The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for a federal grant to support the delivery of three Correctional Case Management for Jails regional training programs. This grant opportunity aims to improve the case management system in jails by implementing a standardized file structure and agency forms to maintain social and behavioral information about incarcerated individuals.
Currently, many jails lack a centralized file where information about a person's behavior is chronologically and categorically maintained during their stay. While jails typically maintain separate files for court and legal information, as well as medical and mental health information, they do not have a comprehensive file that includes a person's social and behavioral information. Correctional case management offers a solution by providing correctional staff with the tools to intervene on behalf of individuals using a standardized language, file structure, agency forms, documentation, and file maintenance.
A case management file, also known as a classification or program file, serves as a social file that tells the story of a person's stay in jail. It includes information about the person's progress through various actions such as security and property checks, booking, medical interviews, orientation, classification (security rating and housing assignment), and other operational and programmatic offerings of the jail.
The grant opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education. Applicants must agree to waive any profit or fee for services. Foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental international organizations/institutions are not eligible to apply. NIC welcomes applications that involve multiple entities, but one eligible entity must be the applicant and others can be proposed as subrecipients.
The total funding available for this program is $90,000, with an expected number of awards being one. The grant does not require cost sharing or matching. The closing date for applications is February 12, 2024.
For more information and to apply, interested parties can visit the NIC website at https://nicic.gov/about-nic/funding-opportunities/correctional-case-management-jails-training. For specific inquiries, contact Cameron D Coblentz, the grantor, at ccoblentz@bop.gov or by phone at 202-514-0053.