[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39198-39203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15926]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[OJP (OJJDP)-1269]
Program Announcement for Information Sharing To Prevent Juvenile
Delinquency: A Training and Technical Assistance Approach
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, Justice.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) is requesting applications to provide training and technical
assistance on information sharing to juvenile justice, education,
health, child welfare, and other youth-serving systems or organizations
that foster multidisciplinary, multiagency solutions to the problems of
delinquent and at-risk youth. Instructional focus will include the
legal, ethical, technical, and structural knowledge and skills
necessary to ensure effective development and management of
information-sharing systems within the context of integrated
information architectures being developed in the justice, education,
and health and human services communities. Training and technical
assistance support is expected to facilitate cross-agency cooperation
and improve systemic responses to children at risk and juveniles in the
juvenile justice system.
DATES: Applications must be received by 5 p.m. ET on July 24, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Interested applicants must obtain an application kit from
the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-8736. The application kit
is also available at OJJDP's Web site at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/grants/about.html#kit. (See ``Format'' and ``Delivery Instructions'' later
in this announcement for instructions on required standards and the
address to which applications must be sent).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwendolyn Dilworth, Program Manager,
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 202-514-4822.
[This is not a toll-free number.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Purpose
The purpose of this program is to advance more effective and pro-
active responses to at-risk and juvenile-justice-system-involved
juveniles and to support solutions to juvenile delinquency by providing
training and technical assistance on information sharing to juvenile
justice, education, health, child welfare, and other youth-serving
systems or organizations that foster multidisciplinary, multiagency
solutions. Instructional focus will include the legal, ethical,
technical, and structural knowledge and skills necessary to ensure
effective development and management of juvenile information-sharing
systems within the context of integrated information architectures
being developed in the justice, education, and health and human
services communities.
Background
Information sharing is recognized as an essential tool for
effectively providing justice, education, and health services by
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments. In the past 5 years,
advances in information technology have made electronic
multidisciplinary and multiagency information sharing a possibility for
large and small jurisdictions alike. Since 1997, the Office of Justice
Programs (OJP) and its Bureaus (the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the
Office for Victims of Crime) have been supporting the development of
integrated justice information sharing systems in State, local, and
tribal jurisdictions. This effort, the OJP Integrated Justice
Information Initiative, is striving to increase information sharing
among justice agencies and between justice agencies and affiliated
government agencies, such as education, health, welfare,
transportation, and emergency management, through coordinated grant
funding, award notice requirements, and training and technical
assistance.
Since the early 1990's, public bodies, professional organizations,
and business groups have been calling for greater interagency
coordination to achieve a more comprehensive approach to providing
services for children and families at risk (Soler, Shotton, and Bell,
1993). This call for increased coordination fueled a growing belief
that sharing pertinent ``need to know'' information among service
providers strengthens the ability to provide comprehensive services to
children and families. Integrated information sharing can also promote
effective coordination of multiple services to foster better informed
decisionmaking regarding juveniles, whether in the justice, education,
or health and welfare contexts.
Implementing integrated information sharing systems, however, is
often impeded by barriers identified in juvenile justice and affiliated
agencies. The barriers to effective juvenile information sharing are
often attributed to concerns of confidentiality and privacy, blurred
lines of authority, gaps in data integration, service fragmentation,
and distrust and hostility among different agencies. Each of these
barriers raises valid issues that must be carefully addressed in
designing and implementing information-sharing systems.
To better respond to a heightened concern over violent juvenile
crime and delinquency in schools and communities, many justice,
education, health, and other youth-serving agencies are seeking to
integrate information-sharing capabilities. To assist these agencies in
achieving integrated information sharing, OJJDP, the U.S. Department of
Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are
working collaboratively to provide coordinated juvenile information
technology resources through a grant for technical assistance and
training. Previous collaborative efforts funded by the Federal
Government demonstrate the pivotal role of Federal agencies in
facilitation a formal information-sharing process between State and
local agencies. For example, Federal Government facilitation of
information-sharing capabilities is demonstrated through the following
initiatives:
Through Safe Kids/Safe Streets, OJJDP and several other
OJP components (Violence Against Women Office, Executive Office of Weed
and Seed, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
and Office for Victims of Crime) are supporting the reform of public
and community systems that respond to child maltreatment. Cross-agency
information sharing is a core component of the project. Five
communities are exploring ways to improve communication across the
juvenile justice, child welfare, health, and education systems in their
jurisdiction to strengthen child abuse and neglect prevention and
treatment efforts through multidisciplinary teams and cross-agency
management information systems.
In 1994, the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act (SDFS) was reauthorized as part of the Elementary and Secondary
Schools Act (ESEA). The most significant change was the authorization
of violence prevention activities. This focus on school safety was
based on a growing recognition that schools needed to expand the types
of prevention and early intervention activities they were developing to
ensure safe, healthy, disciplined, and drug-free students. Since many
of the issues pertaining to drug and violence prevention are
interrelated, the amended SDFS encourages school districts to develop
integrated programs that address student ``risk factors'' such as
alcohol and other drug use and violent behavior. In response to this
broadened programmatic authority, school districts have expanded the
scope of their efforts by promoting various aspects of safety including
drug prevention, violence prevention, hate crime prevention,
counseling, mentoring programs, afterschool activities, truancy
programs, conflict resolution, antibullying programs, gang prevention,
family and community involvement, school security personnel, and
installation of metal detectors.
OJJDP's School Administrators for Effective Police,
Prosecution, Probation Operations Leading to Improved Children and
Youth Services (SAFE POLICY) Program stresses improved use of
information by developing interagency agreements that call for
information sharing and coordination of juvenile services. An intensive
session for local executives of public and private agencies emphasizes
information sharing as a method for improving the juvenile justice
system.
In the wake of tragic multiple shootings in Arkansas,
Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Oregon, last fall President
Clinton convened the first-ever White House Conference on School Safety
to exchange knowledge and ideas on ways to improve safety for students,
schools, and communities. On April 1, 1999, the U.S. Departments of
Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice announced an
unprecedented collaborative effort, the Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Initiative, to promote healthy childhood development and prevent
violent behaviors. The intent of the initiative is to provide fully
linked educational, mental health, law enforcement, juvenile justice,
and social services.
As these examples illustrate, youth-serving agencies and
organizations are creating mechanisms for improving service delivery to
children, their
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families, and their caregivers while raising awareness for broader
``need to know'' information access and sharing capability across
disciplinary and organizational sectors. Central to this theme is
determining a process for planning, designing, and implementing
integrated juvenile justice information-sharing systems within the
legal, policy, and technology frameworks of the overall justice,
education, and health communities. Developing this capability is
essential to ensuring a seamless continuum of services for juveniles
and their families, while minimizing gaps or service duplication.
To develop this capability, practitioners require sufficient
knowledge and skills to plan for, implement, and maintain multiagency,
multijurisdictional information management systems. These skills
include the ability to build partnerships between a variety of
government agencies and service providers, comprehend and implement
Federal, State, local, or tribal statutes and policies relating to
juvenile information sharing, and understand integrated technology
architecture design.
Protecting children, providing needed health and mental health
care, preventing delinquency, maintaining safe schools and communities,
and ensuring accountability for juvenile offenders require effective
information-sharing mechanisms across the spectrum of agencies
responsible for influencing these outcomes. OJJDP and its Federal
partners are uniquely positioned to assist in the coordination,
development, and management of multidisciplinary, multiagency
information-sharing systems through the design and delivery of select
instructional training and technical assistance strategies. For these
reasons, OJJDP, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services have embarked on this
collaborative project.
Goal
To increase the capacity of State and local collaboratives to
establish and manage effective multidisciplinary, multiagency
information-sharing systems for the purpose of improving coordination,
decisionmaking, and services to children at risk and their families.
Objectives
Promote and support coordination among partnering agencies
and organizations such as juvenile courts, probation, attorneys, and
juvenile detention and corrections; education; health, mental health,
and social services; law enforcement; child protective services; youth
advocacy and service agencies; the field of management systems; and
faith-based institutions interested in starting or enhancing an
information-sharing system.
Develop and administer needs assessment instruments to
determine skill, knowledge, and information deficiencies for each level
of training to be conducted.
Design an appropriate two-prong instructional approach
based on findings from the assessments: Level one for jurisdictions
interested in creating a multidisciplinary information-sharing system
and Level two for jurisdictions interested in advancing existing
systems.
Design assessment tools to assist training team members in
determining the following:
Information needs of collaborating agencies and
organizations.
Feasibility of establishing a multidisciplinary
information-sharing system.
Purpose of the project.
Level of information to be shared.
Partners to be involved in the sharing.
Juvenile population to be the focus of information
sharing.
Methods for securing information that comply with
confidentiality mandates.
Examine and develop solutions to the legal, ethical,
technical, structural, and political challenges to sharing information,
with special emphasis on medical/mental health information.
Explore the role of formal agreements and protocols in
fostering integrated information-sharing structures.
Promote integrated information sharing among agencies and
organizations to reduce the duplication of services provided by
multiple systems and enhance the continuum of services for juveniles
and their families.
Design and conduct a series of 1- to 2-day trainings and
followup assistance tailored to meet the specific needs of training
participants.
Construct training modules that can be adapted for use in
other related training programs supported by the Federal partners, as
appropriate.
Provide uniform protocols for requesting training and
technical assistance services.
Program Strategy
OJJDP proposes to award a cooperative agreement of up to $500,000
for a 2-year period to improve responses to at-risk juveniles and
child/adolescent victims through administering centralized, national-
scope training and technical assistance. (Additional funding may be
available in year 2). This training and technical assistance will focus
on the legal, ethical, technical, and operational methodologies for
advancing multidisciplinary, multiagency information-sharing efforts,
while protecting individual rights. Regional trainings and technical
assistance will explore methodologies that promote integrated
information-sharing systems, while adhering to confidentiality and
privacy law and policy.
The Information Sharing Training/Technical Assistance (IS) grantee
is expected to optimize training/technical assistance delivery by
linking programmatic objectives and training coordination efforts with
the instructional needs of participants. The grantee is expected to
manage a two-prong team training approach, based on an assessment of
needs, that will focus on (1) teams with marginal knowledge of how to
design and implement integrated multidisciplinary, multiagency
information-sharing systems, and (2) teams with experience in formal IS
networks that are seeking ways to improve the efficacy and accuracy of
their efforts. The grantee is expected to present a strategic design
that incorporates these elements, fosters innovation, and clearly
delineates the work to be accomplished during the project. The approach
should also identify those areas of programmatic expertise that will be
required to deliver training/technical assistance support and the
process for recruiting and managing consultants who will provide this
expertise.
Requisites for the IS grantee are a demonstrated ability to
develop, staff, and manage a national-scope training/technical
assistance effort with multiple dimensions within a short time frame; a
capability to produce a range of general and tailored resource
materials, curriculums, tools, and onsite interventions; and the
ability to identify, recruit, utilize, and oversee a diverse consultant
pool of content experts and trainers. These consultants should have
expertise in areas such as the following:
Federal and State statutes, policies, and provisions
related to sharing information on juveniles, e.g., the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974), Youth Corrections Act
(1977), Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and
Rehabilitation Act (1970), Drug Abuse and Treatment Act (1972), mental
health confidentiality requirements, Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act
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(1988), Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act
(1977), and the Freedom of Information Act (1966).
Conditions under which various government agencies and
youth-serving organizations are legally allowed to share information
and the legal barriers that prohibit the sharing of information.
Exceptions to statutory requirements.
Confidentiality and privacy issues.
Multidisciplinary, multiagency information-sharing system
development policy.
Assessment and strategic planning.
Team building.
Problem solving.
Technology-based solutions for serving children and
families at risk.
Development, maintenance, and cost-effective upgrades for
information systems.
Database management systems.
Creation, implementation, and monitoring of formal
information-sharing agreements/protocols.
Scope of Work
The following delineates the work to be conducted under a
cooperative agreement for purposes of designing and managing the IS
project.
The grantee is responsible for developing a workplan, based on the
elements set forth below, that describes how the training/technical
assistance project will be structured to implement the IS project. It
is anticipated that the IS project will commence on or about September
15, 2000.
Task One
Assess training needs to determine the specific skills, knowledge,
information, and experiential levels of potential training/technical
assistance recipients. Analysis of assessment data will inform the
content, approach, and level of instructional delivery. Develop
training curriculums and supporting materials.
Task Two
Develop a marketing plan and schedule/timeline for the design and
delivery of 12 to 15 regional trainings and onsite technical assistance
support.
Task Three
Use the training and technical assistance protocols established by
the Training and Technical Assistance Division of OJJDP to tailor the
provision of training and technical assistance to adult learners. This
will include providing a common set of protocols to assist trainees in
conducting an information-sharing needs assessment in their community/
jurisdiction, developing technical assistance plans, establishing
evaluation tools to assess the relevancy and learning transferability
of the lessons provided, and developing a common structure for
reporting the purpose and effectiveness of onsite technical assistance.
Task Four
Develop and implement a procedure for delivering and reporting on
assistance delivered by consultants.
Task Five
Determine appropriate procedures to facilitate and expedite
utilization of the consultant exchange database and other
infrastructure elements to support the provision of training and
technical assistance.
Task Six
Develop a protocol for recording and reporting to OJJDP and its
Federal partners major milestones of the project for the purpose of
maintaining a current and focused training and technical assistance
plan.
Task Seven
Manage onsite and off-site technical assistance.
Task Eight
Promote public awareness of training and technical assistance
support for developing integrated juvenile information-sharing systems
within the context of the OJP Integrated Justice Initiative and other
initiatives under way at the Department of Education and the Department
of Health and Human Services.
Deliverables
In addition to elements identified in the strategy section of this
document, the following describes additional deliverables required over
the 24-month project period.
A system that uses uniform protocols to assist trainees in
assessing their information requirements, resources, potential
partners, and liabilities.
A consultant pool of trainers with diverse expertise on
subject matters such as those listed previously in the ``Program
Strategy'' section. The U.S. Department of Education's Family
Compliance Office will direct the design and delivery of sessions that
focus specifically on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974. In other areas, peer mentoring (jurisdictions that have had some
success in implementing multidisciplinary team IS systems) is
encouraged.
A minimum of 6-8 multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral team
(3-4 persons) training workshops for designated representatives from
State and local collaboratives that plan to initiate IS efforts and a
minimum of 6-8 advanced workshops for IS collaboratives planning to
enhance efforts currently under way. These regional team trainings will
address the skills and knowledge deficiencies based on adult learning
principles.
A regularly updated training schedule that offers a range
of site-specific training activities or events that will be announced
throughout the country.
A reporting system that provides summaries to the OJJDP
Training and Technical Assistance Division (TTAD) program manager and
Federal partners as part of each training and technical assistance
activity through the project period.
Curriculums that use a modular approach and are based on
adult learning principles. One curriculum will focus on the provision
of knowledge, skills, and information for collaboratives interested in
initiating an IS effort. A second curriculum will focus on learners who
are seeking ways to advance their information-sharing efforts already
under way. Learners must be active in the process if learning is to be
effective. Practice units that include scenarios, case studies,
simulations, role-plays, and/or discussion forums will facilitate the
application of the lessons in trainees' community/jurisdiction.
A camera-ready monograph that outlines and reviews
promising practices in multidisciplinary, multiagency information-
sharing policy development.
Participant and trainer manuals for each training and
technical assistance intervention and resource packets or other
training aids, as appropriate.
A task plan that recommends either an onsite or
specialized technical assistance response.
Semiannual accomplishment reports, describing major
activities, milestones, schedules, areas of training and technical
assistance provided and/or anticipated, constraints, program
modifications, and lessons learned from the project and implications
for the further advancement of program activities as required by OJJDP.
These reports will be used to provide information about program
progress and accomplishments to OJJDP and its Federal partners.
Uniform protocols for assessing problems to be addressed
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technical assistance and for evaluating the utility of the services
provided.
Marketing strategies to ensure national awareness and
proper use of information-sharing resource materials Modifications may
be proposed regarding the deliverables as assessments reveal new or
different areas of skill deficiencies or if any are determined not to
meet the objectives previously outlined as effectively and efficiently
as an alternative approach would. Sufficient explanation should be
provided to permit assessment of the merits of the proposed change. The
project budget must realistically reflect costs associated with
conducting the IS project.
Eligibility Requirements
OJJDP invites applications from public and private agencies,
organizations, institutions, or individuals. Private, for-profit
organizations must agree to waive any profit or fee. Applicants must
have strong, demonstrated experience in designing and administering
national-scope training and technical assistance in areas that include
legal, ethical, technical, and operational methodologies for advancing
multidisciplinary, multiagency systems of information sharing.
Selection Criteria
Applications will be rated by a peer review panel according to the
criteria outlined below. A site visit may be conducted to confirm
information provided in the application.
Problems(s) To Be Addressed (10 points)
The applicant conveys a clear understanding of the purpose, work
requirements, juvenile information-sharing efforts under way, and
related issues addressed in this program announcement. In particular,
the applicant presents a clear conceptualization of a training and
technical assistance (TTA) approach that facilitates jurisdictional
systems integration improvement, regional trainings, and product
development. The applicant must, therefore, further demonstrate
knowledge of both the leading systems-change and information
integration methodologies and the problems they are designed to address
and must convey an understanding of the expected results of these
efforts and of possible barriers to their achievement.
Goals and Objectives (10 points)
The goals and objectives for the project are clearly defined,
measurable, and related directly to achieving this grant's stated
goals.
Project Design (25 points)
Applications must include a project design, indicating a workplan
with specific tasks and procedures to be completed, projected
performance schedules, expected accomplishments, and products. The
performance schedule should include a chart that specifies each
milestone, related tasks, lead staff responsible, and a time line with
interim benchmark dates and dates for task completion. The design
should correspond with the project's goals and objectives, the
conceptualization of need, and product achievement identified in this
program announcement. Project design elements should directly link to
the achievement of specific objectives and must include protocols for
assessment of technical assistance training needs, as well as the
protocols that will be used in the actual delivery of technical
assistance. It must also describe the process and structure that will
be used for curriculum development with demonstration of how adult
learning theory will be employed in its design. The project design
should use information protocols for needs assessment, delivery of
training and technical assistance, evaluation, tracking, and follow-up
and should provide for curriculum development based on adult learning
theory and delivery of the curriculum within the context of an
interactive structure. Obstacles for achieving expected results should
be identified with alternative plans and rationales included.
OJJDP and its Federal partners will consider recommendations for
modification and enhancement of the products to be delivered to
accommodate cost considerations. Where such recommendations are made,
justification and alternatives should be proposed. The competitiveness
of applications will be enhanced when such modifications and/or
enhancements reflect the concept and are sound and innovative.
Management and Organizational Capability
Project Management (25 points)
The project's management structure and staffing are appropriate for
the successful implementation and management of the grant. Areas to be
considered include reasonableness of the staffing plan. Additionally,
the applicant is expected to identify, recruit, and oversee a diverse
consultant pool of content experts and trainers with expertise in areas
such as statutes, policies, and provisions related to sharing
information on juveniles; conditions under which partners are legally
allowed to share information and the legal barriers that prohibit the
sharing of information; exceptions to statutory requirements;
confidentiality issues; multidisciplinary, multiagency information-
sharing systems development policy; assessment and strategic planning;
team building; problem-solving; integrated technological systems;
protection of confidential information; and creation, implementation,
and monitoring of formal information-sharing agreements/protocols. In
addition to expertise in systems improvement, key project staff must
also demonstrate at least 5 years of experience in program management,
training design and delivery, technical assistance and consultation,
and production development. Resumes of known staff must be included in
the appendix. For proposed staff, the applicant must include resumes
and letters of commitment in the appendix. For positions that are not
designated for identified staff, job descriptions and staff
qualifications must be included.
Organizational Capability (20 points)
Organizational ability to administer the project successfully
should be demonstrated in the application. The documentation should
include organizational experience in the subject areas described under
the program strategy and with projects of the type and scope described.
Applicants must also describe and demonstrate an organizational
infrastructure that would support the technological and resource
requirements of this project. Applicants may find it more cost
effective to establish contractual relationships for technical or
specialized functions required under the grant.
Budget (10 points)
Applicants must provide a proposed budget and budget narrative that
are complete, detailed, reasonable, allowable, and cost effective in
relation to the activities to be undertaken. For budget purposes,
applicants should plan to conduct at least four technical assistance
interventions.
Format
The narrative must not exceed 35 pages in length (excluding forms,
assurances, and appendixes) and must be submitted on 8\1/2\- by 11-inch
paper, double spaced on one side of the paper in a standard 12-point
font. This is necessary to maintain fair and uniform
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standards among all applicants. If the narrative does not conform to
these standards, OJJDP will deem the application ineligible for
consideration.
Award Period
This project will be funded for a 2-year budget and project period.
Award Amount
Up to $500,000 is available for this 2-year budget and project
period.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number
For this program, the CFDA number, which is required on Standard
Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance, is 16.542. This form is
included in the OJJDP Application Kit, which can be obtained by calling
the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-8736 or sending an e-mail
request to [email protected]. The Application Kit is also available
online at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org./grants/about.html#kit.
Coordination of Federal Efforts
To encourage better coordination among Federal agencies in
addressing State and local needs, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
is requesting applicants to provide information on the following: (1)
Active Federal grant award(s) supporting this or related efforts,
including awards from DOJ; (2) any pending application(s) for Federal
funds for this or related efforts; and (3) plans for coordinating any
funds described in items (1) or (2) with the funding sought by this
application. For each Federal award, applicants must include the
program or project title, the Federal grantor agency, the amount of the
award, and a brief description of its purpose.
``Related efforts'' is defined for these purposes as one of the
following:
1. Efforts for the same purpose (i.e., the proposed award would
supplement, expand, complement, or continue activities funded with
other Federal grants).
2. Another phase or component of the same program or project (e.g.,
to implement a planning effort funded by other Federal funds or to
provide a substance abuse treatment or education component within a
criminal justice project).
3. Services of some kind (e.g., technical assistance, research, or
evaluation) to the program or project described in the application.
Delivery Instructions
All application packages must be mailed or delivered to the Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, c/o Juvenile Justice
Resource Center, 2277 Research Boulevard, Mail Stop 2K, Rockville, MD
20850; 301-519-5535. Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be
accepted. Note: In the lower left-hand corner of the envelope, you must
clearly write ``Information Sharing To Prevent Juvenile Delinquency: A
Training and Technical Assistance Approach.''
Due Date
Applicants are responsible for ensuring that the original and five
copies of the application package are received by 5 p.m. ET on July 24,
2000.
Contact
For further information, contact Gwendolyn Dilworth, Program
Manager, Training and Technical Assistance Division, 202-514-4822, or
send an e-mail inquiry to [email protected].
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Dated: June 20, 2000.
John J. Wilson,
Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
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