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Due Date

Applicants are responsible for

ensuring that the original and five

copies of the application are received no

later than 5 p.m. ET on August 7, 2000.

Contact

For further information, call Frank

Porpotage, Deputy Director, Training

and Technical Assistance Division, at

202–616–3634, or send an e-mail

inquiry to Frank@ojp.usdoj.gov.

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These Websites include outstanding

resources on hate crimes laws, antibias

and prevention programs, and links to

other related sites:

• www.ADL.org [Anti-Defamation

League]

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Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership

Conference Ed. Fund]

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[Department of Justice Anti-Bias

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OneAmerica/america.html [President

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safeschools.html [Keeping Schools and

Communities Safe]

Dated: June 20, 2000.

John J. Wilson,

Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

[FR Doc. 00–15927 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention

[OJP (OJJDP)–1269]

Program Announcement for

Information Sharing To Prevent

Juvenile Delinquency: A Training and

Technical Assistance Approach

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is

requesting applications to provide

training and technical assistance on

information sharing to juvenile justice,

education, health, child welfare, and

other youth-serving systems or

organizations that foster

multidisciplinary, multiagency

solutions to the problems of delinquent

and at-risk youth. Instructional focus

will include the legal, ethical, technical,

and structural knowledge and skills

necessary to ensure effective

development and management of

information-sharing systems within the

context of integrated information

architectures being developed in the

justice, education, and health and

human services communities. Training

and technical assistance support is

expected to facilitate cross-agency

cooperation and improve systemic

responses to children at risk and

juveniles in the juvenile justice system.

DATES: Applications must be received

by 5 p.m. ET on July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested applicants must

obtain an application kit from the

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800–

638–8736. The application kit is also

available at OJJDP’s Web site at

www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/grants/

about.html#kit. (See ‘‘Format’’ and

‘‘Delivery Instructions’’ later in this

announcement for instructions on

required standards and the address to

which applications must be sent).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gwendolyn Dilworth, Program Manager,

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention, 202–514–4822.

[This is not a toll-free number.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Purpose

The purpose of this program is to

advance more effective and pro-active

responses to at-risk and juvenile-justicesystem-involved juveniles and to

support solutions to juvenile

delinquency by providing training and

technical assistance on information

sharing to juvenile justice, education,

health, child welfare, and other youthserving systems or organizations that

foster multidisciplinary, multiagency

solutions. Instructional focus will

include the legal, ethical, technical, and

structural knowledge and skills

necessary to ensure effective

development and management of

juvenile information-sharing systems

within the context of integrated

information architectures being

developed in the justice, education, and

health and human services

communities.

Background

Information sharing is recognized as

an essential tool for effectively

providing justice, education, and health

services by Federal, State, local, and

tribal governments. In the past 5 years,

advances in information technology

have made electronic multidisciplinary

and multiagency information sharing a

possibility for large and small

jurisdictions alike. Since 1997, the

Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and its

Bureaus (the Bureau of Justice

Assistance, the Bureau of Justice

Statistics, the National Institute of

Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and

the Office for Victims of Crime) have

been supporting the development of

integrated justice information sharing

systems in State, local, and tribal

jurisdictions. This effort, the OJP

Integrated Justice Information Initiative,

is striving to increase information

sharing among justice agencies and

between justice agencies and affiliated

government agencies, such as education,

health, welfare, transportation, and

emergency management, through

coordinated grant funding, award notice

requirements, and training and

technical assistance.

Since the early 1990’s, public bodies,

professional organizations, and business

groups have been calling for greater

interagency coordination to achieve a

more comprehensive approach to

providing services for children and

families at risk (Soler, Shotton, and Bell,

1993). This call for increased

coordination fueled a growing belief

that sharing pertinent ‘‘need to know’’

information among service providers

strengthens the ability to provide

comprehensive services to children and

families. Integrated information sharing

can also promote effective coordination

of multiple services to foster better

informed decisionmaking regarding

juveniles, whether in the justice,

education, or health and welfare

contexts.

Implementing integrated information

sharing systems, however, is often

impeded by barriers identified in

juvenile justice and affiliated agencies.

The barriers to effective juvenile

information sharing are often attributed

to concerns of confidentiality and

privacy, blurred lines of authority, gaps

in data integration, service

fragmentation, and distrust and hostility

among different agencies. Each of these

barriers raises valid issues that must be

carefully addressed in designing and

implementing information-sharing

systems.

To better respond to a heightened

concern over violent juvenile crime and

delinquency in schools and

communities, many justice, education,

health, and other youth-serving agencies

are seeking to integrate informationsharing capabilities. To assist these

agencies in achieving integrated

information sharing, OJJDP, the U.S.

Department of Education, and the U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services are working collaboratively to

provide coordinated juvenile

information technology resources

through a grant for technical assistance

and training. Previous collaborative

efforts funded by the Federal

Government demonstrate the pivotal

role of Federal agencies in facilitation a

formal information-sharing process

between State and local agencies. For

example, Federal Government

facilitation of information-sharing

capabilities is demonstrated through the

following initiatives:

• Through Safe Kids/Safe Streets,

OJJDP and several other OJP

components (Violence Against Women

Office, Executive Office of Weed and

Seed, Bureau of Justice Assistance,

Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Office

for Victims of Crime) are supporting the

reform of public and community

systems that respond to child

maltreatment. Cross-agency information

sharing is a core component of the

project. Five communities are exploring

ways to improve communication across

the juvenile justice, child welfare,

health, and education systems in their

jurisdiction to strengthen child abuse

and neglect prevention and treatment

efforts through multidisciplinary teams

and cross-agency management

information systems.

• In 1994, the Safe and Drug-Free

Schools and Communities Act (SDFS)

was reauthorized as part of the

Elementary and Secondary Schools Act

(ESEA). The most significant change

was the authorization of violence

prevention activities. This focus on

school safety was based on a growing

recognition that schools needed to

expand the types of prevention and

early intervention activities they were

developing to ensure safe, healthy,

disciplined, and drug-free students.

Since many of the issues pertaining to

drug and violence prevention are

interrelated, the amended SDFS

encourages school districts to develop

integrated programs that address

student ‘‘risk factors’’ such as alcohol

and other drug use and violent behavior.

In response to this broadened

programmatic authority, school districts

have expanded the scope of their efforts

by promoting various aspects of safety

including drug prevention, violence

prevention, hate crime prevention,

counseling, mentoring programs,

afterschool activities, truancy programs,

conflict resolution, antibullying

programs, gang prevention, family and

community involvement, school

security personnel, and installation of

metal detectors.

• OJJDP’s School Administrators for

Effective Police, Prosecution, Probation

Operations Leading to Improved

Children and Youth Services (SAFE

POLICY) Program stresses improved use

of information by developing

interagency agreements that call for

information sharing and coordination of

juvenile services. An intensive session

for local executives of public and

private agencies emphasizes

information sharing as a method for

improving the juvenile justice system.

• In the wake of tragic multiple

shootings in Arkansas, Colorado,

Kentucky, Mississippi, and Oregon, last

fall President Clinton convened the

first-ever White House Conference on

School Safety to exchange knowledge

and ideas on ways to improve safety for

students, schools, and communities. On

April 1, 1999, the U.S. Departments of

Education, Health and Human Services,

and Justice announced an

unprecedented collaborative effort, the

Safe Schools/Healthy Students

Initiative, to promote healthy childhood

development and prevent violent

behaviors. The intent of the initiative is

to provide fully linked educational,

mental health, law enforcement,

juvenile justice, and social services.

As these examples illustrate, youthserving agencies and organizations are

creating mechanisms for improving

service delivery to children, their

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families, and their caregivers while

raising awareness for broader ‘‘need to

know’’ information access and sharing

capability across disciplinary and

organizational sectors. Central to this

theme is determining a process for

planning, designing, and implementing

integrated juvenile justice informationsharing systems within the legal, policy,

and technology frameworks of the

overall justice, education, and health

communities. Developing this capability

is essential to ensuring a seamless

continuum of services for juveniles and

their families, while minimizing gaps or

service duplication.

To develop this capability,

practitioners require sufficient

knowledge and skills to plan for,

implement, and maintain multiagency,

multijurisdictional information

management systems. These skills

include the ability to build partnerships

between a variety of government

agencies and service providers,

comprehend and implement Federal,

State, local, or tribal statutes and

policies relating to juvenile information

sharing, and understand integrated

technology architecture design.

Protecting children, providing needed

health and mental health care,

preventing delinquency, maintaining

safe schools and communities, and

ensuring accountability for juvenile

offenders require effective informationsharing mechanisms across the

spectrum of agencies responsible for

influencing these outcomes. OJJDP and

its Federal partners are uniquely

positioned to assist in the coordination,

development, and management of

multidisciplinary, multiagency

information-sharing systems through the

design and delivery of select

instructional training and technical

assistance strategies. For these reasons,

OJJDP, the U.S. Department of

Education, and the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services have

embarked on this collaborative project.

Goal

To increase the capacity of State and

local collaboratives to establish and

manage effective multidisciplinary,

multiagency information-sharing

systems for the purpose of improving

coordination, decisionmaking, and

services to children at risk and their

families.

Objectives

• Promote and support coordination

among partnering agencies and

organizations such as juvenile courts,

probation, attorneys, and juvenile

detention and corrections; education;

health, mental health, and social

services; law enforcement; child

protective services; youth advocacy and

service agencies; the field of

management systems; and faith-based

institutions interested in starting or

enhancing an information-sharing

system.

• Develop and administer needs

assessment instruments to determine

skill, knowledge, and information

deficiencies for each level of training to

be conducted.

• Design an appropriate two-prong

instructional approach based on

findings from the assessments: Level

one for jurisdictions interested in

creating a multidisciplinary

information-sharing system and Level

two for jurisdictions interested in

advancing existing systems.

• Design assessment tools to assist

training team members in determining

the following:

• Information needs of collaborating

agencies and organizations.

• Feasibility of establishing a

multidisciplinary information-sharing

system.

• Purpose of the project.

• Level of information to be shared.

• Partners to be involved in the

sharing.

• Juvenile population to be the focus

of information sharing.

• Methods for securing information

that comply with confidentiality

mandates.

• Examine and develop solutions to

the legal, ethical, technical, structural,

and political challenges to sharing

information, with special emphasis on

medical/mental health information.

• Explore the role of formal

agreements and protocols in fostering

integrated information-sharing

structures.

• Promote integrated information

sharing among agencies and

organizations to reduce the duplication

of services provided by multiple

systems and enhance the continuum of

services for juveniles and their families.

• Design and conduct a series of 1- to

2-day trainings and followup assistance

tailored to meet the specific needs of

training participants.

• Construct training modules that can

be adapted for use in other related

training programs supported by the

Federal partners, as appropriate.

• Provide uniform protocols for

requesting training and technical

assistance services.

Program Strategy

OJJDP proposes to award a

cooperative agreement of up to $500,000

for a 2-year period to improve responses

to at-risk juveniles and child/adolescent

victims through administering

centralized, national-scope training and

technical assistance. (Additional

funding may be available in year 2).

This training and technical assistance

will focus on the legal, ethical,

technical, and operational

methodologies for advancing

multidisciplinary, multiagency

information-sharing efforts, while

protecting individual rights. Regional

trainings and technical assistance will

explore methodologies that promote

integrated information-sharing systems,

while adhering to confidentiality and

privacy law and policy.

The Information Sharing Training/

Technical Assistance (IS) grantee is

expected to optimize training/technical

assistance delivery by linking

programmatic objectives and training

coordination efforts with the

instructional needs of participants. The

grantee is expected to manage a twoprong team training approach, based on

an assessment of needs, that will focus

on (1) teams with marginal knowledge

of how to design and implement

integrated multidisciplinary,

multiagency information-sharing

systems, and (2) teams with experience

in formal IS networks that are seeking

ways to improve the efficacy and

accuracy of their efforts. The grantee is

expected to present a strategic design

that incorporates these elements, fosters

innovation, and clearly delineates the

work to be accomplished during the

project. The approach should also

identify those areas of programmatic

expertise that will be required to deliver

training/technical assistance support

and the process for recruiting and

managing consultants who will provide

this expertise.

Requisites for the IS grantee are a

demonstrated ability to develop, staff,

and manage a national-scope training/

technical assistance effort with multiple

dimensions within a short time frame; a

capability to produce a range of general

and tailored resource materials,

curriculums, tools, and onsite

interventions; and the ability to identify,

recruit, utilize, and oversee a diverse

consultant pool of content experts and

trainers. These consultants should have

expertise in areas such as the following:

• Federal and State statutes, policies,

and provisions related to sharing

information on juveniles, e.g., the

Family Educational Rights and Privacy

Act (1974), Youth Corrections Act

(1977), Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Prevention, Treatment and

Rehabilitation Act (1970), Drug Abuse

and Treatment Act (1972), mental health

confidentiality requirements, Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act

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(1988), Child Abuse Prevention and

Treatment and Adoption Reform Act

(1977), and the Freedom of Information

Act (1966).

• Conditions under which various

government agencies and youth-serving

organizations are legally allowed to

share information and the legal barriers

that prohibit the sharing of information.

• Exceptions to statutory

requirements.

• Confidentiality and privacy issues.

• Multidisciplinary, multiagency

information-sharing system

development policy.

• Assessment and strategic planning.

• Team building.

• Problem solving.

• Technology-based solutions for

serving children and families at risk.

• Development, maintenance, and

cost-effective upgrades for information

systems.

• Database management systems.

• Creation, implementation, and

monitoring of formal informationsharing agreements/protocols.

Scope of Work

The following delineates the work to

be conducted under a cooperative

agreement for purposes of designing and

managing the IS project.

The grantee is responsible for

developing a workplan, based on the

elements set forth below, that describes

how the training/technical assistance

project will be structured to implement

the IS project. It is anticipated that the

IS project will commence on or about

September 15, 2000.

Task One

Assess training needs to determine

the specific skills, knowledge,

information, and experiential levels of

potential training/technical assistance

recipients. Analysis of assessment data

will inform the content, approach, and

level of instructional delivery. Develop

training curriculums and supporting

materials.

Task Two

Develop a marketing plan and

schedule/timeline for the design and

delivery of 12 to 15 regional trainings

and onsite technical assistance support.

Task Three

Use the training and technical

assistance protocols established by the

Training and Technical Assistance

Division of OJJDP to tailor the provision

of training and technical assistance to

adult learners. This will include

providing a common set of protocols to

assist trainees in conducting an

information-sharing needs assessment

in their community/jurisdiction,

developing technical assistance plans,

establishing evaluation tools to assess

the relevancy and learning

transferability of the lessons provided,

and developing a common structure for

reporting the purpose and effectiveness

of onsite technical assistance.

Task Four

Develop and implement a procedure

for delivering and reporting on

assistance delivered by consultants.

Task Five

Determine appropriate procedures to

facilitate and expedite utilization of the

consultant exchange database and other

infrastructure elements to support the

provision of training and technical

assistance.

Task Six

Develop a protocol for recording and

reporting to OJJDP and its Federal

partners major milestones of the project

for the purpose of maintaining a current

and focused training and technical

assistance plan.

Task Seven

Manage onsite and off-site technical

assistance.

Task Eight

Promote public awareness of training

and technical assistance support for

developing integrated juvenile

information-sharing systems within the

context of the OJP Integrated Justice

Initiative and other initiatives under

way at the Department of Education and

the Department of Health and Human

Services.

Deliverables

In addition to elements identified in

the strategy section of this document,

the following describes additional

deliverables required over the 24-month

project period.

• A system that uses uniform

protocols to assist trainees in assessing

their information requirements,

resources, potential partners, and

liabilities.

• A consultant pool of trainers with

diverse expertise on subject matters

such as those listed previously in the

‘‘Program Strategy’’ section. The U.S.

Department of Education’s Family

Compliance Office will direct the design

and delivery of sessions that focus

specifically on the Family Educational

Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. In other

areas, peer mentoring (jurisdictions that

have had some success in implementing

multidisciplinary team IS systems) is

encouraged.

• A minimum of 6–8

multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral team

(3–4 persons) training workshops for

designated representatives from State

and local collaboratives that plan to

initiate IS efforts and a minimum of 6–

8 advanced workshops for IS

collaboratives planning to enhance

efforts currently under way. These

regional team trainings will address the

skills and knowledge deficiencies based

on adult learning principles.

• A regularly updated training

schedule that offers a range of sitespecific training activities or events that

will be announced throughout the

country.

• A reporting system that provides

summaries to the OJJDP Training and

Technical Assistance Division (TTAD)

program manager and Federal partners

as part of each training and technical

assistance activity through the project

period.

• Curriculums that use a modular

approach and are based on adult

learning principles. One curriculum

will focus on the provision of

knowledge, skills, and information for

collaboratives interested in initiating an

IS effort. A second curriculum will

focus on learners who are seeking ways

to advance their information-sharing

efforts already under way. Learners

must be active in the process if learning

is to be effective. Practice units that

include scenarios, case studies,

simulations, role-plays, and/or

discussion forums will facilitate the

application of the lessons in trainees’

community/jurisdiction.

• A camera-ready monograph that

outlines and reviews promising

practices in multidisciplinary,

multiagency information-sharing policy

development.

• Participant and trainer manuals for

each training and technical assistance

intervention and resource packets or

other training aids, as appropriate.

• A task plan that recommends either

an onsite or specialized technical

assistance response.

• Semiannual accomplishment

reports, describing major activities,

milestones, schedules, areas of training

and technical assistance provided and/

or anticipated, constraints, program

modifications, and lessons learned from

the project and implications for the

further advancement of program

activities as required by OJJDP. These

reports will be used to provide

information about program progress and

accomplishments to OJJDP and its

Federal partners.

• Uniform protocols for assessing

problems to be addressed through

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technical assistance and for evaluating

the utility of the services provided.

• Marketing strategies to ensure

national awareness and proper use of

information-sharing resource materials

Modifications may be proposed

regarding the deliverables as

assessments reveal new or different

areas of skill deficiencies or if any are

determined not to meet the objectives

previously outlined as effectively and

efficiently as an alternative approach

would. Sufficient explanation should be

provided to permit assessment of the

merits of the proposed change. The

project budget must realistically reflect

costs associated with conducting the IS

project.

Eligibility Requirements

OJJDP invites applications from

public and private agencies,

organizations, institutions, or

individuals. Private, for-profit

organizations must agree to waive any

profit or fee. Applicants must have

strong, demonstrated experience in

designing and administering nationalscope training and technical assistance

in areas that include legal, ethical,

technical, and operational

methodologies for advancing

multidisciplinary, multiagency systems

of information sharing.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be rated by a peer

review panel according to the criteria

outlined below. A site visit may be

conducted to confirm information

provided in the application.

Problems(s) To Be Addressed (10 points)

The applicant conveys a clear

understanding of the purpose, work

requirements, juvenile informationsharing efforts under way, and related

issues addressed in this program

announcement. In particular, the

applicant presents a clear

conceptualization of a training and

technical assistance (TTA) approach

that facilitates jurisdictional systems

integration improvement, regional

trainings, and product development.

The applicant must, therefore, further

demonstrate knowledge of both the

leading systems-change and information

integration methodologies and the

problems they are designed to address

and must convey an understanding of

the expected results of these efforts and

of possible barriers to their

achievement.

Goals and Objectives (10 points)

The goals and objectives for the

project are clearly defined, measurable,

and related directly to achieving this

grant’s stated goals.

Project Design (25 points)

Applications must include a project

design, indicating a workplan with

specific tasks and procedures to be

completed, projected performance

schedules, expected accomplishments,

and products. The performance

schedule should include a chart that

specifies each milestone, related tasks,

lead staff responsible, and a time line

with interim benchmark dates and dates

for task completion. The design should

correspond with the project’s goals and

objectives, the conceptualization of

need, and product achievement

identified in this program

announcement. Project design elements

should directly link to the achievement

of specific objectives and must include

protocols for assessment of technical

assistance training needs, as well as the

protocols that will be used in the actual

delivery of technical assistance. It must

also describe the process and structure

that will be used for curriculum

development with demonstration of

how adult learning theory will be

employed in its design. The project

design should use information protocols

for needs assessment, delivery of

training and technical assistance,

evaluation, tracking, and follow-up and

should provide for curriculum

development based on adult learning

theory and delivery of the curriculum

within the context of an interactive

structure. Obstacles for achieving

expected results should be identified

with alternative plans and rationales

included.

OJJDP and its Federal partners will

consider recommendations for

modification and enhancement of the

products to be delivered to

accommodate cost considerations.

Where such recommendations are made,

justification and alternatives should be

proposed. The competitiveness of

applications will be enhanced when

such modifications and/or

enhancements reflect the concept and

are sound and innovative.

Management and Organizational

Capability

Project Management (25 points)

The project’s management structure

and staffing are appropriate for the

successful implementation and

management of the grant. Areas to be

considered include reasonableness of

the staffing plan. Additionally, the

applicant is expected to identify,

recruit, and oversee a diverse consultant

pool of content experts and trainers

with expertise in areas such as statutes,

policies, and provisions related to

sharing information on juveniles;

conditions under which partners are

legally allowed to share information and

the legal barriers that prohibit the

sharing of information; exceptions to

statutory requirements; confidentiality

issues; multidisciplinary, multiagency

information-sharing systems

development policy; assessment and

strategic planning; team building;

problem-solving; integrated

technological systems; protection of

confidential information; and creation,

implementation, and monitoring of

formal information-sharing agreements/

protocols. In addition to expertise in

systems improvement, key project staff

must also demonstrate at least 5 years of

experience in program management,

training design and delivery, technical

assistance and consultation, and

production development. Re ́sume ́s of

known staff must be included in the

appendix. For proposed staff, the

applicant must include re ́sume ́s and

letters of commitment in the appendix.

For positions that are not designated for

identified staff, job descriptions and

staff qualifications must be included.

Organizational Capability (20 points)

Organizational ability to administer

the project successfully should be

demonstrated in the application. The

documentation should include

organizational experience in the subject

areas described under the program

strategy and with projects of the type

and scope described.

Applicants must also describe and

demonstrate an organizational

infrastructure that would support the

technological and resource requirements

of this project. Applicants may find it

more cost effective to establish

contractual relationships for technical

or specialized functions required under

the grant.

Budget (10 points)

Applicants must provide a proposed

budget and budget narrative that are

complete, detailed, reasonable,

allowable, and cost effective in relation

to the activities to be undertaken. For

budget purposes, applicants should plan

to conduct at least four technical

assistance interventions.

Format

The narrative must not exceed 35

pages in length (excluding forms,

assurances, and appendixes) and must

be submitted on 81⁄2- by 11-inch paper,

double spaced on one side of the paper

in a standard 12-point font. This is

necessary to maintain fair and uniform

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standards among all applicants. If the

narrative does not conform to these

standards, OJJDP will deem the

application ineligible for consideration.

Award Period

This project will be funded for a 2-

year budget and project period.

Award Amount

Up to $500,000 is available for this 2-

year budget and project period.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA) Number

For this program, the CFDA number,

which is required on Standard Form

424, Application for Federal Assistance,

is 16.542. This form is included in the

OJJDP Application Kit, which can be

obtained by calling the Juvenile Justice

Clearinghouse at 800–638–8736 or

sending an e-mail request to

puborder@ncjrs.org. The Application

Kit is also available online at

www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org./grants/

about.html#kit.

Coordination of Federal Efforts

To encourage better coordination

among Federal agencies in addressing

State and local needs, the U.S.

Department of Justice (DOJ) is

requesting applicants to provide

information on the following: (1) Active

Federal grant award(s) supporting this

or related efforts, including awards from

DOJ; (2) any pending application(s) for

Federal funds for this or related efforts;

and (3) plans for coordinating any funds

described in items (1) or (2) with the

funding sought by this application. For

each Federal award, applicants must

include the program or project title, the

Federal grantor agency, the amount of

the award, and a brief description of its

purpose.

‘‘Related efforts’’ is defined for these

purposes as one of the following:

1. Efforts for the same purpose (i.e.,

the proposed award would supplement,

expand, complement, or continue

activities funded with other Federal

grants).

2. Another phase or component of the

same program or project (e.g., to

implement a planning effort funded by

other Federal funds or to provide a

substance abuse treatment or education

component within a criminal justice

project).

3. Services of some kind (e.g.,

technical assistance, research, or

evaluation) to the program or project

described in the application.

Delivery Instructions

All application packages must 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

write ‘‘Information Sharing To Prevent

Juvenile Delinquency: A Training and

Technical Assistance Approach.’’

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 July 24, 2000.

Contact

For further information, contact

Gwendolyn Dilworth, Program Manager,

Training and Technical Assistance

Division, 202–514–4822, or send an email inquiry to dilwortg@ojp.usdoj.gov.

References

Caliber Associates. 1999. 1998 Report to

Congress: Title V Incentive Grants for

Local Delinquency Prevention Programs.

Washington, DC: U.S. Department of

Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office

of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention.

Dobbin, S., and Gatowski, S. 1998.

Information Management: A Critical

Component of Good Practice in Child

Abuse and Neglect Cases. Reno, NV:

National Council of Juvenile and Family

Court Judges.

Medaris, M.L., Campbell, E., and James, B.

1997. Sharing Information: A Guide to

the Family Educational Rights and

Privacy Act and Participation in Juvenile

Justice Programs. Washington, DC: U.S.

Department of Justice, Office of Justice

Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention.

Oldenettel, D., and Wordes, M. 1999.

Community Assessment Centers.

Washington, DC: U.S. Department, of

Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office

of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention.

SEARCH, The National Consortium for

Justice Information and Statistics. 1996.

System Integration: Issues Surrounding

Integration of County-level Justice

Information Systems. Washington, DC:

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of

Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice

Assistance.

Slayton, J. 1999. Establishing and

Maintaining Interagency Information

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

Department, of Justice, Office of Justice

Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

John J. Wilson,

Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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