[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13822]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[OJP(OJP)-1320]


The Young Offender Initiative: Reentry Grant Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor; 
Corrections Program Office (CPO), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), 
Justice; Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Center for 
Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMSHA), Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The Departments of Labor, Justice, and Health and Human 
Services are requesting applications for the Young Offender Initiative: 
Reentry Grant Program to enhance community safety through the 
successful reintegration to the community of offenders ages 14 to 35, 
who have been confined for a minimum of 12 consecutive months for 
adults or 6 consecutive months for juveniles, through a coordinated and 
comprehensive continuum of supervision, programs, and services. 
Approximately $79 million is available to fund approximately 25 grants 
of up to $3.1 million each to applicants that demonstrate a 
collaborative effort and broad-based community support.

DATES: Applications must be received by October 1, 2001, by 5:30 p.m. 
Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: All applications must be mailed or delivered to the 
Corrections Program Office, Office of Justice Programs, 810 7th Street, 
NW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20531. Faxed or e-mailed applications 
will not be accepted. Interested applicants may obtain general 
information about the Young Offender Initiative: Reentry Grant Program 
Application Package, which includes the Program Announcement, required 
forms, and instructions on how to apply, from the U.S. Department of 
Justice Response Center at 1-800-421-6770. The Application Package is 
also available at: OJP's Web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fundopps.htm; DOL's Web site at http://wdsc.doleta.gov/sga; and 
SAMHSA's Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/funding/funding.html. For 
general information, contact the DOJ Response Center at 1-800-421-6770. 
In addition, the partnering agencies may be contacted for substantive 
assistance:
     For justice-related issues, contact Naydine Fulton-Jones, 
CPO/OJP, 1-800-638-8736, ext. 46661, e-mail: [email protected];
     For workforce-related issues, contact Susan Rosenblum, 
DOL, (202) 693-3597, e-mail: [email protected];
     For mental health-related issues, contact David 
Morrissette, CMHS, SAMHSA, (301) 443-2826, e-mail: [email protected];
     For substance abuse treatment-related issues, contact 
Bruce Fry, CSAT, SAMHSA, (301) 443-0128, e-mail: [email protected].

[The last three listings are not toll-free numbers.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OJP role in the Young Offender 
Initiative: Reentry Grant Program is authorized in DOJ by P.L. 106-553, 
114 Stat. 2762A-65 (2000); in SAMHSA by 509 and 520A of the P.H.S. Act, 
as amended; and in DOL by Secs. 171 and 172 of P.L. 105-220, 112 Stat. 
936 (1998). The program is designed to enhance community safety by 
successfully reintegrating young offenders into the community by 
helping them:
     Become productive, responsible, and law-abiding citizens;
     Obtain and retain long-term employment;
     Maintain a stable residence; and
     Successfully address their substance abuse issues and 
mental health needs.
    Grantees may receive up to $3.1 million in funding and technical 
assistance to establish diverse, public-private partnerships that help 
young offenders attain these goals. Eligible applicants must be State 
or local agencies or units of government, Tribal governments, public or 
private nonprofit entities designated as 501(c)(3) (examples of which 
are community-based organizations or faith-based organizations), or 
local Workforce Investment Boards that have formed partnerships with 
State and local agencies as identified in the Young Offender 
Initiative: Reentry Grant Program Application Package. Applicants must 
target a population of young offenders within the age range of 14 to 35 
years old who are returning to the community from incarceration 
(minimum of 12 consecutive months for adults, 6 consecutive months for 
juveniles) who pose a risk to community safety. Additional guidance 
regarding the identification of the target population and the 
composition and responsibilities of the applicant partnerships is 
provided in the Application Package.
    This solicitation is one of two dealing with young offenders. The 
other solicitation under The Young Offender Initiative is the 
Demonstration Grant Program which will fund separate awards totaling up 
to $11.5 million for communities to target young offenders ages 14-24 
who are either already involved in the criminal justice system, gang 
members, or at risk of gang or criminal involvement. This other 
solicitation will be published in the Federal Register and available on 
DOL's Web site, http://wdsc.doleta.gov/sga/. Applicants may apply for 
both solicitations, but are eligible to receive only one award for the 
same or similar populations.


    Note: A Pre-Application Workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 
6, 2001, at the Radisson Hotel and Suites Downtown St. Louis, 200 
North Fourth Street, St. Louis, MO 63102, (314) 621-8200, to review 
both the reentry and demonstration grant program applications and 
discuss reentry programs in general. For more information about this 
workshop, contact Mary Johnson, KRA, Inc., (301) 562-2300, fax (301) 
495-9410, [email protected].


    Dated: May 29, 2001.
Mary Lou Leary,
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs.

    Dated: May 25, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Raymond J. Uhalde,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
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