98-14568. Announcement of the Availability of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 1998 Discretionary Program Announcement: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30021-30022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14568]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[OJP (OJJDP)-1180]
RIN 1121-ZB17


Announcement of the Availability of the Office of Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 1998 Discretionary Program 
Announcement: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitations.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the Office of Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 1998 Discretionary Program 
Announcement: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program.

DATES: Due dates for receipt of applications are specified in the 
solicitations in the Program Announcement.

ADDRESSES: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 810 
Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General information about application 
procedures and copies of the Program Announcement (discusses the nature 
and purpose of the program and describes application requirements and 
deadlines) and the Application Kit (includes application forms and 
instructions that apply to all OJJDP funding opportunities) are 
available from OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (ordering and 
contact information is found in the Background section). Specific 
questions about the Program Announcement and related requirements 
should be directed to the Program Managers referenced in the Program 
Announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    This action is authorized under the Fiscal Year 1998 Appropriations 
Act, Pub.L. 105-119, 111 Stat. 2440 (November 26, 1997) under Title III 
of H.R. 3, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 8, 1997.

Background

    Prospective applicants should contact the Juvenile Justice 
Clearinghouse (JJC) for copies of the Program Announcement and 
Application Kit by calling 800-638-8736. To request that a copy be 
mailed to you, select option 2 or 3, and ask for SL 256 for the Program 
Announcement and SL 254 for the Application Kit. To have the 43-page 
Program Announcement faxed to you, call 800-638-8736 and select option 
1 to reach JJC's fax-on-demand service, then choose option 2, and enter 
9047. The Program Announcement and the Application Kit are also 
available on the Internet at www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm; see Grants and 
Funding or New Initiatives sections.

    Dated: May 28, 1998.
John J. Wilson,
Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 98-14568 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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