OpportunityTitle: Safety Matters:  Managing Relationships in Women&apos;s Facilities
CategoryExplanation: For the delivery of gender-informed (women), research based training program to prepare correctional staff to implement practical operational strategies to improve women&#8217;s physical and sexual safety in a facility.
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.
Description: Safety Matters: Managing Relationships in Women&#8217;s Facilities is a research-based, gender-informed training program delivered to agency/jurisdiction teams of correctional professionals with responsibility for the safe and effective management of women in correctional facilities. The focus of this program is providing enhanced tools for corrections practitioners to address potentially dangerous and compromising relationships that can occur within a women&#8217;s facility, while supporting the building of healthy and safe relationships. The training blends Virtual Instructor Lead Training (VILT) with on-site classroom Instructor Lead Training (ILT) with a targeted ILT follow up Training of Staff Trainers (TOT). Program content is drawn from PREA-related National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics research and data specific to sexual and physical safety in women&#8217;s prisons.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Form or application questions
GrantorContactText: Cameron Coblentz &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-514-0053