OpportunityTitle: RESTRICTIVE HOUSING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
CategoryExplanation: Training and technical assistance
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). Recipients, including for-profit organizations, must agree to waive any profit or fee for services.NIC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as sub-recipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire program.NIC may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
Description: NIC&#8217;s training and technical assistance approach will address the most challenging questions facing correctional officials: How correctional agencies manage their most violent and disruptive inmates? How can they best protect their most vulnerable and victimized ones? And what is the safest and most humane way to do so? Additionally, Inmates with serious mental illness (SMI) who are violent or disruptive pose a special challenge to correctional agencies nationwide. Their behavior often requires removal from the general population, and yet traditional forms of restrictive housing present many challenges. The DOJ Guiding Principles establish best practices around identification, placement, and management of all inmates to include those with SMI.NIC is committed to providing training and technical assistance to the field to ensure federal, state, local, and tribal correctional agencies are knowledgeable in effective practices and have the tools to safely reduce restrictive housing populations. NIC will expect the provider selected under this program to deliver training and technical assistance focused on implementing the DOJ&#8217;s Guiding Principles concerning the use of restrictive housing.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Application questions
GrantorContactText: Melanie Simms &lt;br/&gt;Administrative Officer &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-305-8408