98-3790. National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Local Evaluations of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
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[FR Doc No: 98-3790]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice
[OJP(NIJ)-1157]
RIN 1121-ZA94


National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Local Evaluations 
of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners 
Program

AGENCY: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National 
Institute of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of 
Justice solicitation ``Local Evaluations of the Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (1998).''

DATES: Due dates for receipt of proposals for Process Evaluations are 
close of business May 5, 1998; and September 15,1998. Due dates for 
receipt of proposals for Outcome Evaluations are April 14, 1998; August 
19, 1998; and February 16, 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, Secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    The National Institute of Justice solicits proposals to perform 
local process and outcome evaluations for the Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program.
    An anticipated 10 grants of up to $60,000 lasting up to 15 months 
will be awarded for local process evaluations of RSAT programs in 
individual States, in each of two cycles. Local process evaluations may 
focus on all participating programs in a State or a subset of those 
programs. These evaluations should be designed to examine the programs 
in more detail that the scope of the national evaluation or the 
standard State annual reports. They should also be designed to allow 
and prepare for subsequent outcome evaluation.
    An anticipated five grants of up to $100,000 for a 24 month period 
will be awarded for local outcome evaluations, in each of three cycles. 
Only applicants who have previously been awarded RSAT local process 
evaluation grants are eligible for awards in this phase. It is expected 
that outcome evaluations will address the same programs included in the 
local process evaluations, and build upon those evaluations.
    Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice 
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of ``Local 
Evaluations of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State 
Prisoners Program (1998)'' (refer to document no. SL000252). For World 
Wide Web access, connect either 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. 98-3790 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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