The SoulFisher Ministries Trim Tab Boot Camp

The SoulFisher Ministries (TSM), a 501c3 organization in St. Louis, Missouri, will implement its Trim Tab Boot Camp through the Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Incubator Initiative. The goals of the Trim Tab Boot Camp are to provide TTA to sub-awardees that will: 1) enhance reentry programs at the local level by strengthening their operations; 2) improve community reintegration and recidivism outcomes for people transitioning from incarceration back into the community; 3) ensure responsible and effective administration of sub-awards; and 4) build administrative, operational, and organizational capacity to serve the target population effectively, using comprehensive case management plans that address criminogenic risk and needs as identified by validated criminogenic risk assessments and deliver or facilitate services in a manner consistent with participants learning styles and abilities.
The target population includes faith-based nonprofit organizations and community-based organizations that primarily specialize in reentry services for women. The incubator will serve, at minimum, 18 reentry service providers.
The incubator will consist of a one-year planning period that includes partnering with BJA to create a pre-application webinar for potential applicants, Letter of Interest process, Request for Proposals process, selection of sub-awardees, and development of a full evaluation plan and boot camp program sessions. It will be followed by an orientation for selected applicants, the Trim Tab Boot Camp in Year 2, and TTA support during Year 2 to Year 5 of the cooperative agreement.