2021 Grant Recipient:
First Step, Inc.
Award:
$81,000
Focus Area:
Family
Details:
First Step’s offender accountability program (designated as “BIPP,” which stands for Battering Intervention and Prevention Program) will recruit and train facilitators for accreditation with the program. All facilitators must be fingerprinted, and background checked by state and nationally approved agencies to qualify as facilitators. Administration of the program requires documentation such as court notifications, victim notifications, offender attendance records, group rules/guidelines, financial tracking (fee collection and payments for supplies and facilitators), audit compliance, renewal schedules, and other management duties by a dedicated staff person that we will need to hire. A laptop will be required with specific BIPP software to comply with state regulations. First Step, Inc. anticipates up to 100 offenders going through this program every six months based on calculations by our population and other programs around the state.
