The Reentry Through the Arts grant program is rooted in the CAC’s belief that the arts are a societal cornerstone with the ability to build community, heal, and provide hard and soft skills transferable to other areas of life. Reentry Through the Arts supports arts and culture programs for adults who have been incarcerated within correctional institutions. It reinforces the direct impact that arts and culture have on the health, welfare, and economic well-being of all Californians and their communities.
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/09/2022
Size of the Grant:$50,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Through this program, CAC has been able to expand its funding opportunities to include projects specifically designed for Returned Residents1, utilizing arts participation as an effective instrument for healing, community integration, and skill-building. Successful projects also include the perspective of one or more people affected by incarceration as active participants in the design, planning, and implementation of the project.
By focusing on the principles of restorative justice, transformative justice, and healing-centered approaches, Reentry Through the Arts elevates projects that utilize arts and culture as part of a holistic approach to supporting the most successful transition of Returned Residents back into their communities.
Funding Information
Grant Request Amount Up to $50,000.
Grant Activity Period
July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
Project Requirements
- The proposed project must include arts and culture as a central component of a holistic and integrated approach to reentry that also includes other community-based support services, including but not limited to:
- Mental Health Services
- Addiction Treatment and/or Counseling
- Job Skills Training and/or Job Placement
- Higher Education and/or Trade School Enrollment
- Housing Placement and Services
- Food Security
- Behavioral Health
- Family Reunification Services
- The project must include the perspective of one or more people affected by incarceration as active participants in the design, planning, and implementation of the project.
- The project should demonstrate significant planning and reflect a collaborative relationship between the partnering entities, as evidenced by the signed Letter of Agreement between partners.
- Programming must be free of charge for project participants.
- Project should include culturally responsive approaches that are relevant to the participants and the community and that foster the principles of restorative justice, transformative justice, and/or healing-centered approaches.
- All project participants must be compensated via stipends, honorariums, gift cards, or other form of compensation.
- Project team members to be compensated and supported by this grant must show relevant experience and be based in California.
- Individuals to be compensated by this grant may not be full-time students in a degree program directly related to any type of compensation/credit for this project.
- All CAC-funded programs, services, information, and facilities where funded activities take place, including online spaces, must be accessible for individuals with disabilities, including but not limited to individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, have difficulty speaking, have a physical disability, visual
disability, developmental disability, learning disability, mental illness, or chronic illness.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must comply with the requirements below. All applications must include the listed items at the time of submission in order to be considered for funding.
- Racial equity statement – Description of the organization’s commitment to equitable policies and culture.
- California-based – Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.
- Arts programming – Applicants must have a minimum two-year history of consistent engagement in arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline.
- 501(c)(3) organization as applicant or fiscal sponsor – Nongovernmental (municipal, county, or tribal) applicant organizations must demonstrate proof of nonprofit status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
- Revenue Code, or section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Fiscal sponsors – An applicant organization without nonprofit status must use a California-based fiscal sponsor with a federal 501(c)(3) designation to apply for funding.
- The fiscal sponsor will provide the fiscal oversight and administrative services needed to complete the grant.
- A Letter of Agreement between the fiscal sponsor and the applicant organization must be signed by a representative from both parties and submitted with the application. A blank signature field will not be accepted. If a grant is awarded, the fiscal sponsor becomes the legal contract holder with the California Arts Council.
- A fiscal sponsor change is not permissible during the Grant Activity Period, with rare exceptions.
- Fiscal sponsors must have a minimum two-year history of consistent engagement in arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline. (Acting as a fiscal sponsor to arts and cultural organizations is considered an arts service.)
- Certificate of good standing – Nonprofit organizations and fiscal sponsors (if applicable) must have “active status” with the California Secretary of State (SOS) showing evidence of “good standing” at the time of application. You can verify your organization’s status by conducting a search using the SOS online Business Search tool. An indication of “active” (versus “suspended,” “dissolved,” “cancelled,” etc.) confirms that your nonprofit corporation exists, is authorized to conduct business in the State of California, has met all licensing and corporation requirements, and has not received a suspension from the Franchise TaxBoard.
For more information, visit Reentry Through the Arts Grant.
