Announcement for 01/11/13
BJA Calls for Applicants to the Second Chance Act
Technology Career Training Grant Program
On January 10, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance released the Second Chance Act Technology Career Training grant program solicitation. State and local governments, territories, and “federally recognized Indian tribes” are encouraged to apply. The funds can be used to establish training programs in technology-based fields for adults and juveniles in the 6-18 months prior to their release. Priority consideration will be given to applicants who:
- Incorporate a “Pay for Success” model into their projects;
- Provide career technology training to incarcerated adult women and juvenile girls in state prisons, local jails, and juvenile residential facilities (including tribal facilities);
- Propose training programs through which participants receive industry-recognized certificates demonstrating successful completion of the program;
- Provide ongoing training to employers and potential employers on successful approaches to working with trainees/employees engaged through the program;
- Demonstrate the leveraging of private, local, state, federal, or tribal resources (cash or in-kind) to support and/or sustain the proposed project.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on March 11, 2013. To download a PDF of the solicitation, click here.
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