Deadline: 31-Jul-23
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications with an aim to provide practitioners with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate the 40 – hour Evidence-Based Blended Workforce Development Training and administer the Employment Retention Inventory (a case management tool that helps identify the precursors to job loss and recidivism for justice-involved adults).
The goal of this project is to provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills to facilitate the (blended) Evidence-Based Workforce Development Training Series as a member of a national training team supporting the workforce development and reentry efforts of justice-involved adults. In addition, training participants will be provided instruction on effectively using the Employment Retention Inventory (ERI), which was developed to support case management activities when working with justice-involved adults.
In addition, training participants will be provided instruction on effectively using the Employment Retention Inventory (ERI), which was developed to support case management activities when working with justice-involved adults.
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is committed to establishing collaborative relationships with various tribal, local, and state correctional agencies and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to increase the opportunity for justice-involved adults to experience post-release success (defined as maintaining a prosocial lifestyle and sustained attachment to the workforce following release from incarceration or supervision). NIC’s emphasis on research-based practices and programing requires structured training to provide criminal justice practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to support the reentry goals of justice-involved adults, thereby increasing public safety.
Objectives
- The tasks to be performed under this cooperative agreement will include:
- A review of the blended 40-hour Evidence-Based Workforce Development Training Series curriculum and support documents
- Development of a 64-hour facilitator training and management of four regional facilitator training events (consisting of 15-25 participants per event)
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of the training curriculum based on the Instructional Theory Into Practice (ITIP) model
- Development/Administration of pre/post assessments and activities to evaluate participants’ mastery of established competencies, knowledge, and skills
- Provision of monthly post-training consultations and coaching sessions.
Funding Information
- NIC expects to make one award for as much as $ 1,000,000 for a 12-month project period, beginning on September 1, 2023. Requests for amounts more than a total of $ 1,000,000, including direct and indirect costs will not be considered.
Evidence-Based Programs or Practices
- NIC strongly emphasizes the use of data and evidence in policy making and program development.
- improving the quantity and quality of evidence NIC generates;
- integrating evidence into program, practice, and policy decisions within NIC and the field; and
- improving the translation of evidence into practice.
Program-Specific Information
- A proposal responsive to this solicitation should, at a minimum, provide evidence of the following:
- Managing national and/or regional training events for 10 years or more
- Developing and facilitating virtual and instructor-led training sessions for 10 years or more
- Capturing qualitative and quantitative data to access knowledge transfer
- Facilitating training events and post-training coaching sessions
- Using learning management systems, e. g., Oracle-Taleo, and Web-based platforms, e.g., Web-Ex, Zoom and Microsoft Teams
- Facilitating motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral intervention training
- Providing training certification and establishing the foundation for awarding Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
- Responding to requests for workshop proposals at major national conferences.
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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