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develop and conduct their process

evaluation.

Goals and Objectives of This

Solicitation: The purpose of these

cooperative agreements is to assist three

(3) jurisdictions to develop a

comprehensive plan for delivery of

services to a clearly identified target

population of children/youth who have

been traumatized or damaged as a result

of parental incarceration. The goal of the

planning project is to enhance

opportunities for positive life

experiences and outcomes for children/

youth who have suffered parental

separation as a result of incarceration.

The objectives are to:

1. Undertake a collaborative planning

process with the relevant government

and private/community agencies which

will result in:

a. The development of a

comprehensive plan for the delivery of

services to children of incarcerated or

formerly incarcerated parents and

b. A final report to NIC that describes

the results of the process evaluation and

provides a summary of the

comprehensive plan, the

implementation timeliness and

proposed funding strategies.

2. Demonstrate how additional funds

will be leveraged to enhance the

planning project and ensure its

continuation into the program delivery

stage.

3. Identify one or more child

development stages on which the

project will focus.

4. Demonstrate cultural sensitivity in

planning and program design.

Application Requirements: The

applicant must:

1. Identify the specific agencies that

will be part of the planning

collaborative project. Provide the name,

position and level of responsibility for

each proposed member of the planning

group. Explain the reasons for each

agency’s inclusion. Include a letter of

support from each government agency

and from at least half of the remaining

agencies. Each agency’s representative

should have sufficient authority to make

decisions for his/her respective agency.

2. Provide a statement of the problems

children/youth of incarcerated parents

face in your jurisdiction.

3. Identify the goals and objectives of

the planning process.

4. Describe the project methodology,

including the planning collaborative’s

proposed tasks, resource needs, and the

roles and responsibilities of the lead

agency and collaborative agencies.

5. Describe how implementation

funds will be secured, including any

commitment letters that have been

obtained during the proposal

development process.

6. Describe the goals of the process

evaluation and your approach to

developing and conducting the

evaluation.

7. Provide a budget summary and

budget narrative for the full 18 months,

including budgeting for the process

evaluation.

8. Prepare a final report that includes,

but is not limited to, the process

evaluation, proposed project design,

implementation timeline and funding

strategies.

9. 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 funding for

three (3) cooperative agreement

planning projects. Applicant agencies

may be any private or non-profit

organization working in close

collaboration with the appropriate

government agencies. Each award will

be up to $100,000 for an 18 month

project. Applicants are encouraged to

submit joint applications with other

agencies in their jurisdictions. 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 Evans, 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

private and not for profit agencies.

Public corrections and human services

(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

must 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).

NIC Application Number: NIC

application number: 01K61. This

number should appear as a reference

line in the cover letter and also in box

11 of Standard Form 424. It must also

appear on the outside of the package in

which the application arrives at NIC.

Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 16.602. This

application is not subject to Executive

Order 12372.

Dated: June 18, 2001.

Morris L. Thigpen,

Director, National Institute of Corrections.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—Children of Prisoners

From High Crime/Incarceration

Communities

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. Up to $1.675 million will

be awarded to three (3) to five (5)

private and/or non profit agencies for 36

months. The purpose is to develop

three-year demonstration programs to

enhance opportunities for positive life

experiences and outcomes for children/

youth living in communities which

have high crime and/or incarceration

rates. Up to one year may be spent

planning the programs, the second and

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third years will focus on program

implementation and evaluation.

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)

solicitation:

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—

(This announcement) Up to $1.675

million will be awarded to three (3) to

five (5) private and/or non profit

agencies working 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

$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—Threeyear 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 in crease 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

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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 what is knowable about these

issues.

Statement of Principles: NIC requires

that all proposals will:

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 on 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 for 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: Cooperative agreements

will be awarded to agencies operating in

communities with high crime and high

incarceration rates. The twin goals are to

reduce children’s trauma, stigmatization

and stress of separation caused by

parental incarceration and enhance

opportunities for positive life

experiences and outcomes for children/

youth whose parents have experienced

incarceration. Up to one year may be

spent developing a service delivery plan

that will include, but not be limited to,

data collection and analysis that will

define the problem, identifying the

target population, resources needed,

types of service options and a process

evaluation.

The plan will identify the

developmental stage(s) of the target

population and will look to provide a

continuum of services across criminal

and juvenile justice, child welfare,

education and health, employment and

housing systems. It will also take into

account the cultural diversity of the

community. Where possible, it will

include the identification of additional

funding from other sources, either

public or private, to ensure that the

services will continue beyond NIC’s

three-year funding commitment.

This plan will be developed by a

group of collaborating agencies that will

have direct involvement in its

implementation. Among the types of

potential types of agencies that may be

included are local service providers,

researchers, government agencies (e.g.,

criminal and juvenile justice, child

welfare), educators, medical and mental

health providers and advocacy groups).

These awards will encourage

communities to focus on multi-systemic

approaches to alleviating the range of

problems associated with children/

youth of incarcerated parents. The goal

of this project is work with children and

the communities in which they live,

using positive child and family focused

strategies that have shown promising or

significant outcomes with similar

populations, e.g., low income, at risk

children and youth.

It is understood that, when working

with children/youth in high crime/high

incarceration communities, not all

children involved with a program will

have experienced parental

incarceration. It will be the

responsibility of the awardee to, at some

point in the program, define which

children have or have not had an

incarcerated parent and keep records on

each separate group.

The following three objectives will be

required: (1) Develop services that

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 four or more of

the following:

• Reduce violence, including family

violence, maltreatment, stress and other

trauma in children’s lives and the lives

of their care givers.

• Approach the planning process and

service delivery system from a child

development perspective.

• Develop education goals that

measure academic and other school

successes.

• Develop and implement a parenting

education program.

• Provide wraparound services for

children/youth.

• Develop supportive relationships

between child and primary care giver

and/or mentor.

• Develop and implement strategies

to positively integrate children into the

life of the community.

• Improve housing/living

environment 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.

• Assess the quality of care a child/

youth receives while the parent is

incarcerated and develop a plan to

address any deficiencies.

Assess existing community support

for these children/youth.

If there are additional outcomes that

are appropriate for your community,

include them in the proposal.

Each proposal will include process

and outcome evaluations in order to

demonstrate the effectiveness of the

planning and service delivery methods.

The Resource Center will provide

assistance in designing evaluation

instruments and will conduct the

outcome evaluation. The Resource

Center will include funds for the

outcome evaluation. It will be up to the

awardees to collect the data for the

outcome evaluation instrument

designed by the Resource Center.

Awardees will develop, implement and

budget for their own process evaluation.

Application Requirements: The

applicant must:

1. Provide a statement of the problem

that includes, but is not limited to, data

to demonstrate that the proposed

jurisdiction is a high crime/high

incarceration jurisdiction; issues faced

by children/youth separated from their

primary care givers; identification of the

target population and the reasons for

their selection; and a description of the

community’s cultural characteristics. It

will also address child development

stages and how separation from parents

may impact children/youth at each of

these stages.

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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