Deadline: 4 May 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding under the Second Chance Act to provide grants to nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes to provide reentry services and programs.
This program furthers the Department’s mission to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration.
BJA is seeking applications to implement or expand on reentry programs that demonstrate strong partnerships with corrections, parole, probation, and other reentry service providers. These partnerships should develop comprehensive case management plans that directly address criminogenic risk and needs, as determined by validated criminogenic risk assessments, and include delivery or facilitation of services.
Grants made under this program may be used for:
- Mentoring adult offenders during incarceration, through transition back to the community, and post-release;
- Transitional services to assist in the reintegration of offenders into the community, including:
- Educational, literacy, and vocational, services and the transitional jobs strategy;
- Substance use disorder treatment and services;
- Coordinated supervision and services for offenders, including physical health care and comprehensive housing and mental health care;
- Family services; and
- Validated assessment tools to assess the risk factors of returning inmates;
- Training regarding offender and victims’ issues.
Categories
Category 1 – Community-based Adult Reentry for Organizations Serving Rural Communities.
Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to operating in and serving a rural area in the country. Rural is defined as (A) any area or community, respectively, no part of which is within an area designated as a standard metropolitan statistical area by the Office of Management and Budget; (B) any area or community, respectively, that is— within an area designated as a metropolitan statistical area or considered as part of a metropolitan statistical area; located in a rural census tract; or (C) any federally recognized Indian tribe.
- Target Population: The proposed program must commit to serving a minimum of 100 people that meet the target population requirements of this grant.
- Award Amount: Awardees will receive up to $750,000 for a 3-year project period.
Category 2 – Community-based Adult Reentry for Organizations Serving Non-Rural Communities.
- Target Population: The proposed program must commit to serving a minimum of 150 people that meet the target population requirements of this grant.
- Award Amount: Awardees will receive up to $750,000 for the project period.
Objectives and Deliverables
- Objectives
- Develop comprehensive case management plans that directly address criminogenic risks and needs, as identified by validated criminogenic risk assessments, and include delivery or facilitation of services in a manner consistent with participants’ learning styles and abilities.
- Demonstrate increased collaboration between community- and faith-based organizations and corrections, community supervision, law enforcement, and other local reentry stakeholders.
- Deliverables
- An action plan to be developed with input from BJA and the assigned technical assistance provider and submitted within 6 months of receiving final budget approval.
- A final report at the end of the project period.
Program-Specific Priority Areas
In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any OJP policy prioritization that may be applicable, priority consideration will be given to applications as follows:
- Applications that include a plan to implement activities that have been demonstrated effective in facilitating the successful reentry of offenders.
- Applications that provide for an independent evaluation that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, random assignment of offenders to program delivery and control groups.
OJP Policy Priority Areas
In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any program-specific prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows:
- Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.
- Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.
- Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).
Funding Information
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award
- Category 1: $750,000
- Category 2: $750,000
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation: $13,500,000
- Period of performance duration: 36 months
- Period of performance start date: October 1, 2020
Eligibility Criteria
- The following entities are eligible to apply:
- Nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations)
- Federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior)
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325072