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Sessions Announces $540,000 Grant
for Alabama Department of Corrections
The re-entry program will help prepare those who have served time in prison to re-enter society. The program includes treatments such as substance abuse rehabilitation, cognitive behavioral therapy, life skills training, and mentoring and partnerships with Faith-based/Community-based Organizations.
“I am pleased to announce this funding of $540,000 for the Alabama Department of Corrections,” Sessions said. “Incarcerated individuals need to be able to function when they are released from prison. The Prisoner Re-entry program will help provide these men and women with the skills necessary to be responsible members of our society.”
The funding was made available through the Department of Justice Prisoner Reentry Initiative grant program.
“Winning this competitive grant reflects well on the leadership and vision of Alabama Prison Commissioner Richard Allen and his fine team,” Sessions said. “They are committed to a better and safer prison system that strives to reduce re-arrest rates and to do so at the lowest cost to the taxpayer.”
Federal grant programs are one way that local leaders, elected officials, and non-profit organizations can secure funding for local community improvement projects. Twenty-six federal agencies administer over 1,000 different competitive grant programs each year.
Sessions’ Birmingham office includes a full-time staff member to help local officials around the state seeking federal grants. In the last two years, the office has assisted in obtaining over $170 million in federal funds for communities and organizations in Alabama.
Sessions’ office also publishes a Weekly Grants Advisory, available on Sessions’ website, www.sessions.senate.gov, to make grant information and application procedures more accessible to leaders in Alabama.
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