The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is soliciting proposals for its Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center for the provision of information and assistance to Federal, State, and local authorities responsible for the prevention, investigation, and punishment of instances of prison rape.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/05/2023
Size of the Grant: $4,580,222
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund the continuation of the PREA Resource Center (PRC) to ensure continued progress toward meaningful implementation of the PREA standards in the nation’s confinement facilities and to strengthen the commitment of staff members in these facilities and the agencies that oversee them to eliminate sexual abuse and sexual harassment of persons who are confined. This solicitation prioritizes efforts to create and enhance cultures in confinement facilities and agencies that do not tolerate sexual victimization.
Goal
Develop and deliver targeted, high quality training to the stakeholders who are responsible for promoting sexual safety and achieving and maintaining compliance with the PREA standards in confinement facilities/agencies across the nation.
Objective
Develop and deliver an array of cost-effective, in-person, and online/virtual presentations and trainings at national professional conferences and at other events and venues that reach diverse PREA stakeholders across the nation.
These stakeholders include:
- PREA coordinators
- PREA compliance managers
- Line staff and supervisors in confinement facilities
- Administrators/directors of agencies that oversee confinement facilities
- Internal and external investigators of sexual victimization
- Medical, mental health, and other treatment staff in confinement facilities
- Intake/classification staff
- Other program staff in confinement facilities
- Individuals who advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual victimization and on behalf of persons who are confined and their impacted family members
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $4,580,222
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $4,580,222
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
18
Eligible Applicants
- Private institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
