Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021
National Institute of Justice · O-NIJ-2021-40002
Closed
Award Range
$0 – $5.0M
Total Program Funding
$5.0M
Expected Awards
4
Deadline
March 25, 2021
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021. National Institute of Justice. With this solicitation, NIJ requests proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to examine reentry initiatives that incorporate promising practices, strategies, or programs. NIJ is interested in supporting multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluations of innovative reentry... up to $5,000,000 per award; $5,000,000 total program funding; ~4 awards expected.
Who Should Apply
Independent school districts, Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments, Private universities/colleges, Special district governments, Nonprofits (non-501c3) (+10 more)
Who Should NOT Apply
Organizations not matching the eligible applicant types listed above
Key Requirements (Plain English)
•For purposes of this solicitation, the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of...
•Deadline: 2021-03-25
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What This Grant Funds
With this solicitation, NIJ requests proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to examine reentry initiatives that incorporate promising practices, strategies, or programs. NIJ is interested in supporting multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluations of innovative reentry initiatives that:
Are specifically designed to address violent, habitual recidivism.
Are initiated during an individual's incarceration and continue in the community.
Address multiple criminogenic needs that can be assessed incrementally.
The primary goal of this solicitation is to support the rigorous examination of innovative reentry initiatives, particularly reentry services, programs, or plans that begin in institutional settings and continue in the community after release. NIJ will give preference in award decisions to proposals for evaluations of an innovative reentry initiative, addressing the areas of interest previously cited, across multiple sites, using randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Applications proposing research involving partnerships with criminal justice or other agencies, should include a strong letter of support, signed by an appropriate decision-making authority from each proposed, partnering agency. A letter of support should include the partnering agency's acknowledgement that de-identified data derived from, provided to, or obtained through this project will be archived by the grant recipient with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) at the conclusion of the award. Applicants and their potential partners are encouraged to review the NACJD's policies and protections at (NACJD). If selected for award, grantees will be expected to have a formal agreement in place with partnering agencies by January 1, 2022. That formal agreement must include a provision to meet the data archiving requirements of the award.
In the case of partnerships that will involve the use of federal award funds by multiple partnering agencies to carry out the proposed project, only one entity/partnering agency may be the applicant (as is the case with any application submitted in response to this solicitation); any others must be proposed as subrecipients.
Who Can Apply
For purposes of this solicitation, the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virginia Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign colleges and universities are not eligible to apply. Federal agencies are eligible to apply. (Any award made to a federal agency will be made as an inter-agency reimbursable agreement.)
To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws; and (2) the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, Implementation Fact Sheet, and List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Eligible Applicant Types
Independent School DistrictsFederally Recognized Tribal GovernmentsPrivate Colleges & UniversitiesSpecial District GovernmentsNonprofits without 501(c)(3)501(c)(3) NonprofitsSmall BusinessesState GovernmentsOther Tribal OrganizationsOther (see NOFO for details)City/Township GovernmentsFor-Profit OrganizationsPublic Colleges & UniversitiesCounty GovernmentsPublic And Indian Housing Authorities
Funding Details
Maximum Award
$5.0M
Total Program Funding
$5.0M
Expected Number of Awards
4
Cost Sharing Required?
No
Funding Instrument
grant
Key Dates
Posted:December 11, 2020
Application Deadline:March 25, 2021 (0 days remaining)
Agency Contact
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