The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is offering the FY 17 Site Based PREA grant to advance national standards for preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and harassment in correctional facilities. This grant is specifically for protecting individuals from prison rape while in confinement. Its core purpose is to support states and territories in achieving and maintaining full compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. States whose governors do not certify full compliance risk losing five percent of their Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funds designated for prison purposes. However, governors can submit an assurance to use this five percent solely for activities that enable future compliance certification, thereby fostering safer confinement environments.
Opportunity ID: 292494
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2017-11324 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 17 Site Based PREA |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 13 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.735 — PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish ‘Zero Tolerance’ Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilitie |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 15, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 25, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 25, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | For profit organizations other than small businesses Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description: | The goals of the PREA Program are to continue implementation of the national standards to prevent, detect, and respond to prison rape in order to protect individuals from sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement. PREA provides that a state or territory whose governor does not certify full compliance with the standards is subject to the loss of five percent of any DOJ grant funds that it would otherwise receive for prison purposes, unless the governor submits an assurance that such five percent will be used only for the purpose of enabling the state to achieve and certify full compliance with the standards in future years. See 42 U.S.C. 15607(c). |
| Link to Additional Information: | see attachment |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicant’s control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.
grants@ncjrs.gov Email:grants@ncjrs.gov |
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicant’s control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. grants@ncjrs.gov Email: grants@ncjrs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.735 | PKG00231427 | Mar 15, 2017 | May 25, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
292494 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
292494 SF424B-1.1.pdf
292494 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
292494 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
292494 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
292494 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
292494 DOJ_Questionnaire-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
292494 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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