The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking proposals to enter into a 12-month cooperative agreement to support the delivery of three Correctional Case Management for Jails regional training programs.
Donor Name: National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Training or Mentorship
Deadline: 02/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
In many jails, there is no standardized file where information about person’s behavior is chronologically and categorically maintained while that person is in an institution. Most jails maintain a file for court and legal information and a medical file for medical and mental health information, but they do not maintain a file with a person’s social and behavioral information. Social and behavioral information can often be maintained in separate classification, housing, disciplinary, grievance, programs, and security files.
Correctional case management is an alternative to having an incarcerated person’s information spread among different offices in a jail. Correctional case management gives correctional staff the means to intervene on behalf of a person using a standard language, file structure, agency forms, documentation, and file maintenance. A case management file (also known as a classification or program file) is a social file that tells the story about a person’s stay.
The applicant for this solicitation should demonstrate at least 8 years of corrections experience, with an understanding of classification, programs, intake, security, and disciplinary procedures in a jail.
Goals
The goal of this cooperative agreement is to collaboratively provide Correctional Case Management for Jails training to three correctional agencies. Effective coordination and support include providing skilled instructors, host agency logistics, and communications to support the three deliveries.
Objectives
The objectives of this cooperative agreement is for the delivery of Correctional Case Management for Jails training regionally to three agencies selected by the NIC program manager.
The delivery of Correctional Case Management for Jails will enable the agency to:
- Familiarize participants with the fundamentals of correctional case management in jails;
- Review the stages of case management;
- Emphasize the importance of standardized documentation in the delivery of jail services;
- Understand the roles that intake, classification, and counselor and case management staff play from intake screening to discharge planning to reentry back to the community;
- Be familiar with a person’s “story” so that the agency may intervene with that person when difficult situations or thoughts arise;
- Help a person become aware of all facets of the criminal justice system that will affect his or her stay; and
- Allow service providers to speak with incarcerated people and document their experience using the same language in jails across the country.
Funding Information
NIC expects to make one award for as much as $90,000.00 for a 12-month project period, beginning on March 27, 2024. Requests for amounts more than a total of $90,000.00, including direct and indirect costs will not be considered
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. Foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental international organizations/institutions are not eligible to apply. Proof of 501(c) (3) status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service or an authorizing tribal resolution is required.
- IC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire program. Only one (1) application will be accepted from a submitting organization.
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