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Justice Fellowship recommends applying for two Second Chance Act grants announced by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
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The first grant is aimed at helping adult and juvenile offenders develop skills to build a successful career in technology. The "Second Chance Act Technology Careers Training Demonstration Projects for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles” competition is open to state and local governments, territories and tribes.
These grants offer offenders a path to potential employment that they otherwise would never be able to attain. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET, March 2, 2012.
The second grant is part of BJA’s effort to generate new evidence about what is effective at reducing recidivism and the challenges faced by communities as offenders reintegrate into society. The Second Chance Act Demonstration Field Experiment: Fostering Desistance Through Effective Supervision, will test important criminal justice interventions and programs as part of a multi-site Demonstration Field Experiment (DFE) on prisoner reentry.
BJA is looking for government agencies to participate in the Second Chance Act-funded Demonstration Field Experiment (DFE), "Fostering Desistance Through Effective Supervision.”
Specifically the grantees must:
--Train parole officers in the National Institute of Corrections’ (NIC) Integrated Case Management and Supervision Model (ICMS) and Crime Desistance training curriculum and interaction techniques.
--Provide cognitive behavioral therapy consisting of four MET (Motivational Enhancement Therapy) sessions followed by 25 T4C (Thinking for Change) sessions.
The deadline for submitting an application is February 23, 2012.
Find more details by reading the Justice eReport. |
