The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) offers the FY 15 PREA Program grant to support the National PREA Resource Center (PRC) in implementing national standards for preventing sexual abuse in correctional facilities. The grant aims to ensure compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit standards, requiring facilities to undergo regular audits. The PRC facilitates a collaborative partnership among various stakeholder organizations to address sexual victimization and promote safety in adult prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, and community confinement centers. For more information and to apply, visit the PRC website. Application deadline: June 30, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 276354
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2015-4265 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 15 PREA Program: National PREA Resource Center |
| 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: | 1 |
| 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: | May 05, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 30, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants are limited to non-profit organizations that guide correctional/criminal justice programs and policy initiatives with a national focus and impact. BJA strongly encourages applications that include two or more organizations; 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 application per lead applicant will be considered; however, subrecipients may be part of multiple proposals. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description: | In FY 2013, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released the 2011-2012 findings from the most recent surveys of jail and prison inmates about incidences of sexual victimization. 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 previous 12 months or since admission to the facility. In juvenile facilities, the numbers are even more troubling. An estimated 9.5 percent of adjudicated youth in state juvenile facilities and state contract facilities (representing 1,720 youth nationwide) reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another youth or staff in the previous 12 months or since admission, if less than 12 months. On June 20, 2012, DOJ published the Notice of Final Rule creating national standards as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The standards apply to adult prisons and jails, juvenile confinement facilities, police lockups, and community confinement facilities. 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. Compliance with the overall PREA standards requires compliance with the audit standards (i.e., § 115.93, §115.193, §115.293, §115.393, and §§115.401-405). Under the audit standards, one-third of each facility type operated by an agency, or by a private organization on behalf of the agency, must be audited within each year of a 3-year audit cycle. The first audit cycle began on August 20, 2013. In FY 2010, BJA established, via a competitively awarded cooperative agreement, the National PREA Resource Center (PRC) to support PREA implementation efforts nationwide as outlined in the Notice of Final Rule. The PRC reflects a unique collaborative partnership among a wide array of national, state, and local stakeholder organizations that represent adult prisons, jails, and lockups; juvenile corrections; community corrections; tribal confinement facilities; and inmate, youth, and victim advocacy groups. For more information about the PRC, go to www.prearesourcecenter.org. |
| 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 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.
Email:support@grants.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 276354 Full Announcement-1 -> 15prearesourcecentersol.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays. Email: support@grants.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.735 | PKG00216663 | May 05, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
276354 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
276354 SF424B-1.1.pdf
276354 Budget-1.1.pdf
276354 Other-1.1.pdf
276354 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
276354 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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