16.202: Prisoner Reentry Initiative Demonstration (Offender Reentry)

16.202

Inactive

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) [DOJ - OJP]

Aug. 16, 2010

July 19, 2010

The Offender Reentry Initiative (Reentry Grant Program) is a combined federal effort to assist jurisdictions in facing the challenges presented by the return of offenders from prison to the community. The goal is to support the effective delivery of pre-release assessments and services, and to develop transition plans in collaboration with other justice and community-based agencies and providers, for supervised and non-supervised non-violent offenders. The current initiative addresses the continuing problem of offenders entering the community after incarceration with little or no surveillance, accountability, or resource investment.

B - Project Grants

An applicant must select a lead agency responsible for the operational aspects of the grant. The applicant must also establish a multidisciplinary collaborative partnership, which includes members of faith-based and/or community organizations; e.g., State and local corrections agencies, the State and local mental health and substance abuse agencies, and the State and local Workforce Investment Boards (WIB). The partnership must select the lead agency to serve as the applicant and the fiscal agent or grantee. If the lead agency designates another to serve as fiscal agent, the lead will remain as grantee with ultimate responsibility for the grant. The lead agency and/or fiscal agent must be a State or tribal agency's unit of government. Federally Recognized Indian Tribes must establish a partnership that includes (but is not limited to) entities or agencies that address corrections, criminal justice, law enforcement, employment services, substance abuse, and mental health. Tribes may involve State level agencies as their key partners, although this is not a requirement. Eligibility is limited to jurisdictions in which grants were awarded to community- and faith-based organizations through the U.S. Department of Labor's FY 2005 Prisoner Reentry Initiative (See www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20052123list.htm). State agencies are encouraged to partner with local and regional jails when submitting applications, or to serve as a pass-through for funding. All applicants must coordinate applications with their community- and faith-based partners.

State, units of local government, and federally recognized tribes.