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Corrections

Enhancing Corrections Spaces and Cultures

The nations prisons and jails are struggling to recruit and retain staff. These staffing challenges impact re-entry efforts and overall public safety. In this blog post, hear from former BJA fellow Dr. Danielle Rudes on how leaders can make correctional institutions better for staff and residents.

Zero Returns to Homelessness Initiative Launched

Learn about the new Zero Returns to Homelessness initiative which joins elected officials, providers, and community leaders to ensure there are sufficient housing and support service resources to make this goal a reality.

Smart Reentry: Housing Demonstration

This program is designed to help jurisdictions assess their reentry housing systems, identify strengths and gaps, and build capacity for improving housing options for adults released from prison or jail.

Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program

This program supports state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organization efforts to establish or expand cross-system approaches to reduce the risk of crisis and improve reentry and recovery outcomes for people reentering the community from correctional facilities (e.g., jails, prisons, juvenile detention) with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

Community-based Reentry Incubator Initiative

This program builds programmatic, financial, and organizational capacity in community-based organizations and faith-based institutions to provide sustainable and transitional services to people leaving incarceration.

Community-based Reentry Program

This program supplies funding and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations and tribal governments to provide comprehensive reentry services to individuals who have been incarcerated.