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Arizona Department of Corrections Reentry Initiative

Award Information

Award #
2016-CZ-BX-0016
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location
Congressional District
Status
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2016
Total funding (to date)
$2,228,348

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $162,287)

The Second Chance Act (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities. The Second Chance Act Programs are designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by offender reentry and recidivism reduction.
Section 101 of the Second Chance Act authorizes federal awards to states that may be used for demonstration projects to promote the safe and successful reintegration into the community of individuals who have been incarcerated or detained and reduce overall recidivism rates. The goal of Section 101 of the Second Chance Act is to provide support to eligible applicants, in this case state departments of corrections, for the development and implementation of comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by reentry to increase public safety and reduce recidivism. The objectives of the Statewide Adult Recidivism Reduction Strategic Plan Implementation Program are to fund, at the state level, effective strategies for reducing recidivism and enhancing public safety which incorporate the following principles: (1) focus on the people most likely to commit more crimes; (2) use risk and needs assessments to inform resource-allocation decisions and individual case responses; (3) establish and scale up evidence-based programs and practices that reduce recidivism and ensure they are implemented with fidelity; and (4) implement community supervision policies and practices that promote successful reentry.

The grantee will use funds towards the Arizona Department of Corrections Reentry Initiative. The goals of this project are to provide leadership and technical assistance to state, regional and local reentry coalitions to help build capacity and develop a comprehensive, cohesive approach to reentry programming that will promote successful outcomes for transitioning offenders; implement extensive skill development training for institutional Correctional Officers III, institutional case managers, which emphasizes evidence-based correctional case management that addresses criminogenic needs of high-risk offenders. This program will serve 250 high risk male and female adult inmates per year.

CA/NCF

Date Created: September 28, 2016