98-27004. Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of Justice Solicitation for ``Juvenile `Breaking the Cycle' Evaluation''

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54160-54161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27004]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1200]
RIN 1121-ZB36


Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of 
Justice Solicitation for ``Juvenile `Breaking the Cycle' Evaluation''

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 ``SL000308.''

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals is close of business Thursday, 
December 17, 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 1-800-851-3420. For general

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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, Secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    This solicitation calls for an evaluation of two Juvenile 
``Breaking the Cycle'' (JBTC) sites supported by NIJ and the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy. JBTC is a research demonstration project 
designed by a consortium of Federal agencies to test the effectiveness 
of a system-wide juvenile justice intervention with drug-involved 
offenders. The goal of the project is to provide drug testing, drug 
treatment, graduated sanctions, and judicial supervision to each drug-
involved defendant regardless of charge or detention status.
    Applicants must outline an overall research strategy for two sites 
that includes a thorough process analysis and a comprehensive analysis 
of impact of the JBTC program on individual behavior and on system 
functioning.
    This solicitation makes available $400,000 for the first stage of 
the multi-site evaluation and a total of up to $1.5 million will be 
available for the complete evaluation of the two JBTC sites. For each 
JBTC site NIJ plans to support a 9-12 month planning phase followed by 
two years of full program implementation. The JBTC evaluator is 
expected to enter the planning process at least 60 days prior to the 
first intake of eligible juveniles and will be required to work closely 
with NIJ staff, the BTC Program Board, and with staff at the two 
program sites.
    Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice 
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of 
``Juvenile `Breaking the Cycle' Evaluation'' (refer to document no. 
SL000308). For World Wide Web access, connect 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. 98-27004 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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