Spotlight Announcement
9/20/2005: Department of Labor Convenes Meetings to Detail Prisoner Reentry Initiative
The Department of Labor (DOL) is sponsoring three informational meetings across the country for potential applicants for recently announced DOL funding available under the federal Prisoner Reentry Initiative. The meetings will present detailed information on the program design and application requirements, and answer questions from the field.
The conferences will take place in Los Angeles on May 12, in Dallas on May 19, and in Washington, DC on May 26. Grant applications are due on July 13. DOL expects to make approximately 30 awards, averaging around $660,000.
Under the Prisoner Reentry Initiative, DOL announced April 1, 2005 that it will provide approximately $20 million to strengthen urban communities characterized by large numbers of returning prisoners, through employment-centered programming that incorporates mentoring, job training, and other comprehensive transitional services. DOL will award grants to faith-based and community organizations to provide such programming; The Department of Justice (DOJ) will make subsequent awards to state agencies to provide pre-release services to prisoners returning to the communities served.
The Prisoner Reentry Initiative is a multi-year, multi-agency initiative. DOL initial awards will be for one year, but may be extended for up to three years. In future years, funding under the Prisoner Reentry Initiative will also be available from DOJ, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Click here to register for one of the informational meetings.
Click here to see the Prisoner Reentry Initiative grant announcement from DOL.
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