Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $100,000)
The Congressionally Recommended Awards Program, authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), helps improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and/or assist victims of crime (other than compensation). Funds should be used for the projects recommended by Congress, in the amounts specified in the joint explanatory statement incorporated by reference into Pub. L. 111-117, and generally consistent with one or more of the following statutory purposes: improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, preventing or combating juvenile delinquency, or assisting victims of crime (other than compensation). Each of these purposes is framed using language drawn, respectively, from the former Byrne discretionary statute, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Victims of Crime Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. This project is authorized and funded through a line item in the FY 2010 Congressional Budget and by the joint explanatory statement that is incorporated by reference into the FY2010 Department of Justice Appropriations Act.
Breaking Ground, Inc. will use funds to provide job training and services to the re-entry population and break the barriers to long term employment. The goal of the program is to increase public safety and reduce violence in the Lawndale and Garfield communities by securing permanent employment for the participants. The job training program will include literacy, math, reading, writing, and workforce skills training that will prepare ex-offenders to compete for positions in skilled trades. This initiative will provide participants green deconstruction skills training that will teach them a new trade and open new avenues to permanent employment.
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