Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Puget Sound Educational Service District (ESD)
Type of Activity: Program Services
Funding Mechanism : The primary funding source is a portion of the Early Head Start (EHS) federal funds given to Puget Sound ESD (10CH0104). The women who have their children in the child care center also receive Working Connections Child Care subsidies through Washington State. The Washington Corrections C
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Incarcerated Parents Outreach Programs — Chautauqua Opportunities
Type of Activity: Program services
Funding Mechanism: : American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) — Head Start Expansion
Total Available Funding : $1.3 Million
Number of Awards: 2
Award Amount : FY2010 - $714,000
FY2011 - $641,920
*A portion of the award amount will be used to support the Incarcerated Parents Outreach
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Incarcerated Parents Outreach Programs — PEACE, Inc.
Type of Activity: Program services
Funding Mechanism : American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) — Early Head Start Expansion
Total Available Funding : $2 Million
Number of Awards: 2
Award Amount : FY2010 - $1,017,411
FY2011 - $1,079,820
*A portion of the award amount will be used to support the Incarcerated Parents Out
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Head Start/Early Head Start
Type of Activity: Head Start and Early Head Start Program Services
Funding Mechanism : Ongoing Head Start grant
Total Available Funding : Amounts allocated by grantees in their ongoing Head Start grant
Number of Awards: N/A
Award Amount : No special awards have been made — Grantees utilize their ongoing Head Start grant to serv
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Fathers for Life
Type of Activity: Demonstration and program services
Funding Mechanism : Head Start Innovation and Improvement Project Grant
Total Available Funding : (none at this time)
Number of Awards: 1
Award Amount : $999,917
Length of Project Period: 3 years (July 2008- June 2011)
Federal Partners: N/A
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated Fathers and their Partners (FY 06-10)
Funding Mechanism : Grant
Total Available Funding : $4 million
Number of Awards : 12
Average Award Amount per Year : $400,000
Length of Project Period : 5 years, 2006-2011
Federal Partners : None
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Projects in Support of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI)
Type of Activity: Demonstration Projects
Funding Mechanism : Discretionary grants under section 1115 of the Social Security Act. Grant awards represent 29 percent of total costs; state grantees provide 5 percent; the remaining 66 percent is regular FFP.
Total Available Funding : $2,753,748 is available in total project funds (the sum of t
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Projects and Products Related to People with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System
Type of Activity: Services, Training, Information Dissemination and/or Research (varies by university center)
Funding Mechanism: Grant
Total Available Funding: $39 Million for UCEEDs
Number of Awards: 67
Average Award Amount per year: $582,000
Length of Project Period: 5 years
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program (MCP)
Type of Activity: Demonstration Projects
Funding Mechanism: Discretionary Grants
Total Available Funding: $49.3 Million
Number of Awards: 149
Average Award Amount per Year: $303,504
Length of Project Period: 3 years
Federal Partners: None
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . References
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Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Implications
At any one time, over 7.3 million people are on probation, in jail, in prison, or on parole in the United States . Each year, more than 735,000 individuals return home from prison and nine million cycle through the nation’s nearly 3,000 jails (Robinson, 2010). The Department supports the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals into communit
Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Women’s Health
Incarcerated women represent about ten percent of the incarcerated population. While they exhibit many of the same disease patterns as men, there are some additional factors that are worth addressing. First, the rates of mental illness appear to be significantly higher for women than for men; in one study, 73 percent of female inmates had mental h
