Deadline: 28 April 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding under the (FY) 2020 Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program.
The Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program encourages collaboration between state agencies, local government, and community- and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities.
The Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program will support states, local governments, and tribal governments in partnership with interested persons (including federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations to provide comprehensive reentry services for moderate to high-risk youth offenders before, during, and after release from confinement.
The goal of this program is to increase public safety and reduce recidivism among moderate to high-risk youth following release from a juvenile residential facility. For the purposes of this program, recidivism is defined as a return to a residential placement facility, jail, or prison with either a new conviction or as the result of a violation of the terms of supervision within 24 months of initial release.
Priority Areas
- Demonstrate a commitment to partner with a local evaluator to identify and analyze data that will enable the grantee to target the intended offender population and serve as a baseline for purposes of the evaluation.
- Demonstrate a focus initiative on geographic areas with a disproportionate population of offenders released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities.
- Include input from nonprofit organizations in any case where relevant input is available and appropriate to the grant application; input and coordination with facility administrators for service delivery prerelease; consultation with crime victims and offenders who are released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; input and coordination with families of offenders; the juvenile justice coordinating council of the region; the reentry coordinating council of the region; or from other interested persons.
- Demonstrate effective case assessment and management abilities in order to provide comprehensive and continuous reentry, including planning for prerelease transitional housing and community release that begins upon admission for juveniles and jail inmates and, as appropriate, for prison inmates, depending on the length of the sentence.
- Establish prerelease planning procedures to ensure that the eligibility of an offender for Federal, tribal, or State benefits upon release is established prior to release, subject to any limitations in law, and to ensure that offenders obtain all necessary referrals for reentry services, including assistance identifying and securing suitable housing.
- Deliver continuous and appropriate mental health services, drug treatment, medical care, job training and placement, educational services, vocational services, and any other service or support needed for reentry.
- Review the process by which the applicant adjudicates violations of parole, probation, or supervision following release from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, taking into account public safety and the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for minor and technical violations of parole, probation, or supervision (specifically those violations that are not otherwise, and independently, a violation of law).
- Provide for an independent evaluation of reentry programs that include, to the maximum extent possible, random assignment and controlled studies to determine the effectiveness of such programs.
- Target moderate and high-risk offenders for reentry programs through validated assessment tools; or target offenders with histories of homelessness, substance abuse, or mental illness, including prerelease assessment of the housing status of the offender and behavioral health needs of the offender with clear coordination with mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness services systems to achieve stable and permanent housing outcomes with appropriate support services.
Funding Information
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award $750,000;
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation $7,000,0000;
- Period of performance duration 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply:
- States and territories in partnership with interested persons (including Federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers and nonprofit organizations,
- Local governments in partnership with interested persons (including Federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers and nonprofit organizations, and
- Federally recognized Indian tribal governments in partnership with interested persons (including federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
How to Apply
Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324864