2010 OJP Conference on Crime and Victimization
Save the Date! May 26- 28, 2010 in Brainerd, Minnesota. > More Information
Minnesota Victim Assistance Academy (MNVAA)
Save the Date! 2010 MNVAA August 1- 6, 2010 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. > More Information
SAMHSA Will Provide $39.6 Million To Support Juvenile and Adult Reentry and Recovery Services
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is currently accepting applications for the Offender Reentry Program. The purpose of the program is to expand or enhance substance abuse treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced juvenile and adult offenders returning to the community from incarceration for criminal/juvenile offenses. Programs should help those who have been incarcerated make a stable transition back to the community, provide treatment for drug and alcohol abusers, and reduce future offending.
Grants will be awarded through SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, for fiscal year 2010. The deadline for submitting applications is January 19.
Read the full grant announcement online at www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2010/TI-10-006.aspx.
Seventh Annual Art of Recovery
The Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs and the Minnesota State Arts Board are again partnering to present the annual Art of Recovery.
The Office of Justice Programs and the Minnesota State Arts Board invite entries for an art exhibition to heighten public awareness about crime victims and their rights and to commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 18-24, 2010.
The show will feature artwork by Minnesotan’s who have been victims of a crime and expressed their experience or healing through art. The Art of Recovery exhibition will open Friday, April 16, 2010 and remain on display in the Arts Board office gallery through June 2010. The visual arts exhibitions will be part of the Saint Paul Art Crawl and selected literary artists will be invited to participate in a reading of their work.
Submissions are due January 8, 2010. If you have questions about the Art of Recovery please contact Alicia Nichols at 651.201.7318 or alicia.nichols@state.mn.us or Erin McLennon at 651.215.1626 or erin.mclennon@arts.state.mn.us.
Entry forms are available from the Arts Board at: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/aor/2010/call.htm
Recovery Act Justice Assistance Grant State Awards
The Office of Justice Programs is pleased to announce the
selection of five state agency projects to receive Justice
Assistance Grant (JAG) American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) funds. $5,584,187 in ARRA funds will
support approximately 20 new or retained positions and
related program costs for a two year period. OJP
received 19 state proposals requesting a total of over $19
million. Proposals were peer reviewed by 10 volunteers
in two review groups.
Each applicant agency will receive written notification
next week. Those awarded funds will be contacted by their
grant manager. Because of the high volume of proposals, OJP
staff will be unable to provide individual feedback to
applicants.
Recovery Act Justice Assistance Grant Funding
Announcement Posted
The Office of Justice Programs is pleased to announce the
selection of 40 local projects around the state to receive
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA funds. $10,705,379 in ARRA funds will
support over 150 new or retained positions and related
program costs for a two year period. Funded projects
best met the goals of both the Recovery Act and the JAG
program.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and Department
of Public Safety (DPS) are pleased to present a series of
reports focusing on issues facing Minnesota youth.
