Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Ala. county DOCs to receive federal funding for sanitation, contagion prevention

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  The $9.6M will be distributed among multiple counties to assist with their jail's COVID-19 responses

• Funds available to address the COVID-19 pandemic

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  The FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program has total funds available of $850,000,000

• Tenn. counties to get $500K for jail diversion programs

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  The grant aims to redirect people with mental health and substance abuse issues away from prison and to treatment systems

• Kan. jail uses grant to shelter children

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  The grant funding is used to house children who are victims of sex trafficking or in protective custody

• Md. county awarded $233K grant for inmate reentry programs

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  The Howard County DOC received funding for a reentry demonstration project aimed at reducing recidivism

• Ill. prison education program gets $1M grant

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  The funds will go toward establishing the first college education program for women in the state

• Wis. commission approves grant funds for youth prisons

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  The funds can be used to expand or update juvenile facilities

• Calif. county receives $6M for jail diversion

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  The funding will allow Santa Barbara County officials and community groups to implement a new crisis intervention program

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