The National Institute of Corrections is soliciting applications for its Facilitator Training for Victim Offender Dialogue Program.
Donor Name: National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Through this solicitation, NIC seeks a provider to deliver:
- One blended basic training for new facilitators of victim-offender dialogue.
- One blended advanced training focused on cases involving sexual assault.
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to advance post-conviction victim services by developing and enhancing training for Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) facilitators. This initiative will enable state departments of correction to better meet victim needs, foster healing, and allow victims to actively participate in repairing harm caused to them.
The goal of this cooperative agreement is to strengthen the capacity of state corrections agencies to provide post-conviction victim services by training facilitators to deliver victim-offender dialogues safely, effectively, and compassionately.
NIC Funding Priorities / Focus Areas
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) supports public safety by providing specialized corrections training, information services, and technical assistance to federal, state, local, and tribal justice agencies. The outcomes of NIC’s activities contribute significantly to the achievement of the following correctional goals and priorities:
- Effectively managed prisons, jails, and community corrections programs and facilities. NIC provides services related to effective planning, management, and operational practice leading to safe and secure prisons, jails, and community services.
- Enhanced organizational and professional performance in corrections. NIC provides education and training in management, leadership, and corrections operations based on that enhance organizational and professional performance.
- Community, staff, and offender safety. NIC promotes correctional practices and procedures that maximize the safety of the community, staff, and offenders; holds detainees, inmates, and parolees/probationers accountable; and seeks to reduce recidivism.
- Improved correctional practices through the exploration of trends and public policy issues. NIC promotes the exploration of critical issues and the shaping of public policies that strengthen and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of corrections.
- Enhanced services through improved organizational and staff effectiveness. NIC provides opportunities for organizational and professional growth that enhance the field of corrections.
Funding Information
- Total funding available: $100,000.00
- Total Award Amount: $100,000.00
- NIC expects to make one award for a 12-month project period.
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.
- NIC 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 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.
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