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Find similar grantsAdult Reentry Grant (ARG) is sponsored by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The ARG Program provides funding for California nonprofit, 501(c)(3) community-based organizations to deliver reentry services for people formerly incarcerated in state prison. Funding supports warm handoff/reentry services and rental assistance (housing).
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AB 1229: Adult Reentry Grant Program. Latest Version Date : 2025-08-29 (2025-09-03: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Cabaldon.)
Awaiting First Chamber Vote Awaiting Second Chamber Vote Summary Bill Text Status Votes Supporters & Opponents Analysis Amended Senate (8/29/2025) The Budget Act of 2018 appropriated $50,000,000 to the Board of State and Community Corrections for a grant program, known as the Adult Reentry Grant Program, for the purpose of awarding competitive grants to community based organizations to support offenders formerly incarcerated in state prison.
The Budget Act of 2018 allocated a specified amount of those funds for, among other things, rental assistance, rehabilitation of existing property or buildings, and to support the warm hand-off and reentry of offenders transitioning from prison to communities. Subsequent budget acts have continued to fund the program.
This bill, instead, commencing July 1, 2026, and upon appropriation of funds, would transfer the administration of the grant program to the Department of Housing and Community Development.
The bill would require the department, on or before December 1, 2026, to modify the grant program to provide 5-year renewable grants to geographically diverse regional administrators responsible for funding permanent supportive housing and reentry services for eligible people, as specified.
The bill would require the department to issue proposed guidelines or a draft notice, as specified, establishing the grant program and require the department to competitively score applicants applying for grant funds as regional administrators.
The bill would require the department to work collaboratively with the State Department of Health Care Services, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and homeless continuums of care, and seek to work collaboratively with county probation departments, to establish a process for referrals of people eligible to participate in the program, as specified.
The bill would also require the department to establish specified benchmarks to promote and track ideal outcomes from the program. This bill would require the department to distribute program funds by executing contracts with awarded regional administrators and would impose certain requirements on those regional administrators.
The bill would prescribe eligibility requirements for a person scheduled for release from, or who has been be formerly incarcerated in, state prison, to participate in the program. The bill would require program funds to be used for specified purposes, including specified administrative fees, permanent housing, rental and operating subsidies, incentives to landlords, and voluntary multidisciplinary services, as specified.
The bill would require the department, upon implementation of the program, to design an evaluation and hire an independent evaluator to assess outcomes from the program, and would require the evaluation to be submitted to specified committees of the Legislature.
This bill would require the board to continue to oversee and administer existing program grants that have not yet expired, using resources allocated to the board through funds allocated by the Budget Act of 2025.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a process to engage an individual scheduled for discharge, within at least 210 days of the scheduled release date, for the purpose of assessing the individuals risk of homelessness upon discharge, as specified.
43SEC Aug 18, 2025 Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations 11MIN Jul 15, 2025 Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety 23MIN Jul 1, 2025 Senate Standing Committee on Housing 1MIN Jun 2, 2025 Assembly Floor 12MIN Apr 22, 2025 Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety 16MIN Mar 26, 2025 Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development AB 1229: Adult Reentry Grant Program. | Digital Democracy
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: California nonprofit, 501(c)(3) community-based organizations. An applicant may subcontract with other public or private entities, but if awarded, the applicant is the responsible agency. Subject to Housing First provisions. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $4,500,000 (Total $108,400,000 available in 2025). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Adult Reentry Grant (ARG) is funded by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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