Opportunity ID: 276554

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: OJJDP-2015-4236
Funding Opportunity Title: OJJDP FY 2015 Second Chance Act Strengthening Families and Children of Incarcerated Parents
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: 2
Assistance Listings: 16.831 — Children of Incarcerated Parents
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: May 13, 2015
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 29, 2015
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 29, 2015
Archive Date: Jul 29, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $500,000
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
Small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, tribal, and community nonprofit organizations) with a demonstrable history of providing services to children of incarcerated parents and community-based reentry programming.

Applicants who do not have a demonstrated history of providing both services to children of incarcerated parents and community-based reentry programming must be able to demonstrate a history of providing one of the required services and may partner with a community-based nonprofit that has experience and expertise in providing the other required services. Applicants must submit letters of support or memoranda of understanding demonstrating this relationship.

OJJDP welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; 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 conducting and leading the pilot.

OJJDP may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Description: This program will promote and expand services to children who have a parent who is incarcerated in a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility. Program activities include mentoring and comprehensive services that facilitate healthy and positive relationships between incarcerated individuals, their children, and caregivers. This program will implement positive developmental activities to address issues the child and the family may face, strategies to increase and enhance communication between child and parent, and transitional reentry services for parents who are released during the program
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. Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420, by e-mail at responsecenter@ncjrs.gov, or by web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2015/FAQ/SCACOIPFAQ.pdf.

Email:Response Center

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date

Folder 276554 Full Announcement-1 -> frequently asked questions.pdf

Folder 276554 Full Announcement-1 -> fy15 sca coip solicitation.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. Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420, by e-mail at responsecenter@ncjrs.gov, or by web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2015/FAQ/SCACOIPFAQ.pdf.

Email: Response Center

Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
16.831 PKG00216870 May 13, 2015 Jun 29, 2015 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

276554 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

276554 Other-1.1.pdf

276554 Project-1.1.pdf

276554 Budget-1.1.pdf

276554 SF424B-1.1.pdf

Optional forms

276554 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf

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