[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
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Part II

Department of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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National Evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative; 
Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
[OJP (OJJDP)-1232]
RIN 1121-ZB65


National Evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students 
Initiative

AGENCIES: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); Department of 
Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); 
Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program; Department of Health and Human 
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS); Department of 
Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human 
Services are requesting applications for a national evaluation of the 
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. The overarching goal of the 
evaluation is to document the effectiveness of collaborative community 
efforts to promote safer schools and provide opportunities for 
children's healthy development. The evaluation will demonstrate how 
community collaborative efforts develop, function, and facilitate 
change within community institutions and within individuals. Further, 
the evaluation must explore each of the six individual components of 
the collaboration-school safety, alcohol and other drug and violence 
prevention and intervention programs, school and community mental 
health preventive and treatment intervention services, early childhood 
psychosocial and emotional development programs, education reform, and 
safe school policies. The overarching collaborative questions and each 
of the six facets must be examined in terms of surveillance, process, 
and intensive outcome analyses.

DATES: Applications must be received by Wednesday, July 21, 1999.

ADDRESSES: An application package containing a copy of the solicitation 
for the National Evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students 
Initiative with application instructions and forms is available online 
at the following Web sites: www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org; www.ed.gov/fedreg.htm; 
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS; www.samhsa.gov; www.mentalhealth.org; and 
www.usdoj.gov/cops. The application package can also be obtained by 
calling OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-8736. The 
address for submitting completed application is provided in the 
application package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kellie J. Dressler, Program Manager, 
Research and Program Development Division, Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention, 202-514-4817. (This is not a toll-free 
number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    This action is authorized under the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1999, October 19, 1998, 
Pub. L. 105-277.

Background

    The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Interagency Evaluation Management 
Team (IEMT) seeks qualified applicants to assist in conducting an 
evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative. The 
IEMT comprises representatives of the three Departments participating 
in the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative and will provide 
oversight for the national evaluation. The successful applicant will 
conduct cross-site process and outcome evaluations, monitor a core set 
of indicators (surveillance), and provide evaluation support to 
grantees for local evaluation activities. Applicants are encouraged to 
review the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Program 
Announcement for detailed information about the initiative. (The SS/HS 
Program Announcement is available at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org or by calling 
the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-8736.) The period of 
performance for the evaluation is anticipated to be September 1999 to 
September 2004.
    The IEMT will competitively award one cooperative agreement under 
this solicitation. Given the purpose of the evaluation, the overall 
evaluation design is intended to carefully document both the process 
and the outcome aspects of the initiative. The design should encompass 
the broad issue of formation of community collaborations, the impact of 
these collaborations on school safety and development of healthy 
students, economic analyses, and surveillance of core indicators.

Eligibility Requirements

    The IEMT invites applications from public and private agencies, 
organizations, institutions, or individuals. Applicants must 
demonstrate that they have experience in evaluating broad-based 
community initiatives. Private, for-profit organizations must agree to 
waive any profit or fee. Joint applications from two or more eligible 
applicants are welcome, as long as one is designated the primary 
applicant (for purposes of correspondence, awards, and management) and 
any others as coapplicants.

Award Period

    The project will be funded for up to 5 years in five 1-year budget 
periods. Applicants should submit a 5-year project plan. Funding after 
the first budget period depends on performance of the grantee, 
availability of funds, and other criteria established at the time of 
award.

Award Amount

    Up to $3 million is available for the initial 1-year budget period.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Shay Bilchik,
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Joseph E. Brann,
Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

    Dated: May 27, 1999.
Judith Johnson,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary 
Education.

    Dated: May 26, 1999.
Nelba Chavez,
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Margaret A. Hamburg,
Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation.
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