Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $150,000)
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.
The Oriana House, Inc. will support the Misdemeanant Secure Halfway House Facility (MSHF) that houses non violent misdemeanor offenders who fail in traditional community corrections programs for the City of Akron and County of Summit. This will improve the ability of MSHF to provide reentry services designed to assist an individual offenders re-entry into the community through a process of assessment, intervention, treatment and supervision.
NCA/NCF