The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Second Chance Act to provide grants to nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes to provide reentry services and programs.
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: $750,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
BJA is seeking applications to implement or expand on reentry programs that demonstrate strong partnerships with corrections, parole, probation, and other reentry service providers. These partnerships should develop comprehensive case management plans that directly address criminogenic risk and needs, as determined by validated criminogenic risk assessments, and include delivery or facilitation of services. Grants made under this program may be used for:
- Mentoring adult offenders during incarceration, through transition back to the community, and post-release.
- Transitional services to assist in the reintegration of offenders into the community, including:
- Educational, literacy, and vocational services and the transitional jobs strategy.
- Substance use disorder treatment and services.
- Coordinated supervision and services for offenders, including physical health care and comprehensive housing and mental health care.
- Family services.
- Validated assessment tools to assess the risk factors of returning inmates.
- Training regarding offender and victims’ issues.
Objectives
- Develop comprehensive case management plans that directly address criminogenic risks and needs, as identified by validated criminogenic risk assessments, and include delivery or facilitation of services in a manner consistent with participants’ learning styles and abilities.
- Demonstrate increased collaboration between community- and faith-based organizations and corrections, community supervision, law enforcement, and other local reentry stakeholders.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $13,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Applicants should refer to the Census Bureau definition of “rural communities” to determine if they are eligible for the rural communities category. A rural area is defined as: (a) Any area or community, respectively, no part of which is within an area designated as a standard metropolitan statistical area by the Office of Management and Budget. (b) Any area or community, respectively, that is (i) within an area designated as a metropolitan statistical area or considered as part of a metropolitan statistical area and (ii) located in a rural census tract. (c) Any federally recognized Indian tribe. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process, to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
