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G. Equipment Coordination Certification

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

the jurisdiction must sign a certificate

confirming that the application was

coordinated with the fire service,

emergency medical services, hazardous

materials response units, and law

enforcement agencies, operating within

the jurisdiction.

Application Kits

Application kits will be mailed to the

Chief Executive Officers in each of the

targeted jurisdictions. Interested eligible

applicants are encouraged to contact the

National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–688–4252 to

ensure that they receive an application

kit for the State and Local Domestic

Preparedness Equipment Support

Program. An application kit containing

the necessary forms will be mailed to

eligible applicants upon request.

Laurie Robinson,

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice

Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–18971 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Request for Cooperative Agreement

Applications (RFAs)

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.

ACTION: Request for Cooperative

Agreement Applications (RFAs).

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Justice (DOJ), National Institute of

Corrections (NIC) announces the

availability of funds in FY ’98 for a

single cooperative agreement to fund

various evaluation components of a

‘‘Drug-Free State Demonstration Project:

A Program That Will Help to Reduce or

Eliminate the Use of Illegal Drugs in

Prisons.’’ While up to ten awards will be

made to States, the District of Columbia,

and Territorial Departments of

Corrections under this project, only one

award will be made for the evaluation

tasks.

Purpose: The National Institute of

Corrections is seeking proposals for

single cooperative agreement to evaluate

the applications that States, the District

of Columbia, and Territorial

Departments of Corrections will be

making to insure that each application

that receives an award under the drugfree demonstration project includes an

effective evaluation methodology, part

of which will involve pre and post drug

testing. The organization performing

this task will also evaluate the

feasibility of establishing common data

elements for as many of the state/

territorial awardees as possible, and

assist in communicating these elements

to the Departments of Corrections. After

the awards are made, this organization

will oversee the evaluation efforts of

each awardee, conduct one visit to meet

with the evaluators at each site, and

compile both an interim and final

evaluation report of the entire project

for the NIC.

Authority: Pub. L. 93–415.

Funds Availability/Funding Limits:

Funding for the evaluation tasks in this

project is estimated at approximately

$300,000. The award will be limited to

a maximum of $300,000 (direct and

indirect costs). The evaluation

component of this project will not

exceed three years and six months in

length.

Deadline for Receipt of Application:

4:00 pm Eastern time on August 31,

1998. At The National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20534. Applications

shall be considered as meeting the

deadline if they are either: (1) Received

on or before the deadline date: or (2)

postmarked on or before the deadline

date and received in time for orderly

processing. Applicants must obtain a

legible dated receipt from a commercial

carrier or the U.S. Postal Service in lieu

of a postmark. Private metered

postmarks will not be acceptable as a

proof of timely mailing. Late

applications will be returned to the

sender.

Address and Further Information:

Requests for the application kit, which

also includes further details on the

project’s objectives, selection criteria,

etc., should be directed to: Judy Evens,

Control Office, National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street., NW, Room

5007, Washington, DC 20534 or by

calling 1–800–995–6423, ext. 159 or

202–307–3106, ext. 159. E-Mail:

jevens@bop.gov.

All technical and programmatic

information under this program

announcement should be directed to:

Allen Ault, Chief, Special Projects,

National Institute of Corrections, 320

First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20543

or by calling 1–800–995–6423, ext. 125

or 202–307–3106, ext. 125. E-Mail:

aault@bop.gov.

Eligible Applicants: An eligible

applicant is any organization with

experience in the evaluation of criminal

justice programs and policies. The

organization must also have experience

with drug testing.

Review of Consideration: Applications

received under this announcement will

be subject to a review process by the

NIC.

Number of Awards: One (1).

NIC Application Number: 98K45. This

number should appear as a reference

line on your cover letter and also in box

11 of Application for Federal Assistance

(Standard Form 424). The cover letter

should be addressed to Morris L.

Thigpen, Director, NIC, 320 First Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20543.

Other Information: Applicants are

advised that narrative description of

their program, not including the budget

narrative and resumes of key staff,

should not exceed 15 double spaced

pages.

The Catalogue of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is: 16–602.

Morris L. Thigpen,

Director, National Institute of Corrections.

[FR Doc. 98–19020 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–36–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Request for Cooperative Agreement

Applications (RFA)

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.

ACTION: Request for Cooperative

Agreement Applications (RFAs).

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Justice (DOJ), National Institute of

Corrections (NIC) announces the

availability of funds in FY’ 98 for

several cooperative agreements to fund

a ‘‘Drug-Free State Demonstration

Project: A Program That Will Help to

Reduce or Eliminate the Use of Illegal

Drugs in Prisons.’’ Several awards will

be made available to States, the District

of Columbia, and Territorial

Departments of Corrections.

Purpose: The National Institute of

Corrections is seeking proposals for

cooperative agreements to assist States,

the District of Columbia, and Territorial

Departments of Corrections interested in

testing a variety of project strategies,

with multiple targets and a combination

of outcome measurement(s), whose goal

will be to reduce or eliminate the use of

illegal drugs in prisons. Proposed

project sites will choose from a variety

of components, including but not

limited to new technologies for drug

detection, drug treatment programs,

drug testing, developing policies and

sanctions, personnel training, telephone

monitoring and intelligence systems. In

their efforts to reduce illegal drugs in