[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1043]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs
National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1147]


National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Building Safer 
Public Housing Communities Through Locally Initiated Research 
Partnerships

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of 
Justice solicitation ``Building Safer Public Housing Communities 
Through Locally Initiated Research Partnerships, 1998.''

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals is close of business March 31, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the solicitation, please 
call NCJRS at 1-800-851-3420. For general information about application 
procedures for solicitations, please call the U.S. Department of 
Justice Response Center at 1-800-421-6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, Secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is calling for proposals to 
implement Locally Initiated Research Projects (LIRP) in Public and 
Indian Housing Authorities. These projects will assist housing 
authorities in the evaluation of efforts to control and prevent drug 
and drug-related crime problems such as those supported by the Public 
Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP). Eight to 12 awards for a 
total expenditure of up to $975,000 will be awarded to proposals that 
include the following areas of research:
    Each LIRP must have as it's purpose one of two organizing 
principles: to evaluate the effectiveness of an on-going program; or to 
identify problems within a Housing Authority (HA) development, 
implement a program to solve those problems, and evaluate the solutions 
effectiveness.
    Each LIRP must include, as a minimum, officials and residents of an 
HA, and a researcher. The roles of each of these partners must be 
equivalent in terms of decisionmaking. Each proposal must also outline 
how these partnerships will be continued once Federal funding has 
concluded.
    Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice 
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of 
``Building Safer Public Housing Communities Through Locally Initiated 
Research Partnerships, 1998'' (refer to document No. SL000243). For 
World Wide Web access, connect either to either NIJ at http://
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice Information 
Center at http://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.
Jeremy Travis,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-1043 Filed 1-14-98; 8:45 am]
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