[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12401]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs; Announcement of the Availability of
the National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Researcher-
Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants to Encourage Arrest
Policies for Domestic Violence
National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1228]
RIN 1121-ZB61
AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation
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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of
Justice ``Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants
to Encourage Arrest Policies for Domestic Violence.''
DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals is close of business June 30,
1999.
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 1-800-851-3420. For general information about application
procedures for solicitations, please call the U.S. Department of
Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, sections 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 and
42 U.S.C. 3796hh (1994).
Background.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in collaboration with the
Office of Justice Programs' Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), is
soliciting proposals for researcher-practitioner partnerships to
evaluate practitioner collaborations through the Grants to Encourage
Arrest Polices under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 42 U.S.C.
3796hh. The purpose of these researcher-practitioner partnerships is to
provide jurisdictions receiving funds under the Grants to Encourage
Arrest with the resources to implement locally based evaluations that
are responsive to the needs of the jurisdiction and that contribute to
our understanding of the issues nationally. Specifically, this
solicitation provides support for locally conducted process evaluations
of projects supported by the Grants to Encourage Arrest. The process
evaluations should provide a thorough descriptive analysis of the
issues being addressed by the project and the activities undertaken in
formulating the project.
Evaluation teams should include researchers, practitioners and
victim advocates. The teams may focus on issues related to any of the
program purposes or the Special Interest Categories of the Grants to
Encourage Arrest Policies.
Evaluations will be supported by cooperative agreements between the
grantee and NIJ. NIJ, with input from VAWO, will consult with awardees
concerning the nature of the collaboration, the specific research issue
to be addressed as part of the collaboration, research approach, and
other factors.
Researcher-practitioner process evaluations will be funded at up to
$75,000 each for up to 18 months. It is anticipated that up to six
awards will be made available for evaluations in individual
jurisdictions.
Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of
``Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants to
Encourage Arrest Policies for Domestic Violence'' (refer to document
no. SL000349). For World Wide Web access, connect either to 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. 99-12401 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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