Grants to USA State and Local Governments, Housing Authoriti

Grants to USA State and Local Governments, Housing Authorities, and Tribes for Housing and Reentry Services

Second Chance Act Pay for Success Program

GrantWatch ID# 193962

Agency: Federal

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Funding Source

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

CFDA Number: 16.812

Funding or PIN Number: O-BJA-2023-171523

Geographic Focus

All USA
USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);

Important Dates

Deadline: 03/21/23 8:59 PM ET - Grants.gov deadline; 03/28/23 8:59 PM ET - JustGrants deadline. Save

Grant Description

Grants to USA and territories state and local governments, housing authorities, and Tribes for housing programs that provide reentry services to people who were formerly incarcerated. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. The purpose of the program is to enhance public safety, lower recidivism, and improve the lives of those individuals leaving the criminal justice system.

The Pay for Success Initiative is performance-based and outcomes-based programming that ties payment for services to reaching agreed-upon goals. Under this initiative, services that may be purchased include a wide range of reentry services that are tailored to individuals leaving incarceration, particularly those with substance use disorders, as well as permanent supportive housing.

Category 1 awards focus on:

Enhancing already established performance-based and outcomes-based contracts to provide individualized reentry services for people leaving incarceration who are identified through a validated risk tool as being at moderate to high risk to reoffend in the community.
Managing a performance-based or outcomes-based reentry services contract, including data and report collection, regular performance and outcome reviews between governments and service providers, on- and offsite monitoring, outcomes validation, and incentive payment approvals.
Ensuring government staff and service providers have adequate training on performance-based or outcomes-based procurement, reentry services, data collection, and outcomes validation.

Category 2 awards focus on:

Entering into performance-based or outcomes-based contracts to provide evidence-based, high-quality permanent supportive housing (PSH) to formerly incarcerated individuals who have a substance use disorder.
Managing the performance-based or outcomes-based PSH contract, including data and report collection, regular performance and outcome reviews between governments and service providers, on- and offsite monitoring, performance and outcomes validation, and incentive payment approvals.
Ensuring government staff and service providers have adequate training on performance-based or outcomes-based procurement, PSH, data collection, and outcomes validation.

Goals, Objectives, and Deliverables: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/O-BJA-2023-171523.pdf#page=8

Priority Areas: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/O-BJA-2023-171523.pdf#page=9

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Eligibility

City or township governments
County governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Special district governments
State governments

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants:
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Special district governments, State governments

For the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Pre-Application Information

The SF-424 and the SF-LLL must be submitted in Grants.gov by March 21, 2023 8:59 PM ET.

The full application must be submitted in JustGrants by March 28, 2023 8:59 PM ET.

Before submitting an application, all applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM). Registration and renewal can take up to 10 business days to complete.

Applications must be submitted to DOJ electronically through a two-step process via Grants.gov and JustGrants.
- Step 1: The applicant must submit by the Grants.gov deadline the required Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) form when they register in Grants.gov. Submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL as early as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the Grants.gov deadline. If an applicant fails to submit in Grants.gov, they will be unable to apply in JustGrants.
- Step 2: The applicant must submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants by the JustGrants application deadline.

View this opportunity on Grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345672

For a list of application documents, see the Package tab (press Preview) on the Grants.gov page above.

Solicitation webinar recording: https://csgjusticecenter.org/events/responding-to-the-2023-solicitation-for-second-chance-act-pay-for-success-initiative/#recording-2

Solicitation webinar recording: https://csgjusticecenter.org/events/responding-to-the-2023-solicitation-for-second-chance-act-pay-for-success-initiative/#presentation-4

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$6,000,000

Number of Grants

5 awards in Category 1; 1 award in Category 2

Estimated Size of Grant

Up to $1,000,000

Term of Contract

Period of Performance Start Date: 10/2/23 12:00 AM

Period of Performance Duration (Months): 54 months

Contact Information

For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center at 800-851-3420, 301-240-6310 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only), or grants@ncjrs.gov.

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and a SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or support@grants.gov.

For technical assistance with submitting the full application in JustGrants, contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.

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