Governor Wolf Announces $2 Million in Awards Supporting Successful Reentry for Women – Governor Tom Wolf

Governor Tom Wolf introduced the award of $2 million in Girls’s Reentry Companies Initiative Grants to 21 recipients by the Pennsylvania Fee on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). Championed by First Woman Frances Wolf, this system funds will assist non-profit organizations to supply holistic reentry assist companies to help girls of their return to communities throughout Pennsylvania.

“This $2 million won’t solely save the state cash sooner or later by lowering recidivism, but it surely offers a useful reward to those girls and their households as they work to efficiently reintegrate themselves into society,” stated Gov. Wolf. “I’m extremely grateful to Frances for her unwavering dedication to securing this funding earlier than we depart workplace. By way of her advocacy, she’s opened the eyes of many to the challenges girls reentrants face and the significance of group assist.”

“Girls face numerous challenges once they return to their communities after incarceration, and the assist, steering and hope that group organizations supply are immensely vital,” stated First Woman Frances Wolf. “By investing in these organizations, we’re investing within the well-being of girls, their households, and Pennsylvania as a complete.”

Eligible program actions and bills for the $2 million grant program included, however weren’t restricted to, supportive housing; workforce improvement companies and employment help; job readiness assist companies; entry to childcare; transportation help; entry to efficient therapy for healthcare, substance use dysfunction, psychological well being, and trauma; entry to identification paperwork important to acquiring employment, housing, and different authorities help equivalent to driver’s licenses, beginning certificates, and social safety playing cards; peer helps and mentoring; and household reunification companies.

“By aiming assets at addressing the dynamic danger components related to reincarceration, this initiative will assist start the therapeutic course of,” PCCD Government Director Mike Pennington stated.  “Lowering recidivism may also help stabilize not solely the ladies immediately impacted, however their households as effectively.  This might lead to much less crime and victimization total, which results in safer communities.”

The grant awardees are listed beneath:

Adams County

South Central Group Motion Packages, Inc., $100,000

Allegheny County

Three Rivers Youth, Inc., $100,000

Bedford County

Heart for Group Motion, $100,000

Berks County

Clare of Assisi Home, Inc., $100,000

Blair County

Blair County Drug and Alcohol Program, Inc., $100,000

Centre County

Heart for Alternate options in Group Justice, $25,120

Go ReEntry Specialists, Inc., $100,000

Chester County

Buddies Affiliation for Care and Safety of Kids, $100,000

Dauphin County

AMiracle4Sure, $100,000

South Central Workforce Improvement Board, $100,000

Lancaster County

Bethany Christian Companies of Central PA, $100,000

Luzerne County

Employment Alternative & Coaching Heart of Northeastern Pennsylvania, $100,000

Monroe County

ECCR Group, Inc., $100,000

Metamorphosis Girls’s Empowerment Initiative, $92,614

Montgomery County

Household Service of Montgomery County, $99,916

The Kintock Group, Inc., $100,000

Philadelphia County

Maternity Care Coalition, $82,352

Prevention Level Philadelphia, Inc., $99,998

Why Not Prosper, Inc., $100,000

Washington County

Blueprints, $100,000

York County

The Program for Feminine Offenders of South Central Pennsylvania, Inc., $100,000

For extra details about PCCD’s reentry efforts, please go to the web site at www.pccd.pa.gov. 

Believing strongly that selections of the previous shouldn’t maintain Pennsylvanians from making progress—getting jobs, going to varsity, or renting a home—Gov. Wolf has prioritized second probabilities. Pardons, Pennsylvania’s first-in-the-nation Clear Slate Regulation, and reentry assist have all been a part of the governor’s technique to assist significant change that enables for fulfillment, decreased recidivism, and safer communities.

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