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2. Describe the planning and service

delivery goals and objectives within a

continuum of services based on what is

known about the general developmental

needs of these children/youth.

3. Describe the planning process and

service delivery project(s) as they

related to the goals and objectives. If

there is a substantial planning process,

the service delivery program may not be

described in detail as it will result from

the planning process. However, the

proposal should include the types of

programs that will be considered, the

resources required and the ages of the

children/youth to be served.

4. Describe the planning process that

will occur during Year 1, including , but

not limited to, the following:

a. Identify the specific agencies or

types of agencies that will be part of the

planning collaborative and the

constituencies they represent. The

relevant government agencies must be

included. Letters of support must be

provided from all government agencies

and at least half of the remaining

agencies.

b. Identify the goals and objectives of

the planning process.

c. Describe the planning design,

including, but not limited to, the

planning collaborative’s proposed tasks

and the roles and responsibilities of the

lead agency and collaborative agencies.

Each agency’s representative should

have sufficient authority to make

decisions for his/her respective agency.

e. Describe how additional funds, if

any, will be secured, including

commitment letters that have been

obtained during the application process.

f. Present a timeline for the plan.

g. Describe the purpose of the process

evaluation, how it will be developed

and who will conduct it. Describe the

process for conducting the outcome

evaluation.

h. Present a three-year management

plan, describe the experience and

expertise of key staff, including

resumes, and how they will work with

NIC and Resource Center staff.

i. Develop a budget and budget

narrative for Year 1, including funding

for the process evaluation.

5. By the end of the planning process,

develop the implementation plan for

Years 2 and 3 that includes a service

delivery model. The plan will include,

but not be limited to:

a. The theoretical reasons behind the

interventions chosen for the

implementation.

b. Multi-system approaches to

developing intervention programs.

c. Multi-agency collaboration for the

delivery of services.

d. Continuum of care model.

e. Programs that account for the

developmental stages of the targeted

population of children/youth.

f. Process for identifying children who

have experienced parental incarceration

and separate record keeping to articulate

differences, if any, with children whose

parents have not been incarcerated.

g. Continuation of the planning

collaborative beyond this funding

initiative.

h. Timeline for implementation and

evaluation, including proposed impact

on the targeted population.

i. Estimated budgets for Years 2 and

3.

NIC will approve all service delivery

plans prior to implementation.

6. Prepare a yearly and final project

report.

7. Applications are limited to 25

double spaced pages using a 12 point

font, not including letters of support,

resumes, other supporting documents

and SF–424 forms. Provide 6 copies of

the application, including one that is

not bound. One unbound copy must be

signed in blue ink by the agency

administrator or chief executive officer.

Authority: Public Law 93–415.

Funds Available: There is $1.675

million available for three to five

cooperative agreement awards. Each

award will be for a 36 month project.

Awards will be made to private and/or

non profit agencies working

collaboratively with appropriate

government agencies. At this time, there

are no plans for additional funding in

the future.

Deadline for Receipt of Application:

Applications must be received at the

NIC offices by 4 p.m. EDT on August 2,

2001. They should be addressed to:

Director, National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW, Room

5007, Washington, DC 20534. Hand

delivered applications may be brought

to 500 First Street, NW, Washington, DC

20534. The front desk will call

Germaine Jefferson or Bobbi Tinsley at

202–307–3106 ext. 0 for pickup.

Addresses and Further Information:

Requests for the application kit, which

consists of copies of this announcement

and the required forms, should be

downloaded from the NIC website at

http://www/nicic.org. Click on

‘‘Cooperative Agreements’’.

All technical and/or programmatic

questions concerning this

announcement should be directed to

Mary Whitaker at the above address or

by calling 800–995–6423, extension

40378, or 202–514–0378 or by e-mail via

mwhitaker@bop.gov

All specific questions regarding the

application process should be directed

to July Evens, Cooperative Agreement

Control Office, National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW, Room

5007, Washington, DC 20534 or by

calling 800–995–6423, ext. 44222 or

202–307–3106, extension 44222 or by email via jevens@bop.gov

Eligible Applicants: Applicants are

restricted to private and not for profit

agencies as government agencies are not

eligible to apply for these funds.

Appropriate government agencies, e.g.,

juvenile detention centers and probation

agencies, jails, prisons, community

based facilities, and private juvenile and

adult correctional facilities, must be

included in the planning process and

will be required to submit letters of

support.

Review Considerations: Applications

will be reviewed by a three-to fivemember team using a peer review

process.

Number of Awards: Three (3) to five

(5)

NIC Application Number: NIC

application number is 01K62. This

number should appear as a reference

line in the cover letter and also in box

11 of Standard Form 424. This number

must also appear on the outside of the

package in which the application arrives

at NIC.

Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance: 16.602. This application is

not subject to Executive Order 12372.

Dated: June 18, 2001.

Morris L. Thigpen,

Director, National Institute of Corrections.

[FR Doc. 01–15690 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–36–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—Children With Parents in

Prison

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement.

SUMMARY: This is one of five

solicitations to address issues of

children who have experienced parental

incarceration. A total of $500,000 is

available for two awards, one for

$30,000 per year and one for $135,000

per year for a period of 3 years. The

purpose of this solicitation is to provide

a three year demonstration program for

children whose primary parent is held

in state or federal prison.

Background: The Department of

Justice (DOJ), National Institute of

Corrections (NIC), announces the

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availability of funds for fiscal year 2001

for five (5) solicitations to fund projects

for children of incarcerated or formerly

incarcerated parents. Congress

appropriated $4 million to NIC ‘‘to work

with cooperative agreements to fund

private sector or not for profit groups

that have effective, tested programs to

help children of prisoners’’. These

cooperative agreements may be for up to

three (3) years.

To prepare for this solicitation, NIC

convened a Children of Prisoners

planning meeting, inviting federal and

state government, association, academic

and private provider representatives.

The goals of the two-day meeting were

to: (1) Identify the problems and issues

that children of prisoners of former

prisoners face that put them at risk of

potential future delinquency; (2)

identify the problems and greatest needs

of incarcerated parents/caretakers of

these children; (3) identify and describe

evidence-based and promising

approaches to support these children

and prevent their future delinquency;

and (4) describe and prioritize how the

newly appropriated funds can best

address these issues.

Based on this meeting, NIC staff is

announcing the following five (5)

solicitations:

1. Resource Center—Up to $1 million

for 36 months will be awarded to one

(1) organization or group (joint

applications are encouraged) to provide

training and technical assistance,

develop a plan for a public awareness

program, support and manage an

advisory group, and develop and

conduct, as appropriate, process and

outcome evaluations with awardees.

2. Planning Awards—Three (3), 18-

month planning awards, of up to

$100,000 each will be made to three

private or non profit agencies in three

different jurisdictions. The purpose of

this solicitation is to assist three (3)

jurisdictions to develop a

comprehensive plan for the delivery of

services to a clearly identified target

population of children/youth who have

been traumatized or damaged as a result

of parental incarceration. These awards

will be given to agencies that create or

build on an existing collaborative

planning process. All applications must

include the appropriate Federal, State

and/or local agency/agencies.

3. Awards to Communities with High

Crime and High Incarceration Rates—

Up to $1.675 million will be awarded to

three (3) to five (5) private and/or non

profit agencies with children living in

communities with high crime and

incarceration rates. The purpose is to

develop three-year demonstration

programs. Up to one year will be spent

planning the programs, the second and

third years will focus on program

implementation and evaluation.

4. Children of Parents in Prison—

(This announcement) Three-year

demonstration awards to two (2)

agencies that work with children of

parents held in State or Federal prisons.

A total of $500,000 will be available for

these awards. One award will be for

$30,000 per year and one will be for

$135,000 a year. Planning must be an

integral part of the application.

5. Children of Parents in Jail—Three

year demonstration awards to two (2)

agencies that work with children of

parents in jail. A total of $500,000 will

be available for these awards. One

award will be for $30,000 per year and

one will be for $135,000 a year.

Planning must be an integral part of the

application.

Applicants may apply for more than

one solicitation.

Information About This Population:

According to Senate Report 106–404

from the FY2001 DOJ appropriations

bill, ‘‘* * * children of prisoners are six

times more likely than other children to

be incarcerated at some point in their

lives * * *’’. Yet, little research and few

programs have targeted children of

offenders.

The number of men and women

confined in prisons and jails has

increased in the 1990s from just under

1.2 million to 1.9 million. The Bureau

of Justice Statistics in its August 2000

Bulletin, ‘‘Incarcerated Parents and

Their Children’’, states that 721,500

State and Federal inmates are parents to

nearly 1.5 million children under the

age of 18, an increase of 500,000

children in the past 8 years. This means

that 2.1% of all children in the United

States have a parent in State or Federal

prison. The number of children of

parents in detention is not known, but

half of all youth in custody have a

parent or close relative who has been in

jail.

Prior to prison admission, 64% of the

women and 44% of the men lived with

their children. Once incarcerated, 90%

of the men indicated that at least one

child lived with his/her mother; 28% of

the women said the father was the

child’s care giver. One in five of these

children was under 5 years of age, and

the majority were less than 10 years old.

Black children were nearly 9 times more

likely to have a parent in prison than

white children, and Hispanic children

were 3 times more likely than white

children to have an imprisoned parent.

While the number of fathers in prison

far outweighs the number of mothers, it

is mostly the mothers who were primary

care givers before incarceration. When

fathers are incarcerated, the care giver

usually becomes the mother; when the

mother is confined, the care giver often

becomes the child’s grandparent or

other relative. Three of four parents in

State prisons reported a prior conviction

compared to one out of three in Federal

prisons. Many children, then, have

experienced more than one parental

separation.

Parental arrest and confinement lead

to stress, trauma, stigmatization and

separation problems for the children.

These problems are coupled with

existing problems that include poverty,

violence parental substance abuse, high

crime environments, intrafamily abuse,

abuse and neglect, multiple care givers

and/or prior separations. As a result,

these children often exhibit a broad

variety of behavioral, emotional, health

and educational problems that are

compounded by the pain of separation.

Denise Johnston from the Center for

Children of Incarcerated Parents in

California found that early childhood

(between the ages of 2–6) may be the

most damaging time for parent-child

separation as the child remembers the

trauma but cannot adjust to it without

help. For those who do not receive

assistance or who cannot process the

separation for themselves, these

children’s behaviors can become

increasingly maladaptive as they grow

up, leading to strong negative feelings

about the criminal justice and welfare

systems, delinquency, poor school

performance and other antisocial

behaviors.

There are a handful of programs

around the country that work with these

children. The Child Welfare League of

America has published, ‘‘Working with

Children and Families Separated by

Incarceration’’, a handbook for child

welfare agencies and staff. There is also

a major initiative funded by the U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, the goals of which are to: (1)

Develop a research and practice baseline

on the effects of incarceration on

prisoners and their children, families

and communities; (2) document the

intersection of populations within the

criminal justice system and populations

served by HHS programs; (3) determine

unmet health and human services needs

of offenders and their families left

behind in the community; and (4)

ensure that HHS takes into account the

effects of incarceration on the children

and families of inmates. HHS has

commissioned a literature review and

nine papers to explore what is known

and knowable about these issues.

Statement of Principles: NIC requires

that all proposals will:

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1. Be child focused as the goal is to

help the child become stable and self

assured with a strong, positive sense of

self.

2. Explain which stage(s) of child

development will be addressed.

Programs will focus on infancy, early or

middle childhood, and/or early or late

adolescence.

3. Ensure that programs have a sound

theoretical basis.

4. Incorporate what is known about

the crisis issues around separation of

the child from his/her parent.

5. Improve the child/family

relationship, where appropriate, by

creating a family-friendly planning

environment and subsequent program

delivery.

6. Add to the current limited body of

research of these children.

7. Include a ‘‘collaborative’’ planning

group that will continue into the service

delivery phase. The ‘‘collaborative’’ will

include the lead agency, appropriate

governmental agencies, and others as

appropriate, such as private providers,

advocacy groups, academic institutions,

and public schools.

Resource Assistance: Once an award

has been made for the Resource Center

solicitation, awardees will receive

training and technical assistance, as

needed, from Resource Center staff. The

length and scope of this assistance will

depend on the awardees’ specific

interests. The Resource Center will also

provide assistance in developing and

implementing the outcome evaluations

that will accompany each cooperative

agreement and will budget for this

assistance. The Resource Center will be

responsible for developing a data

collection plan for the outcome

evaluations. Awardees of this

solicitation will be responsible for

collecting the data. Awardees will also

develop their own process evaluations.

Up to one year may be spent planning

and developing services. If that is the

case, the implementation phase (Years 2

and 3) will not be as detailed as the

planning phase, but it will include an

outline of what the collaborative hopes

to achieve and how they hope to

achieve it.

Goals and Objectives of This

Solicitation: The twin goals of these

awards are to: (1) Reduce children’s

trauma, stigmatization and stress of

separation caused by parental

incarceration of the primary parent in

prison, and (2) enhance opportunities

for positive life experiences and out

comes for children/youth whose

primary parents has experienced

incarceration. The parent may no longer

be in prison to be eligible for services,

but the original contact must have been

made when he/she are incarcerated.

The following three objectives will be

required: (1) Improve child-parent

relationships, where appropriate; (2)

approach the services from a child

development perspective; and (3)

demonstrate cultural sensitivity in

program design and implementation.

Additional objectives will include one

or more of the following:

• Reduce violence, including family

and community violence, maltreatment,

and other trauma, in children’s lives.

• Develop educational goals that

measure academic and other school

success for children/youth.

• Develop and implement a parenting

education program.

• Develop a mentoring program.

• Provide wraparound services for

children.

• Develop supportive relationships

between child and primary care giver.

• Develop and implement strategies

to positively integrate children into the

community.

• Improve housing/living

environment for the family and parental

employment capabilities and

opportunities within the community.

• Improve medical and mental health

services and access to them for

children/youth and their care givers.

• Work cooperatively with prison

staff to develop family-friendly visiting

experiences.

• Assess existing community support

for these children/youth.

• Examine how the Adoption and

Safe Families Act time limits have

affected incarcerated parents and

children; identify children of

incarcerated parents in foster care and

kinship care.

If there are other objectives that are

appropriate, include them in your

proposal.

Application Requirements: Funds will

be available to programs that currently

work with children of prison inmates

and/or to organizations looking to work

with children/youth of this population.

If the program already works with

offenders and their children, it should

describe how these new services will be

incorporated into the existing services.

A plan and timeline for service delivery

should be provided. If the program does

not now work with offenders, describe

the planning process and proposed

implementation strategy.

Up to one year may be spent planning

for service delivery. Depending on the

funding level, applicants are encouraged

to form a collaborative group of

representative of the community being

served. This could include

representatives from prison, probation

and/or parole, child welfare, housing,

employment, education, medicine and

mental health, advocacy groups and

community service providers. Each

agency’s representative should have

sufficient authority to make decisions

for his/her respective agency. The

purpose is to bring together expertise

from many disciplines and professions

to address these issues, reach consensus

on the types of programs to be provided

and minimize problems that might arise

during implementation.

Applicants must:

1. Prepare a statement of the problem

to include, but not be limited to,

identifying the target population; issues

faced by children/youth separated from

their primary parent; explaining the

stages of child development and what is

known about parental separation at

different stages; describing the cultural

diversity of the community; discussing

what is known or needs to be learned

about the effects of parental

incarceration on children/youth; and

describing existing services and

perceived needs.

2. Define planning and service

delivery goals and objectives within a

continuum of services based on the

developmental needs of children/youth.

3. Describe the planning process and

service delivery as it relates to the goals

and objectives. If the planning process

is extensive, the specific service

delivery plan will not be required as it

will be developed through the planning

process. In lieu of the service delivery

plan, explain what the applicant hopes

to achieve and how it will be achieved.

If the applicant seeks to expand existing

services, indicate the type(s) of

program(s) to be included.

4. If there is an extensive planning

process, the application will include the

following.

Year 1 Planning:

a. Prepare a list of collaborating

agencies and/or types of agencies to be

included and the reasons for their

inclusion. Letters of support must be

included from all governmental groups

and at least half of the other

collaborating agencies.

b. Present a management plan that

includes the tasks of the planning

group, resources needed, the roles and

responsibilities of the lead agency and

collaborating agencies, the experience

and expertise of key staff, including

resumes, and how staff will work with

NIC and Resource Center staff.

c. Develop a timeline for completing

the plan.

d. Developing and conducting a

process evaluation.

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e. Prepare a budget and budget

narrative, including funding for the

process evaluation.

Years 2 and 3 Service Delivery Plan:

a. Explain the theoretical basis for the

implementation strategies selected that

are appropriate to the stages of child/

youth development.

b. Use a multi-systemic approach to

delivering services.

c. Prepare a proposed project design.

d. Develop a timeline for

implementation.

e. Develop and conduct the outcome

evaluation with the assistance of the

Resource Center.

f. Identify the proposed impact on the

target population.

g. Develop strategies for developing

additional sources of revenue, both

dollars and in-kind support, once

Federal funds are no longer available.

h. Include letters of support from

senior prison staff.

5. If the proposal seeks only to

incorporate services into existing

programs for primary caretakers in

prison and/or those who have been

released, a lengthy planning process is

not necessary. In this case, the following

requirements will be included for all

three years:

a. Describe the project design and

how it will be incorporated into existing

services. Include a discussion of

services to children/youth who are of

varying ages and may need age-specific

services.

b. Provide letters of support from

senior prison staff.

c. Develop a timeline for

implementation and evaluation.

d. Identify the proposed outcome(s) of

the services.

6. Prepare a yearly and final project

report.

7. Prepare a budget and budget

narrative. The Year 1 budget will be

detailed and the narrative the same; the

budgets for Years 2 and 3 will be

estimates.

8. Applications are limited to 25

typed, double spaced pages using a 12

point font, not including letters of

support, resumes, other supporting

documents and SF–424 forms. Provide 6

copies of the application, including one

that is not bound. One unbound copy

must be signed in blue ink by the

agency administrator or chief executive

officer.

Authority: Public Law 93–415.

Funds Available: A total of $500,000

will be available for two awards for 36

month projects. One award will be for

$30,000 per year and one will be for

$135,000 per year. Awards will be made

to private and/or non profit agencies

working collaboratively with State and/

or Federal prisons and communities. At

this time, there are no plans for

additional funding in the future.

Deadline for Receipt of Applications:

Applications must be received at the

NIC offices by 4 p.m. EDT on August 2,

2001. They should be addressed to:

Director, National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW, Room

5007, Washington, DC 20534. Hand

delivered applications may be brought

to 500 First Street, NW, Washington, DC

20534. The front desk will call

Germaine Jefferson or Bobbi Tinsley at

202–307–3106 ext. 0 for pickup.

ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

Requests for the application kit, which

consists of copies of this announcement

and the required forms, should be

downloaded from the NIC website at

http://www.nicic.org click on

‘‘Cooperative Agreements’’. All

technical and/or programmatic

questions concerning this

announcement should be directed to

Mary Whitaker at the above address or

by calling 800–995–6423, extension

40378, or 202–514–0378 or by e-mail via

mwhitaker@bop.gov.

All specific questions regarding the

application process should be directed

to Judy Evens, Cooperative Agreement

Control Office, National Institute of

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW, Room

5007, Washington, DC 20534 or by

calling 800–995–6423, ext. 44222 or

202–307–3106, extension 44222 or by email via jevens@bop.gov.

Eligible Applicants: Applicants are

restricted to private and not for profit

agencies as government agencies are not

eligible to apply for these funds.

Appropriate government agencies, e.g.,

juvenile detention centers and probation

agencies, jails, prisons, community

based facilities, and private juvenile and

adult correctional facilities, must be

included in the planning process and

will be required to submit letters of

support.

Review Considerations: Applications

will be reviewed by a three- to fivemember team using a peer review

process.

Number of Awards: Two (2).

NIC Application Number: NIC

application number is 01K63. This

number should appear as a reference

line in the cover letter and also in box

11 of Standard Form 424. This number

must also appear on the outside of the

package in which the application arrives

at NIC.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

16.602.

This application is not subject to Executive

Order 12372.

Dated: June 18, 2001.

Morris L. Thigpen,

Director, National Institute of Corrections.

[FR Doc. 01–15691 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–36–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—Children With Parents in

Jail

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement.

SUMMARY: This is one of five

solicitations to address issues of

children who have experienced parental

incarceration. A total of $500,000 is

available for two awards, one for

$30,000 per year and one for $135,000

per year for a period of 3 years. The

purpose of this solicitation is to provide

a three year demonstration program for

children whose primary parent is held

in jail.

Background: The Department of

Justice (DOJ), National Institute of

Corrections (NIC), announces the

availability of funds for fiscal year 2001

for five (5) solicitations to fund projects

for children of incarcerated or formerly

incarcerated parents. Congress

appropriated $4 million to NIC ‘‘to work

with cooperative agreements to fund

private sector or not for profit groups

that have effective, tested programs to

help children of prisoners’’. These

cooperative agreements may be for up to

three (3) years.

To prepare for this solicitation, NIC

convened a Children of Prisoners

planning meeting, inviting federal and

state government, association, academic

and private provider representatives.

The goals of the two-day meeting were

to: (1) Identify the problems and issues

that children of prisoners or former

prisoners face that put them at risk of

potential future delinquency; (2)

identify the problems and greatest needs

of incarcerated parents/caretakers of

these children; (3) identify and describe

evidence-based and promising

approaches to support these children

and prevent their future delinquency;

and (4) describe and prioritize how the

newly appropriated funds can best

address these issues.

Based on this meeting, NIC staff is

announcing the following five (5)

solicitations:

1. Resource Center—Up to $1 million

for 36 months will be awarded to one