Grants to Address the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children (US)

Deadline: 30-May-23

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding to implement and expand services that address the needs of incarcerated parents who have children younger than age 18.

This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by providing funding to states and localities to assist in developing or expanding services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children.

Goals, Objectives and Deliverables

Category 1: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Programs and Services
- Goals
  - This program will:
    - Expand existing relationships with community-based service providers and adult and juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
    - Develop strategies and approaches to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children.
    - Seek to reduce the incarcerated parent’s behavioral infractions during incarceration and recidivism post-release.
    - Provide services to foster positive youth development for children of incarcerated parents.
    - Develop innovative approaches to enhance child/parent communication, such as the use of video conferencing, electronic messaging software, audio recordings, and transportation assistance for in-person visits and facilitation for virtual visits.
    - Support adult and juvenile detention or correctional facilities, prisons, and jails in rural areas that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children.
- Objectives
  - Program objectives include:
    - Provide support to facilities for staffing, equipment, tools, and resources to create child-friendly spaces for increased engagement.
    - Develop safety protocols and procedures for children who are visiting their incarcerated parents.
    - Develop a coordinated system for the provision of programs and services that support the needs of incarcerated parents and their children.
    - Provide corrections officers with expanded trauma-informed training that will enhance officers’ self-protection and ensure the physical and emotional safety of visiting children and families.
- Deliverables
  - Program deliverables include:
    - Implement strategies that strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children while maintaining secure facilities.
    - Provide services that meet the needs of children of incarcerated parents and foster positive youth development.
    - Provide reentry and transitional services for incarcerated parents that focus on parental responsibility.
    - Provide family counseling services and educational support to children of incarcerated parents.
Category 2: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Training and Technical Assistance
- Goals
  - Develop and promote tools for detention and correctional facilities, communitybased organizations, family members, and professionals who serve incarcerated parents to maintain connections and improve family engagement and reintegration upon pre- and post-release.
  - Build the capacity of prisons, jails, and juvenile detention and correctional facilities to work with communities and community-based organizations to develop policies and practices that develop strategies for reducing recidivism and improving outcomes.
  - Develop a pilot program that engages multidisciplinary partnerships, promotes balanced prevention and intervention strategies, and aligns with family-based sentencing alternatives to address the challenges encountered by incarcerated parents and their children to keep families together.
  - Identify experts to build local capacity for the development and implementation of strategic plans that use data-driven strategies to help facilities address issues associated with incarcerated parents and their minor children and families.
- Objectives
  - Program objectives include:
    - Help children of incarcerated parents live productive, law-abiding lives by implementing programs and services that promote positive youth development.
    - Help children develop a positive relationship with their incarcerated parent, if safe and welcomed by the child, by implementing family-centered approaches.
    - Decrease recidivism among formerly incarcerated parents.
    - Expand or enhance evidence-based policies and practices to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children.
    - Develop a coordinated system of supports for children of incarcerated parents that includes programs to help them cope with trauma and remain connected with their parents in a structured and supportive environment.
- Deliverables
  - Develop strategic goals with anticipated short- and long-term outcome measures.
  - Facilitate onsite and offsite meeting sessions, to include site task force meetings, cross-site and site-specific data collection and analysis, and peer-to-peer information sharing and gathering.
  - Develop site and cross-site tools and resources to assist with successful implementation and the development of long-term strategies based on collected data to address gaps and needs that may occur from implementation.
  - Collect, maintain, and disseminate information about effective policies and practices implemented and trends relevant to the grantees, stakeholders, and policymakers.
  - Facilitate site-to-site information sharing.
  - Analyze and document the impact of implemented cross-site coordinated service

Funding Information

Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation $4,480,000.00
- Category 1: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Programs and Services
  - Number of Awards: 5
  - Dollar Amount for Award: $750,000.00
  - Performance Start Date: 10/1/23 12:00 AM
  - Performance Duration (Months): 36
- Category 2: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Training and Technical Assistance
  - Number of Awards: 1
  - Dollar Amount for Award: $1,000,000.00
  - Performance Start Date: 10/1/23 12:00 AM
  - Performance Duration (Months): 36

Eligibility Criteria

City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, State governments.
Category 1: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Programs and Services
- The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 1:
  - State governments
  - County governments
  - City or township 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
  - Native American organizations (other than federally recognized governments)
Category 2: Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Training and Technical Assistance
- The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 2:
  - Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
  - 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
  - Private institutions of higher education
  - For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  - Small businesses

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