[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47591-47592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22660]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Community Policing to Combat Domestic Violence
AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services (``COPS'') announces the availability of grants to
provide funding for implementing innovative community policing
strategies to combat domestic violence to law enforcement agencies
which partner with eligible domestic violence victim advocacy
organizations.
The Community Policing to Combat Domestic Violence Initiative
(``COPS/DV Initiative'') permits agencies which have demonstrated a
solid community policing effort and are interested in specifically
turning their focus, or strengthening their already progressive focus,
towards domestic violence to apply for funding in partnership with an
agency which provides domestic violence victim advocacy. Eligible
applicants include State, local, and Indian law enforcement agencies
with demonstrated commitments to community policing. Victim service
agencies and organizations, domestic violence shelters, and non-profit,
nongovernmental victim service providers are encouraged to partner with
police agencies to apply under this program. Projects will be funded
for a one-year period. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
reference is 16.710.
DATES: COPS/DV Initiative Application Kits will be available on or
about September 9, 1995. Completed applications should be returned to
the COPS Office by November 17, 1995. Applications submitted after this
deadline will not be accepted.
ADDRESSES: COPS/DV Initiative Applications Kits may be obtained by
writing to COPS/DV Initiative, 1100 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 5th Floor,
Washington, D.C. 20530, or by calling the Department of Justice Crime
Bill Response Center, (202) 307-1480 or 1-800-421-6770. Completed COPS/
DV Initiative Application Kits should be sent to COPS/DV Initiative,
COPS Office, 1100 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
20530.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Department of Justice Crime Bill Response Center, (202) 307-1480 or
1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title I of the Violent Crime Control and Law
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Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-322) authorizes the Department of
Justice to make grants to increase the number of community oriented
policing officers on the streets and to support innovative community
policing projects. The COPS Office is offering the COPS/DV Initiative
to provide one-year grants to agencies which have a demonstrated
commitment to community policing to turn their focus, or strengthen
their already progressive focus, towards domestic violence.
All state, local, Indian Tribal, and other public law enforcement
agencies which are committed to using community policing to combat
domestic violence are eligible to apply for funding in partnership with
victim service agencies and organizations, domestic violence shelters,
and non-profit, nongovernmental victim service providers. Law
enforcement agency applicants must demonstrate that they are
implementing an exemplary community policing program and that they
currently train officers in community policing. Law enforcement agency
applicants must submit with their application a memorandum of
understanding between the agency and an eligible victim or community
service organization, specifying the roles of all parties involved in
the proposal and describing clearly the parameters of partnership
between the participants.
Applicants must apply under one of three funding categories: (1)
Domestic Violence Training with a Community Oriented Policing
Philosophy (up to $2,000,000 in funding, not to exceed $250,000 per
grant); (2) Problem Solving and Community Based Programs: Community
Policing Partnerships and Problem Solving Initiatives Focusing on
Domestic Violence (up to $5,000,000 in funding, not to exceed $200,000
per grant); or (3) Changing Police Organizations to be More Responsive
to Domestic Violence (up to $3,000,000 in funding, not to exceed
$150,000 per grant).
All applicants under the COPS/DV Initiative will be asked to
provide an Application Summary Sheet, a Project Narrative, and a Budget
Narrative. The Application Summary Sheet requests identifying
information on the applicant agency; a brief description of the
proposed project; and a brief description of the partnership between
the law enforcement agency applicant and an eligible victim services
organization. The Project Narrative requires a description of the
innovative community policing project proposed and a narrative
description of the law enforcement applicant agency's current community
policing plan and practices. The Budget Narrative requires a
description of the proposed project budget, including the
identification of local contributions of funds, if any, to the proposed
project.
Projects will be funded for a one-year period. The application
deadline for the COPS/DV Initiative is November 17, 1995. Applications
postmarked after this deadline will not be considered. An award under
the COPS/DV Initiative will not affect the eligibility of any agency to
apply to other COPS programs.
Dated: September 1, 1995.
L. Anthony Sutin,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 95-22660 Filed 9-12-95; 8:45 am]
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