Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO)

Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) is a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor that funds workforce development programs serving individuals with criminal records who are transitioning back into employment. The program supports job training, career services, and reentry pathways — particularly for young adults returning from the justice system.

Eligible applicants include nonprofits, community colleges, workforce intermediaries, and public agencies. Awards range from $500,000 to $1,000,000 to help organizations build sustainable employment pipelines for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Grant Application Opportunity – Young Adult Reentry Partnership If you recently lost your job as a federal employee, you may be eligible for unemployment benefits.

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L. 116-94), for Young Adult Reentry Partnership (YARP) projects. Under Section 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), YARP projects supports employment for persons involved with the justice system as part of the Reentry Employment Opportunities grant program.

This funding provides intermediary organizations the opportunity to partner with community colleges, employers, employer associations, unions providing training, labor-management partnerships, and the criminal justice system to improve the employment outcomes for young adults that have been involved in the justice system and/or those who left school prior to graduation.

Eligible applicants are intermediary organizations, which are those with Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) status or any Indian or Native American entity eligible for a grant under section 166 of the WIOA, that proposes to serve at least three communities. Applicants must design programs that provide education/credentialing and occupational training in locally in-demand industries with a focus on occupations that offer living wages.

Programs must offer job placement services. Applicants must demonstrate that sub-grantees and community college partner(s) will implement a capacity building plan that achieves one of the following objectives: Align educational opportunities with industry-recognized stacked and latticed credentials on an in-demand career pathway.

Develop online and technology-based learning strategies to allow participants who may be on house arrest or have transportation limitations to participate. Create competency-based assessments and training courses to recognize skills proficiency and attainment. Implement evidenced-based remediation policies and practices.

Establish policies to assess credit for prior learning and awards credits for prior learning. Priority consideration will be given to projects targeting high-poverty, high-crime areas that have a scarcity of reentry services. The closing date for the receipt of proposals is April 26, 2021 .

For more information about the grant opportunity, visit the grants. gov website and reference FOA-ETA-21-03. For a complete description of funds available, funders, eligibility requirement, and links to the grant application, visit the DOL website.

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