Deadline: 21-Mar-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to improve outcomes for adults on community supervision.
This program furthers DOJ’s mission by providing resources to support states and units of local government in planning, implementing, or expanding effective supervision capacity to address individuals’ needs and reduce recidivism.
The Second Chance Act (SCA), reauthorized by the First Step Act of 2018, provides a comprehensive response to assist in the transition individuals make from prison, jail, or juvenile residential facilities to their communities so that the transition is more successful and promotes public safety. SCA and reentry-focused grant funding is designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by reentry and recidivism reduction. “Reentry” is not a specific program but rather an ongoing process that starts from the moment an individual is initially incarcerated and continues throughout that individual’s transition from incarceration and reintegration into the community.
The Smart Supervision 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, Objectives and Deliverables
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Goals
- The FY 2023 Smart Supervision Program’s goal is to increase the capacity and increase the ability of probation and parole agencies to improve supervision success rates by more effectively addressing individuals’ risk and needs and reducing recidivism, thereby increasing community safety and reducing crime. Successful efforts not only reduce crime, they also reduce unnecessary admissions to prisons and jails.
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Objectives
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An applicant should address the objectives listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
- Agencies are invited to propose grant projects that will improve supervision outcomes for all adults on supervision in their jurisdiction or for a specific subgroup (“target population”) (e.g., females, young adults, a specific geographic area). Applicants may propose one or more of the following:
- Provide training and other skill building opportunities to staff members to be change agents.
- Adopt technology or tools to facilitate more effective supervision by staff.
- Improve the quality and increase the capacity of programs and services to meet the identified needs of adults under supervision.
- Examine and revise policies and practices to align with best and promising practices, and implement changes.
- Focus resources where they can have the greatest impact.
- Strengthen the organization’s culture to reduce recidivism through committed leadership and staff engagement.
- Improve supervision officer health and wellness.
- Promote and increase collaboration among justice and other agencies relevant to the supervision population.
- Document and assess the efficacy of the grant-funded intervention or change as part of the practitioner–researcher partnership.
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An applicant should address the objectives listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
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Deliverables
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Grantees will deliver:
- An action plan consisting of a problem analysis summary, a summary of strategies and intended outcomes, and an initial evaluation plan within 6 months of the award. The assigned TTA provider will supply the action plan and assist grantees to complete it.
- A final report, written with the research partner, that documents the intervention, outcomes, and lessons learned.
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Grantees will deliver:
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.
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In support of this Executive Order, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following:
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Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to promote racial equity and the removal of barriers to access and opportunity for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
- To receive this consideration, the applicant must describe how the proposed project(s) will address potential racial inequities and contribute to greater access to services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality, and identify how the project design and implementation will specifically incorporate the input or participation of those communities and populations disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and the criminal justice system overall. Examples addressing this requirement include, but are not limited to, the following: budgeted project planning and/or implementation meetings with community stakeholders representing historically underserved and marginalized communities; outreach and/or public awareness campaigns specifically tailored to historically underserved and marginalized communities to encourage participation in the proposed project(s); budgeted incorporation of members representing historically underserved and marginalized communities in program evaluation, surveys, or other means of project feedback; and partnership with organizations that primarily serve communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
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Applicants that demonstrate that their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they (or at least one proposed subrecipient that will receive at least 40% of the requested award funding, as demonstrated in the Budget Web-Based Form) identify as a culturally specific organization.
- To receive this additional priority consideration, applicants must describe how being a culturally specific organization (or funding the culturally specific subrecipient organization(s)) will enhance their ability to implement the proposed project(s) and should also specify which populations are intended or expected to be served or to have their needs addressed under the proposed project(s).
- Culturally specific organizations are defined for the purposes of this solicitation as private nonprofit or tribal organizations whose primary purpose as a whole is to provide culturally specific services to racial and ethnic groups, including, among others, Black people, Hispanic and Latino people, Native American and other Indigenous peoples of North America (including Alaska Native, Eskimo, and Aleut), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and/or Pacific Islanders.
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Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to promote racial equity and the removal of barriers to access and opportunity for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation 4,250,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards 850,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards 5
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) 36
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligible Applicants:
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Others
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Special district governments
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Additional Information on Eligibility:
- Other: For the purposes of this solicitation, "other" refers to an organizing body or association of supervision agencies that may submit a single application for a Smart Supervision project engaging more than one supervision office, district, or agency ("entity"). The applicant must have capacity to administer the award and include a Memorandum of Understanding or Letter of Intent from each entity’s chief executive.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.