Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Kansas community gets $27K corrections grant

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  It's part of a more than $2 million package awarded to Kansas criminal justice organizations

• Dallas County jails use grant funds to extend program to decrease hospital wait lists

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  The program targets individuals who have been found incompetent to stand trial and are waiting in jail to go to the state hospital

• N.J. county to send prisoners to substance abuse treatment program with grant funds

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  The program is being funded through a state grant with the New Jersey DOC

• N.J. county drug rehab inmates get grant-funded reentry services

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  The program has been nationally recognized for its ability to provide comprehensive education, housing, financial, medical, and social support

• Grant-funded program in would keep new drug users out of Wis. county jail

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  The program would keep first-time and youthful offenders out of the criminal justice process altogether

• SAMHSA awards $123M in grants to combat overdose epidemic in U.S.

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  The money will fund six grant programs to provide multifaceted support to communities and health care providers

• 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

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