The Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for funding for projects designed to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities, and to achieve and maintain compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/16/2022
Grant Size: $250,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The objectives of the PREA Grant Program are to:
- Reduce sexual abuse in confinement facilities.
- Increase staff capacity for preventing sexual abuse in confinement facilities.
- Promote integration of the PREA standards into the day-to-day operations and cultures of confinement facilities.
- Identify and document innovative and promising practices in order to inform similar efforts across the nation.
- Create cultures of “zero tolerance” of sexual abuse in confinement facilities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $250,000
- Proposed projects may be of 1 to 3 years in duration, with discrete 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
