Deadline: 6-Jun-23
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for the Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab Training Program that recognizes the need to provide community supervision leadership with training that enhances skills to improve an agency’s ability to deliver evidence-based practices intended to support behavior change among supervised individuals.
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) recognizes the need to provide community supervision leadership with training that enhances skills to improve an agency’s ability to deliver evidence-based practices intended to support behavior change among supervised individuals.
Therefore, NIC collaborated with an independent contractor to review, modify, and redesign its Probation and Parole Executive Orientation curriculum; the result was the creation of a virtual Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab that includes the most up-to-date material needed to assist community corrections leaders in probation and parole agencies in effectively implementing evidence-based interventions.
The awardee will deliver the 9-month Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab training, which uses a combination of virtual connections, including virtual instructor-led trainings, self-paced and independent learning, and leadership coaching. The 9-month long training is in the format of virtual instructor-led training (VILT) and includes 6 months of coaching to help participants develop a capstone project. The capstone project is designed to help participants identify, develop, and implement a new organizational change strategy within their agency and concludes with an in-person capstone project presentation that provides participants with a robust opportunity to grow their skills as leaders. To enhance the virtual learning experience, a Web-based learning environment is also available for participants to access training materials to engage in self-paced learning between virtual instructor-led training sessions.
Goals: Deliver the Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab training curriculum to three training sites selected through an application process approved by NIC.
Objectives
- Participate in planning meetings with NIC project manager.
- Deliver the 9-month Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab training.
- Enhance and update the Web-based learning environment.
NIC Staff Responsibilities
- Cooperative Agreements require significant staff involvement excluding the basic monitoring of the project, progress, deliverables and reports. Significant staff involvement may include:
- Providing overall oversight and project management and working collaboratively with the awardee on all aspects of the project.
- Serving as subject matter expert and contributing to the delivery of the training project.
- Reviewing and approving all resources developed from the core activities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $200,000
- Award Ceiling: $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). Recipients, including for-profit organizations, must agree to waive any profit or fee for services. Foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental international organizations/institutions are not eligible to apply.
- Proof of 501(c) (3) status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service or an authorizing tribal resolution is required.
- NIC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire program. Only one (1) application will be accepted from a submitting organization.
- NIC may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
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