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Adult Reentry Grant Program (ARG) Cohort 4 Warm Handoff/Reentry Services and Rental Assistance (Housing) is sponsored by California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). The Adult Reentry Grant (ARG) Program provides funding for California-based community-based organizations to deliver reentry services and rental assistance for people formerly incarcerated in state prison.
The current cohort (Cohort 4) focuses on Warm Handoff/Reentry Services and Rental Assistance (Housing).
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ca. gov/s_argrant/#) The ARG Program was established in the 2018 Budget Act (Senate Bill 840, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018) and has been funded annually through the State Budget Act to provide funding for community-based organizations to deliver reentry services for people formerly incarcerated in state prison. ARG Cohort 4 funding supports Warm Handoff/Reentry Services and Rental Assistance (Housing).
Permissible use of grant funds includes but is not limited to the following: * Reentry and Barrier Removal Support * Housing and Service Navigation * Transitional and Permanent Housing In addition, the ARG Program is subject to the Housing First provisions in Welfare and Institutions Code, Sections 8255-8257. 2.
Under the Housing First approach, anyone experiencing homelessness is connected to a permanent home as quickly as possible without regard to sobriety or criminal history. Housing First removes barriers to housing by allowing individuals to decide whether to participate in services. ARG Cohort 4 Grantees are under agreement with the BSCC for a grant service delivery period that runs July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028.
The term of the grant agreement ends December 31, 2028. The additional six months are included so grantees can finalize and submit the required Final Local Evaluation Report and financial audit.
Cohort 4 Project Summaries BSCC Grant Administration Guide - July 2023 ARG Cohort 4 Grantee Contact List ARG Cohort 4 Invoice Training Webinar - Recording Grantee Orientation Recordings Day 1 - Grantee Orientation Day 2 - Grantee Orientation Grantee Orientation Presentations * Administrative Responsibilities * Programmatic Responsibilities Quarterly Progress Report Webinar * QPR Webinar Presentation * ARG Cohort 4 Data Reporting Guide (a customized QPR will be provided to each grantee) * Evaluator Roles and Responsibilities * Race and Ethnicity form Local Evaluation Plan (LEP) / Local Evaluation Report (LER) Webinar * ARG Cohort 4 LEP/LER Webinar - Recording * ARG Cohort 4 LEP LER Guidelines (Level 1) * ARG Cohort 4 LEP LER Webinar Presentation * ARG Cohort 4 LEP Template (Level 1) * Prop 47 Sample LEP (Level 1) ARG Cohort 4 Grant Information Session On December 17, 2024 prospective applicants were invited to attend a Grant Information Session.
The information session provided clarity on RFP instructions and answered technical questions from prospective applicants. BSCC staff reviewed proposal submission instructions, funding information, eligible grant activities, and the rating process. The recording and PowerPoint presentations from this session are linked below: ARG Cohort 4 Information Session Recording ARG Cohort 4 RFP Questions & Answers - 2.
27. 25 Information Session Presentation Submittable and Budget Attachment Presentation Proposal Evaluation System Presentation Request for Proposals (RFP) In November 2024, the BSCC released the **ARG Cohort 4 RFP** to California Nonprofit Community-Based Organizations making a total of $108,300,000 available to be divided evenly between Warm Handoff/Reentry Services and Rental Assistance (Housing).
Successful applicants will be under agreement with the BSCC from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028 - three years for service delivery and an addition six months to complete evaluation and audit requirements. The application period closed March 3, 2025. A completed application packet included the following (listed for reference only): 1.
ARG Cohort 4 Budget Attachment 2. ARG Cohort 4 Project Work Plan 3. ARG Cohort 4 Criteria for Non-Governmental Organizations Receiving Subawards 4.
ARG Cohort 4 Certification of Compliance with BSCC Policies Regarding Debarment, Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement ARG Cohort 4 Scoring Panel Scoring Panels complete the reading and rating of proposals and develop scoring recommendations for the Board. A Scoring Panel does not develop the Request for Proposals. Requirements to participate on a Scoring Panel are the same as for ESCs.
ARG Cohort 4 Scoring Panel Roster ARG Cohort 4 Executive Steering Committee (ESC) To ensure successful program design and implementation, the BSCC uses Executive Steering Committees to inform decision making related to the Board’s programs. BSCC’s Executive Steering Committees (ESCs) are composed of subject matter experts and stakeholders representing both the public and private sectors.
The BSCC makes every attempt to include diverse representation on its ESCs, in breadth of experience, geography and demographics.
ARG Cohort 4 ESC Roster ## ARG Cohort 3 - Rental Assistance and Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services The Budget Act of 2021 (Assembly Bill 128, Chapter 21, Statutes of 2021) appropriated $67 million to award competitive grants for community-based organizations (CBOs) to support individuals formerly incarcerated in state prison.
$31,825,000 was available for Rental Assistance and $31,825,000 was available to support the Warm Hand-Off and Reentry of offenders transitioning from state prison to communities with priority given to individuals released to state parole. The Budget Act of 2022 appropriated an additional $57 million with $27,075,000 for Rental Assistance and $27,075,000 for Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services.
ARG Cohort 3 RA/WHO Project Summaries In February 2022 the BSCC released the Cohort 3 Adult Reentry Grant Program Request for Proposals. Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) located in the State of California that have been determined by the IRS to have 501(c)(3) status (i.e., nonprofit) were eligible to apply.
Funding was approved for 23 CBOs for Rental Assistance (RA) and 79 CBOs for Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services (WHO) for the grant cycle that runs from October 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026. Cohort 3 Adult Reentry Grant Request for Proposals ARG Cohort 3 RA/WHO List of Awards Please submit Cohort 3 questions or comments to ARGCohort3@bscc. ca.
gov. ARG Cohort 3 Grantee Orientation Virtual Binder QPR Webinar – WHO Grantees QPR Webinar – RA Grantees ## ARG WHO Cohort 2 - Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services The Budget Act of 2020 (Assembly Bill 89, Chapter 7, Statutes of 2020) appropriated additional funding for the Adult Reentry Program in the amount of $37,000,000 to be divided equally between Rental Assistance and Warm Handoff Programs.
ARG WHO Cohort 2 addresses the warm handoff reentry services component of the grant. ARG WHO Cohort 2 Participants & Outcomes Dashboard ARG Cohort 2 Project Summaries In February 2021, 91 Community-Based Organizations (CBO) responded to the Adult Reentry Grant Program Request for Proposals to receive $17. 5 million to provide warm handoff reentry services.
The BSCC ultimately approved funding to 37 CBOs for the grant cycle that runs from July 1, 2021 to February 28, 2025.
ARG WHO - Cohort 2 Request for Proposals Pre-Contract Meeting Video ARG WHO Cohort II Grantee Orientation Virtual Binder ## ARG Rehab of Existing Property or Buildings Cohort 1 In July 2019, the BSCC began a Board-approved grant-development process that included drafting an RFP for the ARG Rehabilitation of Existing Property or Buildings grant.
The RFP was open to a 30-day public comment period, updated as needed and returned for Board approval. The Board approved the RFP and authorized the convening of a Scoring Committee to rate the proposals and develop funding recommendations. In September 2019, the BSCC released the ARG Rehab of Existing Property or Buildings Project RFP.
All Community-Based Organizations (CBO) registered to do business in the State of California (determined by the IRS to have 501(c)(3) status) were eligible to apply. In November 2019, the Scoring Committee read and rated the single proposal submitted to the BSCC. The Board approved a funding award of $5 million to the Amity Foundation for a grant period that runs from February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2030.
ARG Rehab of Existing Property RFP Amity Foundation ARG Rehab Project Proposal for Funding Cohort 2 ARG RA (9/1/20 - 2/28/23) Cohort 1 ARG RA/WHO (7/1/2019 - 2/28/2023) In August 2020, in an effort to expedite the 2020 Rental Assistance funding appropriation to help with early state prison releases due to COVID-19, the Board of State and Community Corrections approved funding for 8 additional Community-Based Organizations from the ranked list of unfunded applicants in the previous round of ARG recipients.
ARG Rental Assistance - Cohort 2 Request for Proposals Awards and Project Summaries RA Proposals Funded with FY 2020 Budget Act ARG Rental Assistance Cohort Project Summaries Cohort 2 Grantee Resources Orientation Virtual Binder In March 2019, 161 Community-Based Organizations responded to the Adult Reentry Grant Program Request for Proposals and requested more than $190 million for the $65.
7 million available for the Rental Assistance and Warm Handoff Reentry Services Projects. The Board of State and Community Corrections ultimately approved funding for 69 Community-Based Organizations for the grant cycle that ran July 2019 to February 2023.
Adult Reentry Grant Program Request for Proposals Awards and Project Summaries Cohort 1 - Adult Reentry Grant List of Awards ARG Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services (WHO) Project Summaries Rental Assistance (RA) Project Summaries * 2/6/19 ARG Bidders' Conference Live Stream * 2/6/19 ARG Bidders' Conference Presentation * Adult Reentry Grant RFP Frequently Asked Questions (Updated March 15, 2019) ## Contact the BSCC regarding the Adult Reentry Grant For more information on the ARG submit an email to: ARGCohort3@bscc.
ca. gov ARG Executive Steering Committees Senate Bill 840, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018 Senate Bill 1380, Chapter 847, Statutes of 2016 To ensure successful program design and implementation, the BSCC uses Executive Steering Committees to inform decision making related to the Board’s programs.
BSCC’s Executive Steering Committees (ESCs) are composed of subject matter experts and stakeholders representing both the public and private sectors. The BSCC makes every attempt to include diverse representation on its ESCs, in breadth of experience, geography and demographics. Learn more about ESCs.
Cohort 3 Executive Steering Committee ARG Rehab of Existing Property Scoring Panel Cohorts 1 & 2 Executive Steering Committee * June 13, 2022 ESC Meeting Agenda * June 14, 2022 ESC Meeting Agenda * 11. 14. 18 ESC Meeting Agenda * 11.
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10. 19 ARG ESC Rater Training Agenda The BSCC hosts Bidders’ Conferences to provide clarity and allow interested applicants to ask questions about the RFP instructions and process.
Cohort 3 Bidders' Conference - March 2022 * Bidders' Conference Presentation * March 3, 2022 Bidders' Conference Video * Bidders’ Conference FAQ - Updated April 6, 2022 Cohort 2 WHO - Bidders' Conference - December 2020 * 12/11/20 ARG Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services Project Bidders’ Conference Livestream * 12/11/20 ARG Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services Project Bidders’ Conference Presentation ARG Rehab of Existing Property Project - Bidders' Conference - September 2019 * 9/25/19 ARG Rehab of Property Project Bidders’ Conference Livestream * 9/25/19 ARG Rehab of Property Project Bidders’ Conference Presentation * Housing First Resource List and Glossary Terms Cohort 1 RA/WHO - Bidders' Conference - February 2019 * 2/6/19 ARG Bidders' Conference Live Stream * 2/6/19 ARG Bidders' Conference Presentation * Adult Reentry Grant RFP Frequently Asked Questions (Updated March 15, 2019) 1.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit Community-Based Organizations located in California that have 501(c)(3) status. The target population is people, 18 and over, formerly incarcerated in state prison, with priority given to those recently released and/or on state parole. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $108,300,000 total (divided evenly between Warm Handoff/Reentry Services and Rental Assistance). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was March 3, 2025, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Adult Reentry Grant Program (ARG) Cohort 4 Warm Handoff/Reentry Services and Rental Assistance (Housing) is funded by California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). 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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