[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 140 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37767-37768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18374]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[OJP No. 1093]
RIN 1121-ZA43


Fiscal Year 1996 Discretionary Competitive Program Announcements 
and Application Kit

AGENCY: United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice 
Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

ACTION: Announcement of Fiscal Year 1996 Competitive Programs and 
Application Kit.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
(OJJDP) has released its Fiscal Year 1996 Discretionary Competitive 
Program Announcements and Application Kit with funding opportunities to 
address violence by and against juveniles and to support intervention 
efforts for at-risk youth. The Application Kit focuses on three major 
new program areas: community assessment centers, partnerships to reduce 
juvenile gun violence, and improving community approaches to child 
abuse and neglect. OJJDP also will fund evaluations of these programs. 
In addition, training and technical assistance funds will be awarded in 
the areas of disproportionate minority confinement, Native American and 
Alaskan Native communities, and gender-specific services for female 
juvenile offenders. OJJDP is also soliciting proposals on juvenile 
mentoring programs and an evaluation of OJJDP's mentoring efforts to 
date. Finally, OJJDP is supporting a program of field-initiated 
research and evaluation.

DATES: The following represents the deadline dates of the Application 
Kit for the OJJDP Fiscal Year 1996 Competitive Programs:
    (1) Community Assessment Centers: Planning for the Future--August 
21, 1996;
    (2) Community Assessment Centers: Enhancing the Concept--August 21, 
1996;
    (3) Evaluating Community Assessment Centers--September 3, 1996;
    (4) Community Assessment Center Training and Technical Assistance--
September 3, 1996;
    (5) Partnerships To Reduce Juvenile Gun Violence--August 21, 1996;
    (6) Evaluation of the Partnerships To Reduce Gun Violence--August 
21, 1996;
    (7) Safe Kids/Safe Streets (Community Approaches To Reducing Abuse 
and Neglect and Preventing Delinquency--September 9, 1996;
    (8) Evaluation of the Safe Kids/Safe Streets Program--September 9, 
1996;
    (9) Technical Assistance to Native American Tribes and Alaskan 
Native Communities--August 16, 1996;
    (10) Training and Technical Assistance Program To Promote Gender-
Specific Program for Female Juvenile Offenders and At-Risk Girls--
August 16, 1996;
    (11) Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program--August 21, 
1996;
    (12) Training and Technical Assistance for National Innovations To 
Reduce Disproportionate Minority Confinement (The Deborah Ann Wysinger 
Memorial Program)--August 26, 1996;
    (13) Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP)--September 20, 1996; and
    (14) Evaluation of the Juvenile Mentoring Program--September 20, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: The Application Kit is available free from the Juvenile 
Justice Clearinghouse by e-mail request to: [email protected] or by 
writing to P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, Maryland 20849 or by calling 1-
800-638-8736. The Application Kit is also available electronically via 
the Internet and Fax-on-Demand. Consult OJJDP's World Wide Web 
Homepage, Highlights section, at http://www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm. For 
copies via Fax-on-Demand, call 1-800-638-8736 and select option 1 for 
automated ordering services and select option 2 for Fax-on-Demand 
instructions and a list of available titles. Completed Application Kits 
should be addressed to the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 
6000, Rockville, Maryland 20849.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cheryll Bissell, Manager, The 
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, Maryland 
20849; 1-800-638-8736.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Application Kit is organized into two 
major sections. The first section provides application and 
administrative requirements. The second major section contains 
competitive discretionary program announcements. Appendices include 
instructions and application forms, State contacts, peer review 
guidelines, excerpts from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
and extra blank forms. The Application Kit is broken out by 
instructions, individual solicitations, and forms.
Shay Bilchik,
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice, and Delinquency Prevention.
[FR Doc. 96-18374 Filed 7-18-96; 8:45 am]
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