Corrections Grants
Correctional facilities often rely on external funding to enhance operations, improve inmate programs, and upgrade security measures. Corrections grants provide essential financial support for these initiatives, allowing facilities to implement new technologies, expand training programs, and address critical needs. This directory offers articles and resources to help correctional staff navigate the grant application process, stay informed about available funding opportunities, and maximize their chances of success. Additionally, understanding Correctional Facility Budgeting can further aid in effective resource management.
COs must wear the cameras while on duty and activate them during incidents such as entering a housing unit or while escorting inmates in handcuffs or shackles
Through a $1.5 million grant, incarcerated students at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institute can take classes, such as philosophy, criminal justice, mathematics and more
Pell Grants were officially restored for incarcerated students in 2023, following a nearly 30-year ban that prohibited most incarcerated students from receiving the aid
The $9.6M will be distributed among multiple counties to assist with their jail’s COVID-19 responses
The FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program has total funds available of $850,000,000
The grant aims to redirect people with mental health and substance abuse issues away from prison and to treatment systems
The grant funding is used to house children who are victims of sex trafficking or in protective custody
The funds will go toward establishing the first college education program for women in the state
The Howard County DOC received funding for a reentry demonstration project aimed at reducing recidivism
The funding will allow Santa Barbara County officials and community groups to implement a new crisis intervention program
The funds can be used to expand or update juvenile facilities
The grant will fund vests for deputies working with or around inmates
Forty-six percent of inmates within the county’s jail system were diagnosed with some form of mental health ailment
The grants are part of a $1.2 million package assisting counties with services for inmates in need of treatment
The funds are meant to support various components of the criminal justice system to promote safety for LE, corrections officers and communities
The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program reimburses local jurisdictions that house “undocumented criminal aliens”
Forty-six percent of inmates within the county’s jail system were diagnosed with some form of mental health ailment
The program serves defendants on probation across two cities
The Prison Research and Innovation Initiative grant gathers data to help policy makers improve correctional facilities
Police foundations raise millions of dollars each year for the purchase of new equipment and development of officer wellness and community policing initiatives
A GoFundMe has raised over $5,000 for Aaron Fryer, who also serves as a volunteer firefighter for Benton County Fire District 1
There are several potential grant opportunities for law enforcement agencies
Using grant monies, the Vernon Police Department is connecting addicts with recovery coaches and moving them into treatment rather than jail
The Renewed for Reentry Program is expected to be launched in September
Being good stewards of the funding awarded can put you in a strong position to receive future grant dollars
ADOC will use grant funds to buy personal protection equipment for correctional officers to use when handling contraband containing dangerous narcotics
Inmate healthcare costs are straining correctional facility budgets – here are some grant funding sources that could assist with those expenses
The $504,892 grant will go toward an existing rehab program in state prisons, in which 288 inmates are currently enrolled
Funding is available for trace detection machines, Narcan kits and data-sharing technology to document problems in your jurisdiction
The department joins 12 other jurisdictions chosen to benefit from a $148M national initiative aimed at criminal justice reform
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the winners Wednesday of the second round of its Safety and Justice Challenge grants, including the largest award to Philadelphia
Corrections agencies are often not aware of available grants for the purchase of critically needed drug detection and interdiction equipment
Federal, state and private funding sources are available for peer support and other mental health and wellness programs within your agency
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