[Reentry-ed] potential collaborative funding opportunityto build collective impact

Wed Feb 22 12:25:47 EST 2012

Hello All,

I have a suggestion. Maybe we are not ready for this yet but...in terms of the part of our mission that supports advocacy maybe we should give it a try.

How about drafting something from the network that speaks to how this clause discriminates against all NY orgs? This is the second RFP that has been written in a way that means that orgs in NY state are not eligible simply due to that fact that NY prosecutes 16 year olds as adults.

Just a thought....

Jamilah

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What about the other one, Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Adult Generation 5 ?

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Paul Gutkowski <pgutkowski at gosonyc.org<mailto:pgutkowski at gosonyc.org>> wrote:
Hello all,

This was GOSO’s conclusion as well.  All of our guys are adjudicated as adults so we determined this was not for us.  We would be open to supporting other organizations that are a better fit in any way.

Thanks.

Paul

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Subject: Re: [Reentry-ed] potential collaborative funding opportunityto build collective impact

Hi all –

The issue that Jamilah raises is a really compelling one, and has been an issue in New York for some years (with respect to jurisdiction).

DCJS and OJJDP, over the last 20 years, have not funded programs that were targeting JO’s (Juvenile Offenders, ages 13 – 15, held in DJJ custody, but prosecuted automatically as adults by virtue of crime charged) nor programs focusing on 16 and 17’s, because they were outside the state’s juvenile justice jurisdiction.

Friends will not be applying directly to the Department of Labor rfp – but would be a willing subcontractor/partner/collaborator/conspirator.

I think just about everyone is in RFP hell right now – but I’d be happy to explore this further.  I will take a closer look at it and will email any clever ideas.
Thanks Jamilah.

Chris

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Subject: Re: [Reentry-ed] potential collaborative funding opportunityto build collective impact

PAL would also be interested in a possible collaboration for the Juvenile program.

Has anyone looked at the RFP in depth. It sounds like one that came out last year. NY orgs were excluded because of the clause that youth can't be charged as adults before 18 and NY charges all our youth as adults at 16 irrespective of severity of offense.

Jamilah

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HI Susan,

We would certainly be interested in discussing ways to collaborate.

John

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Subject: [Reentry-ed] potential collaborative funding opportunity to build collective impact

Dear NYREN members,
Many of you have probably seen the RFP, described below, from the US DOL for educational interventions connected to reentry.  I looked at RFP, and it seemed to me that it might provide an opportunity for at least some of the NYREN organizations to collaborate in a concrete effort to build collective impact, and in the process to increase funding to members of the network.  I realize that this particular grant opportunity may be too soon (proposals are due on March 13 for the Reentry of Ex-Offenders Adult Generation and on April 17 for the "Serving Young Adult Ex-Offenders through Training and Service-Learning.")  It may also  be that some NYREN organizations are already planning to apply for this grant.  I didn't want to miss the opportunity to explore possibilities for collaboration among organizations that might enhance collective impact and, in the process, perhaps increase the scope and service alignment of any particular proposal and thus the competitiveness of any proposals from NYREN members.  If the Center can be helpful in facilitating those systems linkages, we would be happy to do so.  Even if this particular opportunity isn't one we are ready to pursue, I didn't want to miss the chance to begin to explore how funding opportunities might enhance the sustainability and support for NYREN orgs and the systemic impact of the network itself.

See the announcement below for more details.

All best,
Susan

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of approximately $30 million in grants through its Training and Service Learning program for projects to help young adult ex-offenders gain valuable jobs skills while giving back to their communities through service.

"We are a country that believes in second chances," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "The grant competition announced today will fund programs that give young people the chance to get their lives back on track by serving their communities and learning new skills."

Awarded through a competitive process, the grants will provide participants with meaningful community service projects and service learning opportunities, educational intervention to help them earn high school diplomas and industry recognized credentials, a career development component that seeks to place each participant in a job that also teaches skills, and post-program support and follow-up.

The department expects to award a minimum of 20 grants. Any nonprofit organization, unit of state or local government, and Indian or Native American entity eligible for grants under the Workforce Investment Act's Section 166 may apply.

Full eligibility information is included in a solicitation for grant applications published in today's Federal Register that can be viewed online at http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm. Information about other Department of Labor employment and training programs also is available at http://www.doleta.gov<http://www.doleta.gov/>.
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