BJA FY 18 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Reducing Recidivism Through Systems Improvement | BJA 2018 13631

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2018 13631

The BJA FY 18 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Reducing Recidivism Through Systems Improvement is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on helping jurisdictions strengthen the full reentry process for people returning to the community after incarceration. Rather than funding a single reentry program in isolation, this initiative is built around the idea that reentry works best when it is treated as an end-to-end system. In practice, that means aligning policies, procedures, and cross-agency coordination starting at the point of incarceration (pre-release planning, assessments, and preparation) and continuing through successful community reintegration (post-release supervision, services, and long-term stabilization). The central public safety objective is to reduce recidivism, particularly among individuals assessed as moderate to high risk of reoffending, by improving how the overall system functions and how partners work together.

The grant is intended to support jurisdictions as they identify gaps in their current reentry approaches, coordinate stakeholders, and develop and implement comprehensive, collaborative strategies that improve outcomes. The emphasis on "systems improvement" signals that BJA is looking for changes that make reentry more consistent, effective, and sustainable across the involved agencies and organizations, such as corrections, community supervision, courts, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, workforce and education partners, housing supports, and community-based organizations. The opportunity frames reentry as a continuous process with deliberate handoffs and shared responsibility, where better policies and better coordination can translate into fewer people cycling back into custody and safer communities overall.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number BJA-2018-13631 and CFDA number 16.812. The award ceiling is up to $1,000,000 per award, and BJA anticipated making about 8 awards under this solicitation. Eligible applicants include county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The opportunity was created on May 24, 2018, with an original closing date of June 25, 2018. The funding activity categories associated with the solicitation span law, justice and legal services along with related community development and capacity areas like education, employment and training, information/statistics, and humanities/cultural affairs, reflecting how reentry improvement often requires coordinated work across multiple public systems, not only the justice sector.

Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at jurisdictions that want to move beyond fragmented or program-by-program reentry efforts and instead build a coordinated, policy-driven reentry framework that begins at incarceration and carries through release and reintegration. The intended result is a measurable improvement in public safety and a meaningful reduction in repeat offending by improving the systems that shape reentry outcomes for higher-risk returning individuals.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the community development, education, employment, labor and training, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), information and statistics, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 18 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Reducing Recidivism Through Systems Improvement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.812.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 24, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 25, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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