2.497 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585), awarded October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2027, funds six adult hybrid drug/DUI courts serving approximately 780 participants over the period, with support for outcome evaluation, dedicated coordinators, and staff training. A $696,500 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2027, implements the Prison Education Program in collaboration with Bismarck State College and Valley City State University to provide incarcerated individuals access to higher education. A $159,214 Formula Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (CFDA 16.593), awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2028, funds community-based substance use disorder and mental health treatment through the "Lives Transformed North Dakota" program in partnership with Management & Training Corporation.

Recent sub-grant activity shows the agency receiving pass-through funds from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for school meal programs (National School Lunch Program Free/Reduced and School Breakfast Program), with monthly distributions running from 2022 through 2026. Sub-awards also flow from the North Dakota Department of Human Services for Title IV-E Prevention Programs (CFDA 93.472) and from the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services for Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.323).

Activity has grown consistently: five awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 22 in 2024, 27 in 2025, and 38 in 2026 year-to-date. Nine awards carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months and face recompete. The portfolio reflects a state correctional and rehabilitation agency whose federal mission centers on DOJ criminal and juvenile justice programming—reentry preparation, substance abuse treatment, drug court operations, victim compensation administration, and juvenile system alternatives—layered with USDA nutrition program administration for incarcerated populations. The work is performed in Bismarck and subordinate correctional facilities and community supervision locations throughout North Dakota.