Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) Announces R3 Program Grant Opportunity Release Date
Virtual Community Briefing to be hosted today by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor

 

[May 15, 2020] 

On Friday, May 15, at 11 a.m., The Office of the Lieutenant Governor will host a virtual community meeting to share information about two Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) program grant opportunities. R3 funding totaling $31.5 million (subject to appropriation) will be made available to eligible organizations in R3 zones. The briefing will provide community members and potential applicants with general information as well as eligibility requirements.

ICJIA will release two Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) grant opportunities Monday, May 18.

WHAT: The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act of 2019 (410 ILCS 705) established the R3 program to provide 25% of tax cannabis revenues in grants to support communities impacted by the war on drugs and decades of economic disinvestment. ICJIA will release two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for R3 program grants totaling $31.5 million to support civil legal aid, economic development, re-entry and diversion from the criminal justice system, violence prevention, and youth development. Eligible organizations may apply for two types of grants: 1) community assessment and planning and 2) service delivery programs.

WHEN: The Office of the Lieutenant Governor will host a Virtual Community Briefing on R3 on Friday, May 15, at 11 a.m.

ICJIA will release two Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) grant opportunities Monday, May 18. Grant information and the Notice of Funding Opportunity for R3 grants will be posted online at: https://r3.illinois.gov/.

Speakers will include:

--Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

--Quintin Williams, Criminal Justice Manager, Heartland Alliance

--Toi Hutchinson, Senior Advisor on Cannabis Control to Governor JB Pritzker

--Quinn Rallins, Director of the Justice Equity & Opportunity Initiative (JEO).

Questions may be submitted in advance to [e-mail].

To join the briefing, call: 312-535-8110 Access code: 284 694 242

WHO: Eligible organizations include nonprofits, local units of government, faith-based tax exempt organizations, businesses, community and neighborhood associations. R3 zones were identified using community-level data on gun injury, child poverty, unemployment, and state prison commitments and returns, combined with disproportionately impacted areas identified by DCEO.

Only applicants seeking funding for programs within a designated R3 zone will be considered eligible for this funding.

WHY: The R3 program seeks to repair the harm caused by the war on drugs by ensuring that the programs funded are equitable and provide the services needed in the most vulnerable areas across the state.

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