Agency Notice of Funding Opportunity:
This NOFO supports state, local, and tribal governments and community-based organizations to provide education and employment programs for people leaving jail and prison. The goal of the program is to improve academic and vocational/trade programs available to people in prisons and jails and expand workforce development and career pathways that result in improved job readiness, employment attainment, and retention thereby improving employment prospects and reducing recidivism. Applicants may consider proposing projects that develop marketable skills, leverage technology, and build capacity to align with their local job market and engage in the digital economy.
Additional Notes:
Category 1: Improving Reentry Education Outcomes (Anticipated Award Amount: $900,000) Category 1 will provide support for prison educational programming and vocational/trade education and training that serve individuals currently incarcerated with 2 years or less before release into the community.
Category 2: Improving Reentry Employment Outcomes (Anticipated Award Amount: $900,000) Category 2 will provide support for employment programs, such as a career pathway system or workforce development network, informed by labor market needs and local demand for employees that serve individuals currently incarcerated with 2 years or less before release into the community.
