Pathway Home 3

Background
The Pathway Home Grant Program builds on the findings of the Linking Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) implementation study. The LEAP pilots provided pre-release services through jail-based American Job Centers and linked participants to post-release services. These projects are designed to eliminate the time gap between release from prison and enrollment into a workforce development reentry program leading to skills-based employment.

Grant Details
The purpose of this program is to provide eligible, incarcerated individuals in men’s and women’s state correctional facilities or local or county jails with workforce services prior to release and to continue services after release by transitioning the participants into reentry programs in the communities to which they will return. These grants are job-driven and build connections to local employers that will enable returning citizens to secure employment, while advancing equity for individuals facing significant barriers to labor market reentry, including incarcerated women and communities of color.

Eligibility Requirements
Non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, including women’s, minority, community, and faith-based organizations; public institutions of higher education, including Hispanic-serving, Historically Black, Tribally-controlled, and Alaska and Hawaii Native-serving higher education institutions; nonprofit post-secondary education institutions with or without 501(c)(3) status; state or local governments; any Indian or Native American entity eligible for grants under Section 166 of WIOA; labor or labor management organizations; and non-profit industry organizations.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is 42 months with an anticipated start date of 07/01/2022. This performance period includes all necessary implementation and start-up activities. These grants will have a 3 to 6-month planning period, a 24 to 27-month period of employment and training services, and 12 months of follow-up services.

Grant Value
Approximately $55,000,000 in grant funds authorized by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260) for ex-offender activities and under Section 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), for Program Year 2021 (July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022). ETA plans to award approximately 15 grants ranging from approximately $1 million up to $4 million each.

Place of Performance
State correctional facilities or local or county jails where incarcerated individuals will receive pre-release services.