This BJA grant is designed to support state, local, and tribal reentry courts, addressing the critical challenges of ex-offender reintegration into communities. Its primary purpose is to reduce criminal recidivism, enhance public safety, and ensure accountability by providing comprehensive, coordinated services. Funding facilitates drug/alcohol and mental health treatment, housing assistance, and job training. It also supports monitoring ex-offenders, convening community impact panels, and implementing graduated sanctions and incentives. These reentry courts leverage partnerships between the judiciary, corrections, social services, and communities to ensure successful transitions for individuals returning to society.
Opportunity ID: 94793
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2011-3043 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 11 Second Chance Act State, Local, and Tribal Reentry Courts |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 5 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.812 — Second Chance Act Prisoner Reentry Initiative |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 17, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 30, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 30, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 30, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | County governments Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) State governments City or township governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants are limited to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and non-profit entities that target adult populations. BJA will only consider applications that demonstrate collaboration with critical partners necessary to implement the activities in the proposed program design. Because adult reentry court programs/dockets are diverse, based on state, local, and tribal jurisdiction and target population, critical partners for this grant application will vary according to each applicant�s program design. Critical partners may include, but are not limited to, the Single State Agency for Substance Abuse, parole and/or probation, the defense bar, mental health and substance abuse service providers, non-profits, community and faith based organizations, local community members, the prosecutor, and the court. Non-court applicants must have a written agreement with the applicable court that details the establishment of a reentry court, specialized docket, or court program. Programs must target adult offenders who plead guilty or are convicted on criminal offenses and released from jail or prison after serving a sentence term. Applicants should refer to their relevant local statutes to define the legal age of an adult offender. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description: | The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of people who are released from prison and jail into communities, including the subsequent challenges communities face as ex-offenders attempt to reintegrate into society. A combination of trends in sentencing, incarceration, and post-release supervision has brought prisoner reentry to the forefront of discussion among policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. Section 111 of the Second Chance Act was created to help break the cycle of criminal recidivism, increase public safety, ensure accountability, and help better address the growing population of ex-offenders who return to their communities. More specifically, Section 111 authorizes awards to be made to monitor ex-offenders reentering the community as well as provide ex-offenders with coordinated and comprehensive reentry services and programs such as drug and alcohol testing and assessment for treatment; assessment and treatment for substance abuse from a licensed substance abuse provider approved by the state/tribe; health (including mental health) services and assessment; aftercare and case management services that facilitate access to and coordinate with clinical care; and any other services needed for reentry. Funds are also authorized to convene community impact panels, victim impact panels, or victim impact educational classes as well as provide and coordinate the delivery of community services to ex-offenders including housing assistance, education, job training, conflict resolution skills training, batterer intervention programs and other appropriate social services. Last, authorized activities also include the establishment and implementation of graduated sanctions and incentives. Reentry courts represent a relatively new form of jurisprudence. Focused on the back-end of the criminal justice system, the reentry court is designed to leverage partnerships between courts, social services and the community to facilitate successful ex-offender reintegration. Reentry courts also necessitate considerable cooperation between corrections and local judiciaries, since it requires the active involvement of community corrections agencies or parole boards in transitioning offenders back into the community through active judicial or executive branch oversight. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For technical assistance with submitting the application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1�800�518�4726 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov
Email:supprot@grants.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 94793 Full Announcement-1 -> 11reentrycourtssol.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For technical assistance with submitting the application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1�800�518�4726 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov Email: supprot@grants.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.812 | PKG00054730 | May 17, 2011 | Jun 30, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
94793 SF424-2.0.pdf
94793 SF424B-1.1.pdf
94793 Budget-1.1.pdf
94793 Other-1.1.pdf
94793 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
94793 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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