U.S. Department of Justice: Second Chance Act Evaluation Participation Support
Deadline: 28 April 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding to support jurisdictions’ participation in an evaluation of their Second Chance Act-funded programs.
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This solicitation is a companion to the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ’s) “Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program: A Phased Evaluation Approach” solicitation that seeks organizations to apply to serve as evaluators of the Second Chance Act programs. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting NIJ in fulfilling the statutory mandate set forth in The Second Chance Act Reauthorization Act of 2018 to evaluate the Second Chance Act grant program in order to further enhance the knowledge base of what works in offender reentry programming.
Objectives
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Provide consistent oversight to ensure the intervention is implemented with fidelity.
Coordinate with NIJ-funded evaluator(s), including providing the necessary qualitative and quantitative data, to help ensure a successful evaluation project. If needed, grantees can use grant funds to supplement or augment their current data systems in order to support the data system requirements of the evaluation.
Ensure conditions are maintained to meet NIJ’s expectations for the execution of a successful randomized control trial study.
Deliverables
Mid-term progress report;
Final progress report.
Funding Information
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Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award $800,000;
Total amount anticipated to be awarded under the solicitation $4,000,000;
Period of performance duration 48 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply:
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Units or components of state, county, or local government, and;
Federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior);
Applicants must be current or former recipients of BJA Second Chance Act funds that are running reentry programs that are ready for a rigorous, randomized control trial evaluation;
Applicants must have the capacity to enroll and randomly assign at least 300 participants (150 treatment, 150 control) during the project timeframe.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
How to Apply
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Applicants must register in and submit applications through Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=324920