U.S. Department of Labor Face Forward Serving Juvenile Offenders Grants

This department is offering Face Forward grants to support juvenile offenders in diverting from the justice system and expunging their records through collaborative programs. The grants aim to improve youth’s chances in the labor market by providing opportunities for skill development and long-term success. By working with non-profit legal services providers, grantees will help participants in expungement actions and diversion programs, offering a fresh start for young individuals. Applications close on May 10, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 228734

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	SGA-DFA-PY-12-09
Funding Opportunity Title::	Face Forward Serving Juvenile Offenders Grants
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Employment, Labor and Training
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	26
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	17.270 — Reintegration of Ex-Offenders
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 2
Posted Date::	Apr 01, 2013
Last Updated Date::	Apr 17, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications::	May 10, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	May 10, 2013
Archive Date::	Jun 09, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 26,000,000
Award Ceiling::	$1,000,000
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

Any non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status, unit of state or local government, or any Indian and Native American entity eligible for grants under WIA Section 166, may apply for these grants to provide services to eligible participants (as defined in Section III.C.3.) in areas with high-poverty and high-crime rates. For the purpose of this SGA, areas with high-poverty and high-crime rates are defined as: high-poverty communities are those communities with poverty rates of at least 30 percent (applicants must use American Community Survey data to show the average poverty rate of the various Census Tracts included in their target community. For more information, see Section IV.B.3 and VIII.E.); high-crime communities are those communities where the felony crime rate is higher than the felony crime rate of the overall community as described in V.B.3. Applicants will be separately evaluated on the evidence of high-poverty and high-crime rates in the community to be served.

Recipients of these grants should be located in or have existing staff presence, such as satellite offices or shared office space, in the high-poverty; high-crime area to be served. A single application may be submitted to serve multiple sites. However, applicants should demonstrate that they have an existing organizational presence in each of the identified geographic areas to be served.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Employment and Training Administration
Description::	The U.S. Department of Labor (we, the Department or DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces the availability of approximately $26,000,000 in grant funds to award approximately 26 Face Forward grants. Face Forward conveys the idea of youth leaving their past transgressions behind and looking forward towards a promising future. Through diversion and/or record expungement strategies, these grants will give youth a chance to succeed in the workplace and to avoid the stigma of a juvenile record. Diversion and expungement strategies are part of the Juvenile Justice system. These functions, operations and processes are under their jurisdiction. However, in order to provide the best possible outcomes for these youth, it is imperative to provide these additional supportive services. Diversion is an attempt to divert, or channel out, youthful offenders from the juvenile justice system (Bynum and Thompson, 1996). Expungement focuses on having juvenile records expunged, or eliminated. Juvenile arrests can follow youth for the rest of their lives and become a major barrier to inclusion and advancement in the workforce. The Face Forward grants will offer organizations the opportunity to develop programs that address this issue while developing the skills and opportunity youth need to move forward successfully in the workforce. The purpose of these grants is to improve the long-term labor market prospects of both court involved youth prior to adjudication and juvenile offenders. Grantees must utilize a strategy where they collaborate with non-profit legal services providers to assist participants with expungement actions, and/or be designated by the juvenile justice system as a diversion program.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 2	This amendment to the SGA amends language in Section III.C.3. See Amendment One for more details.	Apr 17, 2013
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	17.270
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00171931
Opening Date:	Apr 01, 2013
Closing Date:	May 10, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Mamie Williams
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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