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National Institute of Corrections sent this bulletin at 06/23/2016 07:00 PM EDT

Cooperative Agreement - Community Supervision Officer Safety
06/23/2016 04:39 PM EDT

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Juvenile Drug Courts Training and Technical Assistance Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by building capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and tribal governments to develop and establish juvenile drug courts for co-occurring and/or substance abusing youth.

Overview
The mission of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is a center of learning, innovation and leadership that shapes and advances effective correctional practice and public policy. NIC fulfills its mission, in part, by providing current best and promising practices information to the field.

Program-Specific Information
In March 2003, NIC published the Second Edition of New Approaches to Staff Safety (accession number 011356). While much of this document is still relevant and useful, there are some changes, particularly in the area of technology that require updating.

Goals, Objectives, and Deliverables
This competitive solicitation will fund the development of an addendum to New Approaches to Staff Safety to address changes that have occurred in officer safety issues and encompass the use of current technology.

DEADLINE: Applications must be received before midnight (ET) on August 23, 2016.

Please note effective July 1, 2013 the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) was merged to the System for Award Management (SAM).  The SAM registry and Frequently Asked Questions can be reached at http://www.sam.gov.  Please note that the registration process can take up to 1-3 weeks, so please plan accordingly.

Cooperative Agreement - Safeguarding Children of Incarcerated Parents: Developing and Implementing Family Strengthening Policies at Correctional Institutions at the Local and State Level
06/23/2016 02:47 PM EDT

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting applications for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016.

Overview
A growing body of research indicates that strong family connections during incarceration is associated with better reentry outcomes, including reduced recidivism. Research also indicates that positive communication between incarcerated parents and their children can be important for their child’s well-being. Maintaining family relationships during incarceration is challenging; including changes in family structure, long distances between the prison facility and family, and limited resources to maintain communication. However there are policies that correctional facilities can implement to help overcome these challenges, while still maintaining a safe and secure environment.

The goal of this cooperative agreement is for the awardee to develop training materials and implement evidence-informed, model policies that can be adopted by local jails and state prisons to reduce the traumatic impact of parental incarceration on children and improve reentry outcomes for parents. This project will be modeled on the highly successful “Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents” project that developed a model protocol for police, developed through a collaborative process, to reduce the traumatic impact of parental arrest on children. The model protocol for police was developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and consisted of a model protocol document, a white paper explaining the development of the protocol, training for implementation through webinars and conference presentations, and a produced training video explaining implementation. All of these materials are available to download free of charge on IACP’s website: http://www.iacp.org/cap. The model policies for corrections would similarly be developed by an organization with expertise in the corrections profession. They will be developed through a collaborative process that would include subject matter experts in corrections, correctional safety, jail and prison administration as well as child welfare, trauma, and children of incarcerated parents. These policies and training materials will be developed, distributed, and implemented at pilot sites, with their implementation carefully tracked.

DEADLINE: Applications must be received before midnight (ET) on August 8, 2016.

Please note effective July 1, 2013 the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) was merged to the System for Award Management (SAM).  The SAM registry and Frequently Asked Questions can be reached at http://www.sam.gov.  Please note that the registration process can take up to 1-3 weeks, so please plan accordingly.