The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) recently
approved the release of two Requests for Proposals: one to help
guide young parents; the other to help people in jail fight drug
addiction.
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program uses $942,139
in federal funds to help local corrections authorities deliver
substance-use disorder treatment programs in and out of custody.
The Request for Proposals for the three-year grant proposals are
due back on April 6, 2018. Applicants can request up to
$314,000 a year, and a non-competitive Request for Application
will be issued for the second and third years. A 25 percent local
match is required. Successful applicants must be able to provide
jail-based substance-use disorder treatment for at least three
months and no longer than 12 months. An aftercare component must
be a part of the application.
The RFP for the Proud Parenting grant and is due back to the
agency by March 30, 2018. A three-year grant, Proud
Parenting provides $835,000 in the first year to help young,
system-involved parents between the ages of 14 and 25 learn the
skills that will help break the intergenerational cycle of
violence and delinquency. The amount of money available for the
second and third years of the program is not known, but
historically funding has not changed. Applicants can request up
to $104,375 annually. Eligible applicants are county probation
departments, county offices of education and nonprofit
community-based organizations. For more information about both
grant programs, please visit: http://bscc.ca.gov/.
