United States: 2021 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative

Deadline: 22-Jun-21

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance is providing funding to state, local, and tribal governments to enhance or implement performance-based and outcomes based contracts with reentry, permanent supportive housing, or recovery housing providers to reduce recidivism and address the substance use disorders impacting formerly incarcerated people.

The overall goals of the FY 2021 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative are to enhance public safety, lower recidivism, and improve the lives of those coming out of the criminal justice system. Specific goals for each category are:

Category 1: Performance-based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) or Reentry Services: Increase programming for and reduce recidivism in the target reentry population.
Category 2: Performance-based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Recovery Housing: Reduce recidivism and drug use in the target recovery housing population that is in reentry.

Objectives

Category 1
- Enhance already established performance-based and outcomes-based contracts to provide individualized reentry services or PSH for people leaving incarceration who are identified through a validated risk tool as being at moderate to high risk to reoffend in the community.
- Manage the performance-based or outcomes-based reentry service or PSH contract, including data and report collection, regular performance and outcome reviews between governments and service providers, on- and off-site monitoring, outcomes validation, and incentive payment approvals.
- Ensure government staff and service providers have adequate training on performance-based or outcomes-based procurement, reentry services, PSH, data collection, and outcomes validation.
Category 2
- Enter into performance-based or outcomes-based contracts to provide evidence-based, high-quality recovery housing to formerly incarcerated individuals who have a substance use disorder.
- Manage the performance-based or outcomes-based recovery housing contract, including data and report collection, regular performance and outcome reviews between governments and service providers, on- and off-site monitoring, performance and outcomes validation, and incentive payment approvals.
- Ensure government staff and service providers have adequate training on performance-based or outcomes-based procurement, recovery housing, data collection, and outcomes validation.

Funding Information

Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $6,600,000.00
Performance-based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) or Reentry Services: $1,100,000.00
Performance-based and Outcomes-based Contracting for Recovery Housing: $1,100,000.00
Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
Period of Performance Duration (Months): 54

Eligibility Criteria

City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, State governments, Other.
Both categories have following eligible applicants:
- State governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
For purposes of this solicitation, “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.
To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.