Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Texas county accepts grant to help inmates with mental health issues

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  The grant allows the county to hire someone as an advocate for individuals in the county jail

• Over 300 Kan. inmates enroll in college classes with Pell grants

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  Gov. Laura Kelly announced last year that seven Kansas colleges had been awarded over $2.2 million in Pell funding for incarcerated residents

• Ind. county expands local jail treatment services with grant funding

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  Treatment will include intakes, psychological evaluations, and individual and group based treatment curriculum

• Grant funds commissary incentive to encourage Kan. inmates to get vaccinated

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  The new program is funded by a grant through Kansas Beats the Virus

• Tenn. county accepts inmate training grant

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  The program seeks to train inmates to take jobs after they leave jail

• New grant-funded program at Tenn. jail expected to lower recidivism rate

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  A grant of $50,000 to train inmates will train inmates for work

• Md. sheriff's office gets grant for new jail-based treatment, reentry program

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  The medication-assisted treatment helps to lessen the effects of withdrawal for people coming off opiate addictions

• W.Va. county commission awarded $52K grant for community corrections

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  The money is funded by Governor Jim Justice and the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security

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