The Bureau of Justice Statistics is offering a grant for the administration of the National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) to measure the prevalence of sexual assault in correctional facilities. This grant aims to provide funding for a collection agent to conduct the survey in federal, state-operated, and privately operated prisons housing inmates under federal or state jurisdiction. The grantee will be responsible for drawing a national sample of facilities, administering the survey through Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) to inmates, and performing all necessary data collection, analyses, and reporting activities.
Opportunity ID: 303822
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJS-2018-14106 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2019-20 – Jails |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Information and Statistics |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.739 — National Prison Rape Statistics Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 19, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 14, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 14, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $7,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $7,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $3,500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are national, regional, state, or local public and private entities; for-profit and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations); faith-based and community organizations; institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education); federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; and units of local government that support initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Description: | On September 4, 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79). The act requires BJS to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape. The act further instructs BJS to collect survey data: the Bureau shall use surveys and other statistical studies of current and former inmates. The law was passed in part to overcome a shortage of available research on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence in correctional facilities. To implement the act, BJS developed the National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRS), which includes four separate data collection efforts: the Survey on Sexual Victimization (SSV, formerly Survey of Sexual Violence), National Inmate Survey (NIS), National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), and National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS). Each of these collections is independent and, while not directly comparable, they provide measures of the prevalence and characteristics of sexual assault in correctional facilities. The SSV collects information about incidents of sexual violence reported to and investigated by adult and juvenile correctional authorities and characteristics of substantiated incidents. The NIS collects allegations of sexual assault self-reported by adult and juvenile inmates in correctional facilities. The NSYC gathers self-reported sexual assault data from youth in juvenile correctional facilities. The NFPS measures allegations of sexual assault experienced during a person s last incarceration, as reported by former inmates under community active supervision. This award will provide funding through a cooperative agreement for a collection agent to administer the fourth round of the NIS (NIS-4). The NIS is an Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) instrument administered to inmates in correctional facilities to measure the prevalence of sexual assault at the facility level. Project activities include drawing a national sample of federal and state-operated prison facilities and privately operated prison facilities that house inmates under federal or state jurisdiction; administering the survey to sampled inmates in these facilities; and conducting all data collection, analyses, and reporting activities. |
| Link to Additional Information: | www.bjs.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
askbjs@usdoj.gov
Jessica.Stroop@usdoj.gov Email:Jessica.Stroop@usdoj.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | askbjs@usdoj.gov Jessica.Stroop@usdoj.gov Email: Jessica.Stroop@usdoj.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.739 | PKG00241091 | Apr 19, 2018 | Jun 14, 2018 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
303822 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
303822 SF424B-1.1.pdf
303822 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
303822 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
303822 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
303822 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
303822 DOJ_Questionnaire_1_1-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
303822 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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