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Prevention, Office of Justice Programs,

United States Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract; primary: Public and private

juvenile detention, correctional, shelter,

facilities. Other: None.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: The total number of

respondents is 3,500 at an average of 4

hours to respond.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: The estimated total burden

hours is 11,142.

If additional information is required

contact; Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer, Deputy

Clearance Office, United States

Department of Justice, Information

Management and Security Staff, Justice

Management Division, Suite 1220,

National Place, 1331 Pennsylvania

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United

States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 01–4099 Filed 2–16–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—improving Community

Responses to Women Offenders;

Training and Technical Assistance to

Three Local Jurisdictions

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Solicitation for a cooperative

agreement.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice

(DOJ), National Institute of Corrections

(NIC), announces the availability of

funds in FY 2001 for a cooperative

agreement to fund the Project

‘‘Improving Community Responses to

Women Offenders; Training and

Technical Assistance to Three Local

Jurisdictions.’’ NIC will award one

cooperative agreement to provide

intensive assistance (site coordination,

training and technical assistance) to

three local jurisdictions interested in

developing policies and practices that

increase the rates of successful

completion of community supervision

for women who are pretrial defendants

or sentenced offenders. NIC commits to

providing assistance for two full years to

each of the three jurisdictions selected

in the current fiscal year (FY 2001). Up

to $200,000 is available for the first

twelve months of the two-year project.

Based on successful provision of

services in the first project period, a

continuation award will be made to the

successful applicant for this solicitation

for the second year. Two hundred

thousand is budgeted in FY 2002 for the

second twelve-month phase of the

project.

This solicitation is for the

organization that will work with NIC to

deliver services to three jurisdictions.

There will be a separate program

announcement to which local

jurisdictions will respond and apply for

participation in the two-year project.

A cooperative agreement is a form of

assistance relationship through which

the National Institute of Corrections is

substantially involved during the

performance of the award. An award is

made to an organization that will, in

concert with the Institute, meet the

objectives of the solicitation. No funds

are transferred to state or local

governments.

NIC Experience: For ten years the NIC

Community Corrections Division has

worked with jurisdictions to increase

the success of women offenders

supervised in the community through

the Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders (ISWO) Project. The thirteen

jurisdictions that have participated in

the ISWO include counties and states,

both urban and rural, ranging in

population from under 200,000 to over

five million. The goals of these projects

were to work collaboratively with sites

to (1) develop sound information on

current sentencing practices and the

risk, needs and life circumstances of the

women offenders; and (2) use the

information and experience of policy

team member to develop policies and

concrete action steps for

implementation of desired changes in

the ranges of intermediate sanctions

targeted for women offenders in the

thirteen jurisdictions.

NIC worked with jurisdictions to

accomplish these goals through a

systems planning process with two

critical characteristics: it was

undertaken by a team of policy officials

from the criminal justice system, human

services, and the community; and it was

supported by analysis of information

about women offenders and the criminal

justice practices and programs, from

arrest through sentencing and

disposition, which affect them. As

jurisdictions engaged the work, it

became clear that few had any

significant data on women offenders in

the community, and most jurisdictions

were making decisions about them

based on untested assumptions and

anecdotal evidence. While the sites

varied in their ability and willingness to

fully engage in policy development in a

systems context, they all reaped benefits

from their work (e.g., increased the

number and type of intermediate

sanctions for women offenders,

improved the gender-responsiveness of

existing options, provided extensive

training on women offenders, and

greatly increased the system’s

understanding of the needs of women

offenders).

In the last four years of the ISWO

project, NIC focused on local

jurisdictions with populations of over

500,000. The intent was to test whether

NIC assistance could improve

sanctioning responses for significant

numbers of women. As a result of this

last cycle, NIC also chose to focus more

attention on early (pre-trial) decisions

regarding women defendants and on the

roles of jails, courts, pretrial services,

probation and human/community

services in providing better information

and more effective options at the front

end of the system. The last three

jurisdictions were Cook County, IL;

Hampden County, MA; and Hamilton

County,OH. A draft report titled,

Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders; Project Overview and

Analysis 1991–1999, provides a more

complete history of the project. It is

available in draft form from the NIC

Information Center, telephone: 1–800–

877–1461. Request Accession #15530.

Project Premises: The current

solicitation is based on (1) NIC’s

experience with the ISWO and its

evolution to a local system project

focused on both early decision points

and development of more purposeful

pretrial and sentencing options; and (2)

the following premises regarding the

need for assistance to improve

community responses to women in the

criminal justice system:

• Women commit largely non-violent,

property and drug offenses and are good

candidates for managing their risk to

public safety in the community. They

are at high risk of reoffending for ‘‘low

stakes’’ crimes. They receive little

effective treatment during early

experiences of involvement with the

criminal justice system.

• It is reasonable to expect that the

design of criminal justice system

responses for women will continue to

hold them accountable for their offenses

while improving their chances of

success under community supervision.

• Mandatory sentencing for nonviolent, drug offenses has resulted in

large numbers of women serving longer

periods of time in correctional facilities.

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• Women defendants present high

rates of co-occurring (substance abuse

and mental illness) disorders; frequently

the mental health issues go undiagnosed

and unaddressed.

• Women’s distinct pathways to

criminality and the realities of their

lives (particularly child care

responsibilities, abuse histories, and

economic marginality) require

supervision and treatment approaches

which are gender responsive.

• A systemic problem solving

approach offers jurisdictions an

opportunity to both (a) shape policy and

practice which will impact success rates

in the community in the short term, and

(b) build capacity for longer-term

development and monitoring of

criminal justice policies and practices

affecting women defendants/offenders.

• Criminal justice agencies must work

with the community and human

services to marshal the resources and

services required for a comprehensive

and effective response to the complexity

of issues facing women defendants/

offenders.

Purpose: The National Institute of

Corrections is seeking applications for a

cooperative agreement that has the

following purpose: to provide site

coordination, training and technical

assistance to three local jurisdictions for

the first twelve months of a two year

project whose primary goal is to

increase the rates of successful

completion of community supervision

for women defendants and offenders.

The recipient of this cooperative

agreement award will have as the target

audience for assistance a policy group

or team of key criminal justice decision

makers, human services managers,

community leaders and public and

private corrections managers.

The primary outcomes for the two

year project are:

• The development in each

jurisdiction of a clear vision and goals

for improved community responses to

women defendants/offenders, and

implementation of specific changes in

policy and practice in two or three

strategic areas and/or the development

of detailed work plans for

implementation in those areas.

• A report describing the

accomplishments of each jurisdiction

and the lessons learned from the project.

The primary outcomes for the first

twelve months are:

• Jurisdictions, operating as policy

teams of high level officials, corrections

and human service managers and

community members, will engage the

first twelve months of a collaborative,

system-wide, problem solving process

aimed at the development of improved

policy and practice in two or three

priority areas.

• Each jurisdiction will complete

decision mapping of its criminal justice

system responses to women defendants/

offenders, including assembling readily

available information on: the number

and characteristics of women at key

decision points from arrest through

community supervision and release

(aggregate and trend data).

• Jurisdictions will design and

initiate data collection and analysis

strategies focused on specific concerns,

i.e., the primary problem areas (‘‘change

targets’’) identified by the policy team.

The strategies may include design of a

profile study of a specific subpopulation of women offenders related

to one of the problem areas chosen by

the policy team.

• Policy officials will gain specific

knowledge regarding the factors

associated with women’s criminal

involvement, key aspects of genderresponsive treatment and management

in corrections, and options for effective

sanctioning and intervention (best

practices).

Specific outputs of the twelve-month

project will include: Development of a

program announcement and marketing

strategy for local jurisdictions; site visits

to selected applicant jurisdictions and

site selection in conjunction with the

NIC Project manager (NIC will make

final site selections); a seminar

opportunity for all policy team members

from each jurisdiction; and monthly

visits to jurisdictions by site

coordinators to guide and support the

policy team’s work.

Application Requirements:

Applicants must prepare a proposal that

describes their plan to address the

project purpose and outcomes. The plan

must include goals and objectives,

methodology, deliverables, management

plan, an overall project budget for the

full two years, and a budget and budget

narrative for the first ten to twelve

month phase. Applicants must identify

their key project staff and the relevant

expertise of each, and address the

manner in which they would perform

all tasks in collaboration with the NIC

Project Manager. Proposals are limited

to twenty-five double-spaced pages in

length, not including resumes, other

addenda, and SF–424 forms. Please note

that the Standard Form 424, Application

for Federal Assistance, submitted with

the proposal must contain the cover

sheet, budget, budget narrative,

assurances and management plan for the

FY 2001 funded portion only, for a

maximum of $180,000. The proposal

budget should not include the costs of

air and train travel associated with site

coordination, training and technical

assistance; because NIC will make

available an additional $20,000 for

project travel at government rates in an

account managed by the NIC Project

Monitor and closely coordinated with

the cooperative agreement project

director. All required forms and

instructions for their completion may be

downloaded from the NIC website:

http://www.nicic.org.

Authority: Public Law 93–415.

Funds Available: Project funds are

limited to $180,000 for both direct and

indirect costs for the first twelve months

of the two year project, and a $20,000

supplement for air and train tickets. A

supplemental award of $180,000 (plus

additional funds for government rate

travel) will be made in FY 2002 subject

to the availability of funds and

successful completion of Phase I. NIC is

committed to funding the full two year

project and project activity must be

completed within 24 months of the date

of the award. Funds may only be used

for activities that are linked to the

desired outcomes of the project. This

project will be a collaborative venture

with the NIC Community Corrections

Division.

All products from this funding effort

will be in public domain and available

to interested agencies through the

National Institute of Corrections.

Deadline for Receipt of Applications:

Applications must be received by 4 p.m.

on Friday, March 30, 2001. They should

be addressed to: Director, National

Institute of Corrections, 320 First Street,

NW., Room 5007, Washington, DC

20534. Hand delivered applications can

be brought to 500 First Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20534. The security

desk will call Bobbi Tinsley at (202)

307–3106, and press 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:

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

‘‘Cooperative Agreements.’’) The report,

‘‘Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders, Project Overview and

Analysis 1991–1999’’ can be ordered

from the NIC Information Center at 1–

800–877–1461. Request accession

#15530. If it is necessary to request a

hard copy, please call Judy Evens at 1–

800–995–6423, extension 4–4222 or

email her at jevens@bop.gov. All

technical and/or programming questions

concerning this announcement should

be directed to Phyllis Modley at the

above address or by calling (800) 995–

6423 or (202) 307–3106, extension 4–

0099, or by email via pmodley@bop.gov.

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Eligible Applicants: An eligible

applicant is any state or general unit of

local government, public or private

agency, educational institution,

organization, team or individual with

the requisite skills to successfully meet

the outcome objectives of the project.

Review Considerations: Applications

received under this announcement will

be subjected to an NIC three to five

member Peer Review Process.

Number of Awards: One (1).

Executive Order 12372: Project is not

subject to the provisions of this

Executive Order.

NIC Application Number: 01C02. This

number should appear as a reference

line in the cover letter and also in box

11 of Standard Form 424.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is: 16.602.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Morris L. Thigpen,

Director, National Institute of Corrections.

[FR Doc. 01–4075 Filed 2–16–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–36–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Notice of Determinations Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA

Transitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the

Department of Labor herein presents

summaries of determinations regarding

eligibility to apply for trade adjustment

assistance for workers (TA–W) issued

during the period of January, 2001.

In order for an affirmative

determination to be made and a

certification of eligibility to apply for

worker adjustment assistance to be

issued, each of the group eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the Act

must be met.

(1) That a significant number of

proportion of the workers in the

workers’ firm, or an appropriate

subdivision thereof, have become totally

or partially separated,

(2) That sales or production, or both,

of the firm or subdivision have

decreased absolutely, and

(3) That increases of imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

articles produced by the firm or

appropriate subdivision have

contributed importantly to the

separations, or threat thereof, and to the

absolute decline in sales or production.

Negative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

In each of the following cases the

investigation revealed that criterion (3)

has not been met. A survey of customers

indicated that increased imports did not

contribute importantly to worker

separations at the firm.

TA–W–38,451; Chicago Lock, Pleasant

Prairie, WI

TA–W–38,419; John Campbell & Co.,

Inc., Perkasie, PA

TA–W–37,917; Dana Corp., Spicer

Heavy Axle & Brake Div., Marion

Forge, Marion, OH

TA–W–38,382; Cherokee Finishing Co.,

Spartan International, Gaffney, SC

In the following cases, the

investigation revealed that the criteria

for eligibility have not been met for the

reasons specified.

TA–W–38,197; Grandoe Corp (The),

Gloversville, NY

TA–W–38,488; Cone Decorative

Fabarics, New York, NY

TA–W–38,332; Pronav Ship

Management, Inc., Greenwich, CT

TA–W–38,548; Timberland Logging,

Ashland, OR

TA–W–38,506; Homestake Mining Co.,

Sparks, NV

TA–W–38,449; Hasbro Manufacturing

Service, El Paso, TX

TA–W–38,473; Software Spectrum, Inc.,

Garland, TX

The workers firm does not produce an

article as required for certification under

Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA–W–38,240; Ashby Industries, Inc.,

Martinsville, VA

TA–W–38,517; Cooper Standard

Automotive, Fluid Systems Div.,

Mio, MI

TA–W–38,396; Philips Electronics North

America Corp., Philips Display

Components Co., Ottawa, OH

Increased imports did not contribute

importantly to worker separations at the

firm.

TA–W–38,490; Latrobe Brewing Co.,

Latrobe, PA

TA–W–38,431; Warm Springs Forest

Products Industries, Warm Springs,

OR

The investigation revealed that

criteria (2) has not been met. Sales or

production did not decline during the

relevant period as required for

certification.

Affirmative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

The following certifications have been

issued; the date following the company

name and location of each

determination references the impact

date for all workers of such

determination.

TA–W–38,385; Findlay Industries,

Morrison Div., Morrison, TN:

November 22, 1999.

TA–W–38,297; Qwik Tool

Manufacturing, Magna Div.,

Lexington, KY: September 7, 1999.

TA–W–38,366; Jeld Wen, Inc., Bend

Millwork Co., Bend, OR: November

7, 1999.

TA–W–38,394; Velvac, Inc., New Berlin,

WI: November 24, 1999.

TA–W–38,260 & A; Austin Apparel,

Lancaster Plant, lancaster, KY &

Springfield Plant, Springfield, KY:

October 18, 1999.

TA–W–38,280 & A; Snyder Walls

Industries, Inc., Snyder, TX & Walls

Industries, Inc., Boaz, AL: October

25, 1999.

TA–W–38,198; Crown Cork and Seal

Co., Inc., Plant #31, Perrysburg, OH:

October 6, 1999.

TA–W–38,485; Forecaster of Boston,

Boston, MA: December 7, 1999.

TA–W–38,504; Warren Logging, Gold

Hill, OR: December 12, 1999.

TA–W–38,482; Augusta Sportswear,

Inc., Millen Plant, Millen, GA:

December 6, 1999.

TA–W–38,425; Ameripol Synpol Corp.,

Port Meches, TX: November 30,

1999.

TA–W–38,497; EGS/O–Z Gedney,

LaGrange, GA: December 14, 1999.

TA–W–38,541; Ametek, United States

Gauge Div., Bartow, FL: December

21, 1999.

TA–W–38,514; Nutone, Inc., Coppell,

TX: December 21, 1999.

TA–W–38,299; Originals Bi-Judi, Inc.,

Tolleson, AZ: October 31, 2000.

TA–W–38,084; Philips CSI, Inc.,

Lancaster, PA: August 14, 1999.

TA–W–38,393; Tyco Electronics,

Automotive Electronics,

Chesterfield, MI: November 22,

1999.

TA–W–38,281; Five Rivers Electronic

Innovations, LLC, Greenville, TN:

October 23, 1999.

TA–W–38,357; Jockey International,

Inc., Belzoni, MS: November 9,

1999.

TA–W–38,409; Money’s Foods U.S., Inc.,

Money’s Mushrooms LTD, Blandon,

PA: December 1, 1999.

TA–W–38,426; Universal Furniture

Limited, Marion, NC: November 30,

1999.

TA–W–38,241; Micromatic Textron,

Holland, MI: October 10, 1999.

TA–W–38,544; Bausch & Lomb,

Sarasota, FL: December 27, 1999.

TA–W–38,257; Pine State Knitwear Co.,

Inc., Stateville, NC: October 13,

1999.

TA–W–38,518; Beltex Corp., Claiborne

Plant, New Tazewell, TN: December

20, 1999.