Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2020 17104
The BJA FY 20 Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Reduction Strategies (CAREERRS) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), created under the Second Chance Act. The core purpose of the program is to help jurisdictions and community partners build or strengthen education, vocational training, and job readiness efforts inside correctional settings, with a clear focus on improving employment outcomes for people returning to the community and reducing recidivism. In practical terms, the program is aimed at supporting reentry strategies that recognize employment as one of the biggest hurdles for individuals leaving incarceration and tries to close that gap by expanding structured learning and workforce preparation before release and/or during the transition back home.
The opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number BJA 2020 17104) was released on February 27, 2020, with an original application deadline of April 27, 2020. Awards were structured as grants, and the funding activity category aligns with education, employment, labor and training, and related human services fields (CFDA 16.812). BJA anticipated making about 8 awards, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $900,000 per grant. This suggests a competitive national program designed for a limited number of sizeable projects that can demonstrate a strong plan to deliver correctional education and workforce development services and connect those services to measurable reentry outcomes.
Eligible applicants included a broad range of public and nonprofit entities that commonly lead reentry and workforce initiatives. Specifically, the program was open to state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; federally recognized tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). This eligibility structure reflects the program's emphasis on collaboration between correctional agencies, local governments, tribal governments, and community-based organizations that can provide training, case management, and job placement connections in the community.
CAREERRS is fundamentally about building correctional and reentry pipelines that lead to real employment opportunities, not just short-term programming. The program description emphasizes establishing or enhancing education, vocational programming, and job training in correctional systems to address employment challenges for incarcerated youth and adults who will be reentering the workforce. While the title highlights adults, the description notes both youth and adults, signaling that supported projects may involve coordinated approaches that can serve different age groups impacted by incarceration, so long as the central outcomes are improved employability, stronger workforce attachment, and reduced reoffending.Apply for BJA 2020 17104
- The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the education, employment, labor and training, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 20 Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Reduction Strategies (CAREERRS) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.812.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 27, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 27, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $900,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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