With this solicitation, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to fund reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for individuals returning to their communities after a period of incarceration.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/11/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Establish a Fair Chance Opportunity reentry service and program that strategically builds credential attainment or meaningful employment for individuals currently incarcerated with 2 years or less before release into the community. Through various stakeholders, including formerly incarcerated experts, build and brand a Fair Chance Opportunity reentry program that focuses on evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing recidivism (including reducing arrests, new charges, convictions for new offenses, and reincarceration) as well as promoting success and well-being in individuals impacted by incarceration.
Objectives
- Increase fair chance opportunities by implementing strategies that will commit to the overall educational or employment success for individuals currently incarcerated with 2 years or less before release into the community.
- Create a career pathway system or a workforce development network that will implement fair chance opportunities for currently incarcerated people with 2 years or less before release into the community.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $19,800,000
- Category 1: Improving Reentry Education Outcomes: $900,000
- Project Period: 36 months
- Category 2: Improving Reentry Employment Outcomes: $900,000
- Project Period: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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