38602 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices

Delivery Instructions

All application packages should be

mailed or delivered to the Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, c/o Juvenile Justice

Resource Center, 2277 Research

Boulevard, Mail Stop 2K, Rockville, MD

20850; 301–519–5535. Faxed or emailed applications will not be

accepted. Note: In the lower left hand

corner of the envelope you must clearly

mark ‘‘Training and Technical

Assistance for National Innovations To

Reduce Disproportionate Minority

Confinement.’’

Due Date

Applicants are responsible for

ensuring that the original and five

copies of the application package are

received by 5 p.m. ET on August 7,

2000.

Contact

For further information contact Gail

Olezene, Program Manager, Training

and Technical Assistance Division, 202–

305–9234, or send an e-mail inquiry to

olezenec@ojp.usdoj.gov.

References

Community Research Associates.

1997. Disproportionate Confinement of

Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities:

1996 National Report. Champaign, IL:

Community Research Associates.

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention. 1999.

Minorities in the Juvenile Justice

System. Bulletin. Washington, DC: U.S.

Department of Justice, Office of Justice

Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention.

Sickmund, M. and Snyder, H. 1999.

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999

National Report. Washington, DC: U.S.

Department of Justice, Office of Justice

Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention.

Youth Law Center. 1999a. Fact Sheet:

The Federal Disproportionate Minority

Confinement Mandate: Impact on

African American and Latino Youth.

Washington, DC: Youth Law Center.

Youth Law Center. 1999b. Fact Sheet:

Punitive Policies Hit Minority Youth

Hardest. Washington, DC: Youth Law

Center.

John J. Wilson,

Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—Critical Issues in

Managing Women Offenders

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Correction to solicitation due

date.

SUMMARY: This announcement is to

correct the due date in the above notice

which was published on June 9, 2000 in

the Federal Register on Page 36725 in

the paragraph entitled: Deadline for

Receipt of Applications. The correct due

date is Monday, July 17, 2000.

Dated: June 15, 2000.

Larry B. Solomon,

Deputy Director, National Institute of

Corrections.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—Descriptive Analysis of

Community Corrections Strategies for

Women Offenders

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice

(DOJ), National Institute of Corrections

(NIC), announces the availability of

funds in FY 2000 for a cooperative

agreement to develop a descriptive

analysis of community corrections

options for women offenders. The

project will result in a state of the art

publication which summarizes

descriptive information on community

based supervision of women offenders.

The project is the second part of a twophased effort to provide current,

relevant information on gender

responsive strategies for women

offenders in the community. The first

phase is a survey of correctional

agencies to identify gender responsive

approaches. $150,000 are available in

FY 2000 for one cooperative agreement

award for a fifteen month period for the

descriptive analysis.

A cooperative agreement is a form of

assistance relationship where the

National Institute of Corrections is

substantially involved during the

performance of the award. An award is

made to an organization that will, in

concert with the Institute, develop the

state of the art document on community

based approaches for women offenders.

No funds are transferred to state or local

governments.

Background

The Community Corrections Division

is engaged in a multi-year effort to

develop current, relevant information

on community-based supervision

approaches designed specifically for

women defendants and offenders. These

approaches may be specialized

caseloads or supervision strategies,

women-only interventions or groups, a

women offender track in a larger

program option (such as a separate track

in a day reporting center), residential

programs, and others. The distinctive

feature of these approaches will be a

purposeful design to improve outcomes

for women in community settings by

addressing their specific characteristics,

circumstances and needs.

The Two-Part Project

1. The NIC Information Center is

conducting the first part of the project,

a survey of community based programs

for women. The purpose of the survey

is to develop a national directory of

gender specific approaches employed as

pretrial supervision and sentencing

options. Directory entries will include

the program name, a brief description of

the approach or program, and contact

information. The survey cover letter and

instrument may be downloaded from

the NIC website. (Click on ‘‘What’s

New,’’ then, ‘‘Miscellaneous,’’ to find

the entry: Research on Specialized

Programs for Women in Community

Corrections.) The survey was mailed to

approximately 230 State and local

corrections agencies in early May, 2000.

Many of these agencies made further

distribution to local offices and

programs.

2. The second part of the project is a

descriptive analysis of the different

types of approaches identified by the

survey. It is the central purpose of this

solicitation. The cooperative agreement

awardee will take the survey findings—

the supervision approaches and

programs listed and profiled in the

directory—and collect more detailed

information through telephone

interviews and on-site visits. The work

will result in a publication describing

the state of the art in community-based

supervision of women offenders. It will

pay particular attention to programs

which collect evaluative information

(both process and outcome) and those

which employ an assessment

component specifically developed for

women. The anticipated award date of