The City of Philadelphia announced a second round of microgrants for organizations involved in criminal justice reform work across the City.
Donor Name: City of Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/01/2022
Grant Size: $15,000
Details:
The City’s migrogrants are designed to align with the goals of the Safety and Justice Challenge. The SJC strives to reimagine local criminal justice strategies by investing in locally developed, equitable solutions, including diversion, bail reform, drug treatment, reentry programs, and mental health services. The goal of the SJC is to safely reduce the jail population by 58 percent in a span of seven years (2015-2022).
Philadelphia’s approach to the goals of the Safety and Justice Challenge, and to criminal justice system reform in general, includes seven main strategies, with 39 individual initiatives attributed to these strategies. These strategies include:
- Reducing the number of people incarcerated pretrial.
- Creating efficiencies in case processing that reduce length of stay.
- Reducing the number of people held in jail on a probation detainer.
- Reducing racial and ethnic disparities across the criminal justice system.
- Reducing the number of people in jail with mental illness.
- Increasing cross-system data capacity.
- Fostering meaningful community engagement.
Funding Information
In this round of funding, the City plans to fund 15 organizations with microgrants of $15,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
The Community Advisory Committee invites all Philadelphia non-profit organizations whose missions align with the MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge.
For more information, visit City of Philadelphia.
