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Opportunity Summary:

The Reentry Demonstration Projects for Young Adults grant opportunity (FOA ETA 16-06) is a discretionary grant program from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL-ETA), listed under CFDA 17.270. It is designed to help communities build and run customized reentry projects that rely on evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions. The core idea is to support strong, coordinated local responses for young adults returning from incarceration, especially in neighborhoods facing concentrated poverty and high crime, where the barriers to successful reintegration tend to be the steepest.

The projects funded under this FOA are intended to serve young adults ages 18 to 24 who have been involved in either the juvenile justice system or the adult justice system and who live in high-poverty, high-crime communities. The emphasis is not simply on short-term services, but on comprehensive reentry programming that addresses the real-world obstacles people face after release. That means grantees are expected to plan and implement programs that can meet multiple needs at once, rather than offering a single narrow service.

A central purpose of the initiative is community safety through successful reintegration. The FOA frames public safety and reentry success as connected outcomes: when returning young adults can stabilize their lives and avoid reoffending, communities benefit. To that end, the initiative aims to ensure participants move toward becoming productive, responsible, and law-abiding community members. It also focuses on helping them access positive, pro-social pathways, particularly through employment and education, since steady work and training are commonly tied to reduced recidivism and improved long-term stability.

The outcomes the FOA highlights show what the program is ultimately trying to accomplish. It prioritizes connecting participants to pro-social activities like jobs, schooling, or training; supporting long-term employment rather than brief placements; helping participants maintain stable housing; and ensuring they can address substance use issues and mental health needs in a sustained way. In practical terms, this implies a model where employment and training services are integrated with supportive services, case management, and partnerships that can respond to behavioral health and housing challenges that frequently derail reentry.

Funding details indicate a competitive program with a relatively small number of awards and sizable potential grant amounts. The award ceiling is $4,500,000, with an expected 7 awards. The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity category is discretionary, meaning awards are made through a competitive application process rather than by formula. The closing date for applications was April 19, 2016 (original and current closing dates match), and the opportunity was created and posted on March 17, 2016.

Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with applicants instructed to consult the FOA’s additional eligibility information for clarification. In general, opportunities like this typically attract partnerships that can combine workforce development expertise with reentry and supportive service capacity, such as community-based organizations, workforce entities, service providers, and local collaboratives. Overall, this FOA is aimed at helping communities put together credible, evidence-driven reentry strategies that support young adults in building stable, lawful lives through employment, education, housing stability, and access to behavioral health supports.

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