Adult Reentry Grant Program
The ARG Program was established in the 2018 Budget Act (Senate Bill 840, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018) to provide funding for community-based organizations to deliver reentry services for people formerly incarcerated in state prison. Funding supports Rental Assistance, Warm Handoff and Reentry Services, and Rehabilitation of Existing Property and Buildings
Permissible use of grant funds includes but is not limited to the following:
- Case management services
- Housing Navigation
- Permanent supportive housing
- Rent subsidies
- Short-term emergency housing assistance
- Transitional 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 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.
| # | Grantee | City, County | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Assistance Program | Victorville, San Bernardino | $2,750,000 |
| 2 | St. John’s Community Health | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $2,742,221 |
| 3 | Hope Solutions | Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa | $2,712,385 |
| 4 | SHELTER, Inc. | Concord, Contra Costa | $2,750,000 |
| 5 | Interfaith Shelter Network | Santa Rosa, Sonoma | $2,750,000 |
| 6 | Mercy House Living Centers | Santa Ana, Orange | $2,750,000 |
| 7 | Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $2,749,893 |
| 8 | LightHouse Social Service Centers | Colton, San Bernardino | $2,750,000 |
| 9 | Friends Outside | Stockton, San Joaquin | $2,216,253 |
| 10 | Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs | Oakland, Alameda | $2,597,495 |
| 11 | Community Realignment Education Development (CRED) | San Diego, San Diego | $2,750,000 |
| 12 | Inland Southern California 211+ | Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino | $2,750,000 |
| 13 | Volunteers of America of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $2,750,000 |
| 14 | Brilliant Corners | San Francisco, San Francisco | $2,507,560 |
| 15 | The AMAAD Institute | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $2,408,758 |
| 16 | LifeMoves | Menlo Park, San Mateo | $2,749,654 |
| 17 | Arsola’s Distribution Center and Community Services | Oakland, Alameda | $2,750,000 |
| 18 | WestCare California | Fresno, Fresno | $2,750,000 |
| 19 | Faith Advisory Council for Community Transformation | San Bernardino, San Bernardino | $2,750,000 |
| 20 | Men of Valor Academy (MOVA) | Oakland, Alameda | $2,749,910 |
| 21 | Starting Over, Inc. | Riverside, Riverside | $2,211,336 |
| 22 | Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) | Berkeley, Alameda | $2,750,000 |
| 23 | Midtown Family Services | San Jose, Santa Clara | $254,535 |
| # | Grantee | City, County | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volunteers of America of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 2 | Urban Alchemy | San Francisco, San Francisco | $750,000 |
| 3 | After Innocence | Oakland, Alameda | $336,930 |
| 4 | Working Wardrobes for a New Start | Santa Ana, Orange | $750,000 |
| 5 | Coalition for Responsible Community Development | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 6 | Five Keys Schools and Programs | San Francisco, San Francisco | $720,542 |
| 7 | Men of Valor Academy (MOVA) | Oakland, Alameda | $641,726 |
| 8 | Soledad Enrichment | Los Angels, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 9 | San Jose State University Service Navigation | San Jose, Santa Clara | $750,000 |
| 10 | Center for Living and Learning | Van Nuys, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 11 | La Clinica de La Raza | Oakland, Alameda | $750,000 |
| 12 | North County Lifeline | Oceanside, San Diego | $750,000 |
| 13 | Sister to Sister 2 | Oakland, Alameda | $749,861 |
| 14 | The Francisco Homes | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $749,443 |
| 15 | The Anti-Recidivism Coalition | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $749,999 |
| 16 | Community Works West | Oakland, Alameda | $750,000 |
| 17 | The AMAAD Institute | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $719,473 |
| 18 | Hospitality House | Grass Valley, Nevada | $585,167 |
| 19 | First to Serve, Inc. | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $700,000 |
| 20 | Plumas Crisis Intervention & Resource Center | Quincy, Plumas | $681,425 |
| 21 | WestCare, California, Inc. | Fresno, Fresno | $750,000 |
| 22 | Abundant Living Family Church High Desert | Hesperia, San Bernardino | $750,000 |
| 23 | St. John's Community | Los Angels, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 24 | COSA Fresno | Fresno, Fresno | $750,000 |
| 25 | Impact Justice | Oakland, Alameda | $750,000 |
| 26 | Options Recovery Services | Berkeley, Alameda | $696,180 |
| 27 | Restoring Citizens | National City, San Diego | $749,564 |
| 28 | Starting Over, Inc. | Riverside, Riverside | $690,921 |
| 29 | CityServe Network | Bakersfield, Kern | $749,965 |
| 30 | Friends Outside in LA County | Pasadena, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 31 | Root & Rebound | Oakland, Alameda | $750,000 |
| 32 | Project Heart | Grass Valley, Nevada | $749,999 |
| 33 | Family Assistance Program | Victorville, San Bernardino | $750,000 |
| 34 | Oakland Private Industry Council, Inc. | Oakland, Alameda | $749,915 |
| 35 | Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. | Tarzana, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 36 | Whole Systems Learning | Downey, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 37 | Youth Empowerments Finest | San Diego, San Diego | $750,000 |
| 38 | The Catalyst Foundation | Lancaster, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 39 | Advancing Steps | Desert Hot Springs, Riverside | $745,705 |
| 40 | Bonafide | Oakland, Alameda | $749,735 |
| 41 | Insight Garden | Berkeley, Alameda | $750,000 |
| 42 | Lao Family Community Development | Oakland, Alameda | $498,591 |
| 43 | Community Realignment Education Development (CRED) | San Diego, San Diego | $750,000 |
| 44 | San Diego Second Chance Program | San Diego, San Diego | $750,000 |
| 45 | Garden Pathways | Bakersfield, Kern | $750,000 |
| 46 | DOVE | Vallejo, Solano | $741,000 |
| 47 | ReEvolution | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 48 | Interfaith Community Services | Escondido, San Diego | $749,901 |
| 49 | The Actor's Gang | Culver City, Los Angeles | $749,403 |
| 50 | Choices for Freedom, Inc. | Oakland, Alameda | $552,700 |
| 51 | Community Action Partnership of Kern | Bakersfield, Kern | $750,000 |
| 52 | Goodwill of Silicon Valley | San Jose, Santa Clara | $737,961 |
| 53 | Tayba Foundation | San Bernardino, San Bernardino | $750,000 |
| 54 | Arsola's Distribution Center and Community Services | Oakland, Alameda | $744,716 |
| 55 | Ten Toes In | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $749,068 |
| 56 | Flintridge Center | Pasadena, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 57 | Inland Southern California 211+ | Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino | $750,000 |
| 58 | LightHouse Social Service Centers | Colton, San Bernardino | $675,000 |
| 59 | Vista Community Clinic | Vista, San Diego | $750,000 |
| 60 | Community Solutions, Inc. | Ventura, Ventura | $750,000 |
| 61 | Paws for Life K9 Rescue | Mission Hills, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 62 | Integrated Recovery Network | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 63 | I.E. CEEM | Ontario, San Bernardino | $750,000 |
| 64 | Midtown Family Services | San Jose, Santa Clara | $746,689 |
| 65 | Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto | East Polo Alto, San Mateo | $750,000 |
| 66 | Redwood Adult & Teen Challenge | Eureka, Humboldt | $629,738 |
| 67 | Reaching New Heights | Riverside, Riverside | $749,568 |
| 68 | God's Pantry | Pomona, Los Angeles | $710,790 |
| 69 | LifeMoves | Menlo Park, San Mateo | $749,887 |
| 70 | Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) | Berkeley, Alameda | $750,000 |
| 71 | Aim High Los Angeles | Wilmington, Los Angeles | $571,720 |
| 72 | ManifestWorks | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $571,390 |
| 73 | IE Rebound Services | San Bernardino, San Bernardino | $707,790 |
| 74 | Kingdom Builders | Oakland, Alameda | $749,314 |
| 75 | Community Reunification Project | Chula Vista, San Diego | $749,826 |
| 76 | Pathway to Kinship | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $213,955 |
| 77 | Centro C.H.A. Inc. | Long Beach, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
| 78 | Mercy House Living Centers | Santa Ana, Orange | $750,000 |
| 79 | Men Taking Over Reforming Society (M.E.N.T.O.R.S.) | Los Angeles, Los Angeles | $750,000 |
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 Proposalsopens PDF file
ARG Cohort 3 RA/WHO List of Awardsopens PDF file
Please submit Cohort 3 questions or comments to ARGCohort3@bscc.ca.govcreate new email.
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.
| # | Grantee | County(s) Served | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Serve Network | Kern | $499,210 |
| 2 | CAL-PEP | Alameda | $500,000 |
| 3 | Insight Garden Program | Alameda | $123,124 |
| 4 | Christ Centered Ministries | Los Angeles | $500,000 |
| 5 | Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles | $499,939 |
| 6 | ARSOLAS House | Alameda | $500,000 |
| 7 | Goodwill of San Francisco | San Francisco, San Mateo, & Marin | $498,840 |
| 8 | D & J’s Counseling and Support | Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo | $460,010 |
| 9 | University of California, San Diego | San Diego | $500,000 |
| 10 | Epidaurus DBA Amity Foundation | Los Angeles | $500,000 |
| 11 | Union of Pan Asian Communities | San Diego | $500,000 |
| 12 | Center of Living and Learning | Los Angeles | $498,290 |
| 13 | Rubicon Programs | Contra Costa | $499,846 |
| 14 | Manifest Works | Los Angeles | $200,000 |
| 15 | Sacramento Covered | Sacramento | $500,000 |
| 16 | Restorative Partners, INC | San Luis Obispo | $497,294 |
| 17 | Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Education Program Inc | Los Angeles | $468,070 |
| 18 | Goodwill Central Coast | Santa Cruz | $500,000 |
| 19 | Operation New Hope | San Bernardino | $500,000 |
| 20 | Beit T’Shuvah | Los Angeles | $500,000 |
| 21 | A New Way of Life | Los Angeles | $500,000 |
| 22 | Paving Great Futures | San Diego | $499,697 |
| 23 | The TransLatin@ Coalition | Los Angeles | $500,000 |
| 24 | Options Recovery Services | Alameda | $500,000 |
| 25 | METRO Community Ministries, INC | San Diego | $500,000 |
| 26 | Mass Liberation | Los Angeles | $499,999 |
| 27 | Roots Community Health Center | Alameda | $500,000 |
| 28 | Young People In Recovery | Sacramento & Orange | $372,075 |
| 29 | Friends Outside | San Joaquin | $495,176 |
| 30 | COSA San Diego | San Diego | $497,921 |
| 31 | Avector Community Group, INC | San Bernardino | $500,000 |
| 32 | The Place 4 Grace | Alameda & Los Angeles | $495,084 |
| 33 | Willing 2 Move Forward | Los Angeles | $499,564 |
| 34 | Center for Council | Los Angeles | $500,000 |
| 35 | Hope Solutions | Contra Costa | $500,000 |
| 36 | Catholic Charities of Santa Clara | Santa Clara | $500,000 |
| 37 | Center for Employment Opportunities | Los Angeles | $470,861 |
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 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 RFPopens PDF file
Amity Foundation ARG Rehab Project Proposal for Fundingopens PDF file
Prior ARG Cohorts
Request for Proposals
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 Proposalsopens PDF file
Awards and Project Summaries
RA Proposals Funded with FY 2020 Budget Actopens PDF file
ARG Rental Assistance Cohort Project Summariesopens PDF file
Cohort 2 Grantee Resources
Request for Proposals
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 Proposalsopens PDF file
Awards and Project Summaries
Cohort 1 - Adult Reentry Grant List of Awardsopens PDF file
ARG Warm Hand-Off Reentry Services (WHO) Project Summariesopens PDF file
Rental Assistance (RA) Project Summariesopens PDF file
Bidders' Conference
Contact the BSCC regarding the Adult Reentry Grant
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Archive
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 Committeeopens PDF file
ARG Rehab of Existing Property Scoring Panelopens PDF file
Cohorts 1 & 2 Executive Steering Committeeopens PDF file
Cohort 3 ESC Meetings
Cohort 1 ESC Meetings
- 11.14.18 ESC Meeting Agenda
- 11.1.18 ESC Meeting Agendaopens PDF file
- 10.11.18 ESC Meeting Agendaopens PDF file
Cohort 1 Rater Training
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 Presentationopens PDF file
- March 3, 2022 Bidders' Conference Video
- Bidders’ Conference FAQ - Updated April 6, 2022opens PDF file
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 Presentationopens PDF file
- ARG WHO Cohort 2 FAQsopens PDF file
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 Termsopens PDF file
Cohort 1 RA/WHO - Bidders' Conference - February 2019