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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]

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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

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(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 working with children

having 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—

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 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—(This

announcement) 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. Once 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 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 becomes 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

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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 will 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 the children’s

trauma, stigmatization and stress of

separation caused by parental

incarceration in jail of their primary

parent, and (2) enhance opportunities

for positive life experiences and

outcomes for children/youth whose

primary parent has experienced

incarceration in jail. The parent may no

longer be in jail to be eligible for

services, but the original contact must

have been made when he/she was

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 education goals that

measure academic/school success for

children.

• 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 for children.

• Assess existing community support

for these children/youth.

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 jail inmates and/

or to organizations looking to work with

children 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, applicants

should 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

representatives of the community being

served. This could include

representatives from the jail, 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 draw on the diverse

expertise of 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. Provide 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,

describing existing services, if any, and

describing the perceived needs of the

children/youth.

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 they relate to the

goals and objectives. If the planning

process is extensive, the specific service

delivery plan will not be required as it

will result from the planning process. In

lieu of the service delivery plan, explain

what the applicant hope sot 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.

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.

e. Develop a budget and budget

narrative, including funds for a process

evaluation.

Years 2 and 3 Service Delivery Plan

a. Explain the theoretical basis for the

implementation strategies selected that

takes into account the stages of child/

youth development.

b. Develop a multi-systemic approach

to delivering services.

c. Develop a proposed project design.

d. Prepare a timeline for

implementation.

e. Conduct a proposed outcome

evaluation program with the assistance

of the Resource Center.

f. Identify the proposed impact on the

target population.

g. Include letters of support from

senior jail staff.

h. Develop strategies for developing

additional sources of revenue, both

dollars and in-kind support, once

Federal funds are no longer available.

5. If the proposal seeks only to

incorporate services into existing jail

programs, 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 jail staff for the additional

service(s).

c. Develop a timeline for

implementation and evaluation.

d. Identify the proposed outcome(s) of

the services.

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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 space 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 of 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 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 local jails

or detention centers and communities.

At this time, there is no assurance of

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 will

be 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 01K64. 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. 01–15692 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Wage and Hour Division, Minimum

Wages for Federal and Federally

Assisted Construction; General Wage

Determination Decisions

General wage determination decisions

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in

accordance with applicable law and are

based on the information obtained by

the Department of Labor from its study

of local wage conditions and data made

available from other sources. They

specify the basic hourly wage rates and

fringe benefits which are determined to

be prevailing for the described classes of

laborers and mechanics employed on

construction projects of a similar

character and in the localities specified

therein.

The determinations in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,

40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR part 1,

Appendix, as well as such additional

statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged on contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the public

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersedes decisions thereto, contain no

expiration dates and are effective from

their date of notice in the Federal

Register, or on the date written notice

is received by the agency, whichever is

earlier. These decisions are to be used

in accordance with the provisions of 29

CFR Parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the

applicable decision, together with any

modifications issued, must be made a

part of every contract for performance of

the described work within the

geographic area indicated as required by

an applicable Federal prevailing wage

law and 29 CFR Part 5. The wage rates

and fringe benefits, notice of which is

published herein, and which are

contained in the Government Printing

Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under the Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.

Any person, organization, or

governmental agency having an interest

in the rates determined as prevailing is

encouraged to submit wage rate and

fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Room S–3014,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Modification to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed to the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determinations