BJA FY 13 Smart Probation: Reducing Prison Populations, Saving Money, and Creating Safer Communities

Post Date

March 12th 2013

Application Due Date

May 9th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

BJA-2013-3553

CFDA Number(s)

16.812

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $750000

Grant Description

At yearend 2011, there were an estimated 4,814,200 adults under supervision in the community either on probation or paroleяthe equivalent of about 1 out of every 48 adults. Many people on supervision do not successfully complete their community supervision.1 According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 16 percent of probationers were incarcerated as the result of a new sentence or revocation of their current probation. These failure rates are a key reason prison populations continue to remain high. State-level data from BJAуs Justice Reinvestment Initiative indicate that in some states probation and parole revocations account for up to 65 percent of prison and jail admissions annually. The FY 2013 Smart Probation Program (SPP) seeks to improve probation success rates, which would in turn improve public safety, reduce admissions to prisons and jails, and save taxpayer dollars. Funds can be used to implement evidence-based supervision strategies and to innovate new strategies to improve outcomes for probationers. This program is funded under the Second Chance Act appropriation. Signed into law on April 9, 2008, the Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199) was designed to improve outcomes for people returning to communities from prisons and jails. This first-of-its-kind legislation authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services that can help reduce recidivism.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting the application, contact the Grants.gov Customer
  Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Technical Application Support

• Agency Email Address:

  support@grants.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Justice Assistance

• More Information:

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