This grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance aims to combat high rates of sexual victimization in U.S. correctional facilities, including state, tribal, and local adult and juvenile institutions. Recent surveys reveal significant percentages of inmates experiencing sexual assault. Following the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and its 2012 Final Rule, which established comprehensive standards, this program supports demonstration projects. The purpose of these projects is to implement holistic approaches aligned with PREA standards, focusing on prevention planning, responsive action, training, screening, reporting, and investigations. Ultimately, this funding seeks to prevent, detect, and effectively respond to incidents of sexual victimization, fostering ‘zero tolerance’ environments within facilities nationwide.
Opportunity ID: 235231
General Information
Document Type: | Grants Notice |
Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2013-3656 |
Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 13 PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish "Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities |
Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
Category Explanation: | – |
Expected Number of Awards: | – |
Assistance Listings: | 16.735 — Protecting Inmates and Safeguarding Communities Discretionary Grant Program |
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
Version: | Synopsis 2 |
Posted Date: | May 21, 2013 |
Last Updated Date: | May 22, 2013 |
Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 05, 2013 |
Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 05, 2013 |
Archive Date: | Aug 04, 2013 |
Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
Award Ceiling: | $250,000 |
Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: | State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments City or township governments |
Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
Description: | The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) just released the 2011-2012 findings from the most recent surveys of jail and prison inmates about incidences of sexual victimization.1 Based on this information, 4.0 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2 percent of jail inmates within the United States reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility.2 In juvenile facilities, the numbers are even more troubling. At least 17,100 adjudicated or committed youth (amounting to some 12 percent of the total population in juvenile detention facilities) reported having suffered sexual abuse within 12 months of arriving at their facility, with rates as high as 36 percent in specific facilities.3 On June 20, 2012, DOJ published the Final Rule creating standards as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The standards apply to adult prisons and jails, juvenile correctional facilities, police lockups, and community residential centers. The standards, which took effect on August 20, 2012, seek to prevent sexual abuse and to reduce the harm that it causes. The standards are grouped into 11 categories: prevention planning; responsive planning; training and education; screening for risk of sexual victimization and abusiveness; reporting; official response following an inmate report; investigations; discipline; medical and mental care; data collection and review; and audits. This program is funded under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 42 USC 15601, et seq., and the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Pub. L. 113-6, 127 Stat. 198, 255. Demonstration projects funded through this solicitation will support comprehensive approaches within state, tribal, and local adult and juvenile correctional facilities to prevent, detect, and respond to incidences of sexual victimization. |
Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer
Support Hotline at 1–800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035 or via e-mail at support@grants.gov. Email:support@grants.gov |
Version History
Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Formatting Corrected. | May 22, 2013 | |
May 22, 2013 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
Document Type: | Grants Notice |
Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2013-3656 |
Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 13 PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish "Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities |
Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
Category Explanation: | – |
Expected Number of Awards: | – |
Assistance Listings: | 16.735 — Protecting Inmates and Safeguarding Communities Discretionary Grant Program |
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
Version: | Synopsis 2 |
Posted Date: | May 21, 2013 |
Last Updated Date: | May 22, 2013 |
Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 05, 2013 |
Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 05, 2013 |
Archive Date: | Aug 04, 2013 |
Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
Award Ceiling: | $250,000 |
Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: | State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments City or township governments |
Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
Description: | The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) just released the 2011-2012 findings from the most recent surveys of jail and prison inmates about incidences of sexual victimization.1 Based on this information, 4.0 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2 percent of jail inmates within the United States reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility.2 In juvenile facilities, the numbers are even more troubling. At least 17,100 adjudicated or committed youth (amounting to some 12 percent of the total population in juvenile detention facilities) reported having suffered sexual abuse within 12 months of arriving at their facility, with rates as high as 36 percent in specific facilities.3 On June 20, 2012, DOJ published the Final Rule creating standards as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The standards apply to adult prisons and jails, juvenile correctional facilities, police lockups, and community residential centers. The standards, which took effect on August 20, 2012, seek to prevent sexual abuse and to reduce the harm that it causes. The standards are grouped into 11 categories: prevention planning; responsive planning; training and education; screening for risk of sexual victimization and abusiveness; reporting; official response following an inmate report; investigations; discipline; medical and mental care; data collection and review; and audits. This program is funded under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 42 USC 15601, et seq., and the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Pub. L. 113-6, 127 Stat. 198, 255. Demonstration projects funded through this solicitation will support comprehensive approaches within state, tribal, and local adult and juvenile correctional facilities to prevent, detect, and respond to incidences of sexual victimization. |
Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer
Support Hotline at 1–800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035 or via e-mail at support@grants.gov. Email:support@grants.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
Document Type: | Grants Notice |
Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2013-3656 |
Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 13 PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish ?Zero Tolerance? Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities |
Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
Category Explanation: | – |
Expected Number of Awards: | – |
Assistance Listings: | 16.735 — Protecting Inmates and Safeguarding Communities Discretionary Grant Program |
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
Version: | Synopsis 1 |
Posted Date: | May 22, 2013 |
Last Updated Date: | – |
Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 05, 2013 |
Archive Date: | Aug 04, 2013 |
Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
Award Ceiling: | $250,000 |
Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: | City or township governments State governments County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) |
Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
Description: | The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) just released the 2011-2012 findings from the most recent surveys of jail and prison inmates about incidences of sexual victimization.1 Based on this information, 4.0 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2 percent of jail inmates within the United States reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility.2 In juvenile facilities, the numbers are even more troubling. At least 17,100 adjudicated or committed youth (amounting to some 12 percent of the total population in juvenile detention facilities) reported having suffered sexual abuse within 12 months of arriving at their facility, with rates as high as 36 percent in specific facilities.3 On June 20, 2012, DOJ published the Final Rule creating standards as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The standards apply to adult prisons and jails, juvenile correctional facilities, police lockups, and community residential centers. The standards, which took effect on August 20, 2012, seek to prevent sexual abuse and to reduce the harm that it causes. The standards are grouped into 11 categories: prevention planning; responsive planning; training and education; screening for risk of sexual victimization and abusiveness; reporting; official response following an inmate report; investigations; discipline; medical and mental care; data collection and review; and audits. This program is funded under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 42 USC 15601, et seq., and the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Pub. L. 113-6, 127 Stat. 198, 255. Demonstration projects funded through this solicitation will support comprehensive approaches within state, tribal, and local adult and juvenile correctional facilities to prevent, detect, and respond to incidences of sexual victimization. |
Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer
Support Hotline at 1–800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035 or via e-mail at support@grants.gov. Email:support@grants.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 235231 Full Announcement-1 -> 13preasol.pdf
Folder 235231 Full Announcement-1 -> notice_applyingingrantsgov.pdf
Packages
Agency Contact Information: | For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1–800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035 or via e-mail at support@grants.gov. Email: support@grants.gov |
Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
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16.735 | BJA-2013-3657 | Units of state government agencies. | PKG00178401 | May 21, 2013 | Jul 05, 2013 | View |
16.735 | BJA-2013-3658 | Units of county or city local government agencies. | PKG00178402 | May 21, 2013 | Jul 05, 2013 | View |
16.735 | BJA-2013-3659 | Federally recognized Indian tribes and Alaska Native tribes and/or tribal organizations. | PKG00178403 | May 21, 2013 | Jul 05, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
235231 SF424-2.0.pdf
235231 SF424B-1.1.pdf
235231 Budget-1.1.pdf
235231 Other-1.1.pdf
235231 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
235231 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
Package 2
Mandatory forms
235231 SF424-2.0.pdf
235231 SF424B-1.1.pdf
235231 Budget-1.1.pdf
235231 Other-1.1.pdf
235231 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
235231 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
Package 3
Mandatory forms
235231 SF424-2.0.pdf
235231 SF424B-1.1.pdf
235231 Budget-1.1.pdf
235231 Other-1.1.pdf
235231 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
235231 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf