Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Ala. governor awards grants for CO bullet-resistant vests

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  The grants, totaling more than $12K, will help the Alabama DOC purchase vests for officers in the K9 units

• Va. county gets federal grant to aid COVID-19 response in prisons and jails

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  The grant of over $421K can be used for staffing, protector or medical care

• COVID-19 grant funding success requires attention to detail

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  Lexipol's Senior Grants Consultants Samantha Dorm and Jerry Brant answer questions about available funds for public safety agencies

• Confronting COVID-19 requires strong leadership, honest assessments, communication and education

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  Leaders in our nation's jails and prisons should follow these six steps to address the crisis, reduce the risk and provide much-needed support

• Ala. county DOCs to receive federal funding for sanitation, contagion prevention

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  The $9.6M will be distributed among multiple counties to assist with their jail's COVID-19 responses

• Funds available to address the COVID-19 pandemic

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  The FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program has total funds available of $850,000,000

• Tenn. counties to get $500K for jail diversion programs

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  The grant aims to redirect people with mental health and substance abuse issues away from prison and to treatment systems

• Kan. jail uses grant to shelter children

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  The grant funding is used to house children who are victims of sex trafficking or in protective custody

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