The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to support a joint meeting of state agency correctional directors of training and of human resources.
Donor Name: National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 12-month
Details:
The positions of Correctional Directors of Training and Directors of Human Resources represents the agency response and success in recruitment, hiring and training. Both components continually seek to improve the effectiveness of its agency through professional, collaborative and mission driven experiences.
These positions are key decision makers in corrections. The impact of their decisions can be deep and far reaching. Never before has the need to address emerging issues and persistent problems been so essential. Nationally, the staff vacancy rates are at an all-time high. The last two years of managing the COVID19 virus has required adapting o new methods and techniques to aspect to hire and train and retain staff. Corrections continues to transform with evolving trends in populations and management priorities continuously affecting the workforce.
Goals
- To advance the field of corrections by adequately evaluating the changing workforce dynamics e and share new approaches to the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of correctional staff.,
- It also provides a safe environment to candidly discuss challenges and experiences impacting correctional agencies and to during the recent turbulent times.
- In addition to the strategy and content of the program design, the successful applicant must complete the following deliverables during the project period. The program narrative should reflect how the applicant will accomplish these activities.
Objectives
The objectives of this cooperative agreement are the following:
- Advance professional practices via a forum to exchange experiences and lessons learned past three-years.
- Share new technology that can make practices more effective.
- Promote learning on recruitment, hiring and retention strategies.
- Create synergy for sustaining networks.
- Provide resources for continual learning.
Deliverables
- Plan and facilitate a two-day planning meeting
- Plan and facilitate a three-day national meeting
- Coordinate a Level One Evaluation of the national forum
- Manage post program resource distribution to participants
- Manage /Monitor the corresponding networks for 60 days following the forum.
Funding Information
NIC expects to make one award for as much as $100,000.00 for a 12-month project period, beginning on January 31, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
- Proof of 501(c) (3) status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service or an authorizing tribal resolution is required.
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