FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? OJP
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY
Funds Available to Help Reintegrate Offenders
Into Communities
Applications are now being
accepted for grants up to $3.1 million under the new Young Offender Initiative:
Reentry Grant Program. A collaboration among the Departments of Health and
Human Services, Justice and Labor, the program supports efforts to ensure
public safety by helping returning offenders become productive members of their
community.? Approximately $79 million
will be available for up to 25 grantees.
The application deadline is October 1, 2001.??
The Young Offender Initiative:
Reentry Grant Program will help communities combine close supervision with
services to help ex-offenders ages 14 to 35 become law-abiding citizens, gain
long-term employment and maintain a stable residence.? The reentry efforts will entail public-private partnerships that
involve the whole community and provide a range of services, including
substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment and job placement.? Reentry planning will involve close
coordination among corrections staff, law enforcement, probation/parole officers
and community-based service providers.
To obtain a copy of the FY 2001
Young Offender Initiative: Reentry Grant Program Application Package, see
the Grant Solicitations and Application Kits section of the Office of Justice
Programs? (OJP) Corrections Program Office Website at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cpo/applicationkits.htm or contact the Department of Justice Response
Center at 1-800/421-6770.
Media and Congressional staff
should contact the OJP Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at
202/307-0703.
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