Deadline: 18-Jul-22
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is inviting applications for the 2022 Evidence-based Workforce Development Partnership Training – Curriculum to assist justice-involved adults with maintaining long-term attachments to the workforce, practitioners must be able to assess those at high risk for job loss, identify specific criminogenic risks, and develop programming in response to the identified risk/need areas.
Goals: This project aims to develop a blended training curriculum to provide criminal justice practitioners and stakeholders with the knowledge/skills needed to effectively support the workforce development and reentry efforts of justice-involved adults.
Objectives
The tasks to be performed under this cooperative agreement will include review and revision of a blended Evidence-based Workforce Development training curriculum (to include a virtual instructor led format), facilitation of a pilot to evaluate the effectiveness of the training curriculum based on the Instructional Theory Into Practice (ITIP) model; develop/administer of pre/post assessment to evaluate the mastery of established competencies, knowledge and skills. The awardee will work collaboratively with the designated NIC project manager to select subject matter experts for the key informant focus group and instructors to co-facilitate the curriculum. In addition, the awardee will collaborate with the Project Manager to explore a procedure for providing professional certification and continuing education units for training participants.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000
- Award Ceiling: $100,000
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.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340448