The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to enhance or implement clinical services and other evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders who are currently involved in the criminal justice system or were formerly involved.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 54 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by reducing recidivism and building more effective service delivery systems that pay for performance and outcomes.
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to implement programming and services to enhance or implement clinical services and other evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders who are currently involved in the criminal justice system or were formerly involved.
There are two categories for funding:
- Performance-based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Reentry Services
- Performance-based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Permanent Supportive Housing
The Pay for Success Program is part of the Second Chance Act suite of program in FY 2023. This year, a range of programs for states, local government units, tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations are being competed, including:
- Community Reentry Improving Adult and Juvenile Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry
- Improving Adult Reentry, Education, and Employment Outcomes
- Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry
- Pay for Success
- Smart Supervision Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision and HOPE Institute
Goals
The overall goals of the FY 2023 SCA Pay for Success Initiative are to enhance public safety, lower recidivism, and improve the lives of those individuals leaving the criminal justice system. The goals for each category are to increase access to programming for and reduce recidivism in the target reentry population.
Objectives
An applicant should address all the objectives that are relevant to their proposed program/project in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
- Enhance already established performance-based and outcomes-based contracts to provide individualized reentry services or PSH for people leaving incarceration who are identified through a validated risk tool as being at moderate to high risk to reoffend in the community.
- Manage the performance-based or outcomes-based reentry service or PSH contract, including data and report collection, regular performance and outcome reviews between the governments and service provider, on- and off-site monitoring, outcomes validation, and incentive payment approvals.
- Ensure government staff and service providers have adequate training on performance-based or outcomes-based procurement, reentry services, PSH, data collection, and outcomes validation.
Priority Areas
The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
- Priority Considerations Supporting Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
Funding Information
- Category 1 Performance based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Reentry Services
- Dollar Amount for Award $1,000,000
- Performance Duration (Months) 54
- Category 2: Performance based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Permanent Supportive Housing
- Dollar Amount for Award $1,000,000
- Performance Duration (Months) 54
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
54
Eligibility Information
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- County governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
