Community Justice Reinvestment Grant Program
Community Justice Reinvestment Grant Program
Description of the program
In 2016, the Minnesota legislature established the Community Justice Reinvestment Account to provide supportive services to justice-impacted individuals to reduce further involvement in the criminal justice system. This Account is used to create the Community Justice Reinvestment Grant program, which most recently distributed $1,017,474.54 in 2024 to fund:
- Chemical dependency and mental health treatment programs,
- Programs that improve supervision,
- Pretrial and precharge supervision programs,
- Programs to reduce recidivism of controlled substances offenders on probation or supervised release or participating in drug courts,
- Support local participation in drug court initiatives approved by the Judicial Council.
Who is eligible to apply
Grants will be awarded to private and public nonprofit agencies; local units of government including cities, counties, and townships; and Tribal Nations. Agencies working together need to identify one agency as applicant and official grant recipient; budgets can include contracts with partner agencies.
Next funding opportunity, next grant period
The Request for Proposals for the next grant period is expected to be released in Fall 2025. Funding for these grants will span approximately January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027.
Past Competitive RFPs
- 2022-2023 Grants – Fall 2021 RFP
- 2018-2019 Grants – Fall 2017 RFP
Contact
Mike Hreha, Grant Coordinator, Michael.Hreha@state.mn.us
Current grantees, current grant period
Current grant period: 2024-2025
2024-2025 Grantees:
| Center for Multicultural Mediation | Second Judicial District |
| Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches | Waseca County |
| JusticePoint, Inc | White Earth Reservation Tribal Council |