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Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program

Link

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172024

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Solicitation Overview

Deadline

Application Deadline: Apr 29, 2024

Sponsor

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Purpose

Provides funding to organizations and tribal governments to support the provision of comprehensive reentry services designed to help individuals who have been incarcerated. Supports enhance or implement evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support successful transitional planning for individuals who are currently, or were formerly, involved in the criminal justice system.

Funds may used for reentry supports and services, including but not limited to:

Service coordination and tracking
Gender-specific and trauma-informed programming and services
Individual and group mentoring
Peer supports
Educational, literacy, and vocational services
Substance use and mental health disorder treatment and recovery services
Connections to physical healthcare
Services to support family reunification and restoration
Assistance in securing safe and affordable housing
Civil legal assistance, such as help with securing driver's license or government issued identification, expunging criminal records, litigating inappropriate denials of housing or employment, creating/modifying child support orders, and providing other family law services to help stabilize individuals and families impacted by incarceration
Staff training on victims' issues and to improve competency in working with current and/or formerly incarcerated individuals

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling: $750,000
Project period: 36 months
Estimated number of awards: 15
Estimated total program funding: $9,750,000

Who Can Apply

Applications may be submitted by federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education.

Priority consideration is given to applicants that meet the following criteria:

Proposals designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
Applicants that demonstrate their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they are a population specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
Applications that provide for an independent evaluation that includes, to the maximum extent feasible, random assignment of program participants to program delivery and control groups.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing

Application Process

Application requirements, instructions, and other relevant information can be found in the funding announcement.

Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:

Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the April 29, 2024 deadline.
Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the May 6, 2024 deadline.

Contact

For questions on submitting in grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov

For questions on submitting in JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

For questions:
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Response Center
800-851-3420
TTY at 301-240-6310
grants@ncjrs.gov

Rural Awards

Past awards communities received in fiscal year 2024 can be found on the program website.

Rural communities who have received funding include:

Community Awareness Resource Entity of Arizona in St. Johns, Arizona to facilitate the successful transition and reentry of justice-involved individuals returning to the target area after a period of incarceration. The service area for this project is Southern Apache County in the Tribal and nontribal areas located south of I-40.
Strength In Peers in New Market, Virginia to reduce recidivism and improve behavioral health and reentry outcomes among individuals who are incarcerated in Page County Jail.

Topics This Program Addresses

Community Planning and Coalition Building • Health and Wellness • Housing and Homelessness • Mental Health • People with Lived Experience/Peers • Re-entry and Community Supervision • Social Service Supports • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment