NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Reentry Integration Strategic Grant opportunity is a partnership between the Perrin Family Foundation and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. The partnering Foundations share an interest in improving the lives of youth and young adults. The application deadline is November 20, 2017.
The Goal: There is a strong body of evidence that demonstrates how, when provided with the right opportunities and supports, formerly incarcerated individuals are far more likely to successfully find a job, rebuild their relationships and reintegrate back into the community. Unfortunately, however, there are very few opportunities for those that have been directly impacted by the system of mass incarceration to exercise collective leadership to identify, discuss, and organize to change the systemic barriers they face upon release. This funding opportunity aims to change that.
This funding opportunity will specifically support organizing as a strategy, with a focus on amplifying the voice of youth and young adults directly impacted by the justice system to address systemic issues that they have identified as barriers to their re-integration success.
The Funding Opportunity and Intended Outcomes: The goal of this joint multi-year funding opportunity is to ensure that formerly incarcerated youth and young adults (aged 16-24) and their families are empowered with opportunities to exercise community leadership, thereby advancing their successful reintegration; reducing recidivism rates and building leadership and organizing capacity to change policies and practices that fuel mass incarceration.
This funding opportunity will provide up to $80,000 in grant support to one organization over a two year period ($40,000 per year).Key dates include:
- October 30, 2017 - Informational Webinar
- November 20, 2017 - Applications Due
- December 31, 2017 - Funding Decision Announced
About the Funding Partners:
The Perrin Family Foundation is committed to building environments that support young people as leaders of social change, taking collective action to address causes of issues they have identified as impacting their lives and communities.
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is the permanent charitable endowment for Greater New Haven and its region's largest grantmaker to nonprofits. It has a strategic initiative focused on supporting the re-entry of formerly incarcerated individuals. The Community Foundation understands that mass incarceration is a complicated issue with intersecting root causes including: structural racism, lack of access and coordination of services and supports, education, and wide prevailing criminal justice policy. The Community Foundation believes that as a community, we can do better to empower men and women to rebuild their lives when they return home.