15PJDP23GG02649COIP
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC) proposes to implement the Voices from Afar: Strengthening Connections Between Children and Incarcerated Parents program. The purpose is to develop and implement programs and services that foster positive family engagement between incarcerated parents and their minor children and provide a continuum of youth development and mental health supports for children and incarcerated parents.
Project activities include: strengthening relationships with correctional facilities through speaking engagements and outreach activities; facilitating trauma-informed trainings for corrections officers; establishing and implementing a multi-modal communication program connecting youth and incarcerated parents utilizing letter-writing, in-person visits, televisitations, and electronic communication; delivering high-quality afterschool programming, summer day camp, mentoring, and mental health services to youth; establishing a peer support group of formerly incarcerated individuals; and establishing a youth advisory council and parent/caregiver advisory council.
Expected outcomes include: development of a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen communications between CPNYC youth participants and incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; strengthened parent/child relationships; provision of evidence-based youth development and mental health services; increase in protective factors for youth; prevention of future involvement in the juvenile justice system; reduced recidivism among formerly incarcerated parents; and regular program assessments.
Children, ages 6 to 17, living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and the South Bronx, and impacted by parental incarceration as well as their incarcerated parent(s) are the intended beneficiaries of the project.
Project activities include: strengthening relationships with correctional facilities through speaking engagements and outreach activities; facilitating trauma-informed trainings for corrections officers; establishing and implementing a multi-modal communication program connecting youth and incarcerated parents utilizing letter-writing, in-person visits, televisitations, and electronic communication; delivering high-quality afterschool programming, summer day camp, mentoring, and mental health services to youth; establishing a peer support group of formerly incarcerated individuals; and establishing a youth advisory council and parent/caregiver advisory council.
Expected outcomes include: development of a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen communications between CPNYC youth participants and incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; strengthened parent/child relationships; provision of evidence-based youth development and mental health services; increase in protective factors for youth; prevention of future involvement in the juvenile justice system; reduced recidivism among formerly incarcerated parents; and regular program assessments.
Children, ages 6 to 17, living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and the South Bronx, and impacted by parental incarceration as well as their incarcerated parent(s) are the intended beneficiaries of the project.
Awardee
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Brooklyn,
New York
11216-2304
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Children Of Promise, Nyc was awarded
Project Grant 15PJDP23GG02649COIP
worth $694,937
from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in October 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Brooklyn New York United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 16.831 Children of Incarcerated Parents.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity OJJDP FY 2023 Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 11/20/23
Period of Performance
10/1/23
Start Date
9/30/26
End Date
Funding Split
$694.9K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$694.9K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
15PJDP23GG02649COIP
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI NOT AVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
15PJDP OJP JUNENILE DEL PREVENT
Funding Office
15PJDP OJP JUNENILE DEL PREVENT
Awardee UEI
LM5CXLECKR97
Awardee CAGE
4FPY2
Performance District
NY-08
Senators
Kirsten Gillibrand
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Modified: 11/20/23