Corrections Grants News and Articles

• W.Va. governor awards $5.4M in community corrections grant awards

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  The funds aim to provide a means for communities to develop, establish, and maintain community-based corrections programs

• Mich. county receives $170,000 first responder grant

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  The grant will send four newly hired corrections officers to the corrections academy

• Ind. community corrections installs Free Little Library, Blessing Box with grant

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  "This isn’t just for our participants to use, but for the whole community. We’re trying to show that we are a safe place for the community"

• New Wash. state grant allowing drug possession convictions to be expunged from the record

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  The grant will provide funding for legal and attorneys fees and costs for getting convictions vacated

• Grant brings new recovery options for Ind. community corrections participants

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  The funding will help address substance abuse issues in community corrections

• Wash. sheriff's office uses new wellness grant for mental health response

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  The program will help deputies and COs identify and respond to a mental health crisis as well as potentially in their own lives

• Fla. corrections deputies getting trained to 'rebuild inmates' battling addiction

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  “Training everyone who works with those facing addiction and recovery is a pivotal step in making a change," said one official

• Ala. governor awards grant for state prison drug rehabilitation program

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  The grant will enable drug counselors to conduct a six-month program at seven prisons to help inmates break substance abuse habits

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