Slots: 1
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Contact RII.
LOI: N/A
External Deadline: June 5, 2023, 11:59pm ET.
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 1
Anticipated Award Amount: $100,000 for a 12-month period.
Who May Serve as PI:
NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal
organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of
higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education)
Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=347314
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
Safety Matters: Managing Relationships in Women’s Facilities is a research-based, gender-informed
training delivered to agency/jurisdiction teams of corrections professionals with responsibility for the safe
and effective management of women in correctional facilities. The focus of this program is providing
enhanced tools for correctional practitioners to address potentially dangerous and compromising
relationships that can occur within a women’s facility, while supporting the building of healthy and safe
relationships. The training blends virtual instructor-led training (VILT) and onsite classroom instructor-led
training (ILT) with a targeted ILT follow up training of staff trainers (TOT). Program content is drawn from
PREA-related National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics research and data specific to
sexual and physical safety in women’s prisons.
This project aims to satisfy the following objectives:
• Review and become familiar with the established curriculum, lesson plans, presentation slides, participant and trainer manuals, as well as any other adjunct training materials in preparation for program delivery.
• Delivery of the program will assist agencies/jurisdictions to:
o Build upon foundational training in gender-responsive practice and motivational interviewing skills and examine the intent and practical implementation of PREA standards specific to promoting safety in incarcerated women’s relationships.
o Explore key dynamics of incarcerated women’s behavior and relationships.
o Embrace the importance of institutional culture in promoting sexual, physical, and emotional safety in women’s facilities.
o Intervene effectively and mitigate inappropriate inmate sexual, physical, emotional relationships, and conflicts.
• Revise, edit, and modify any content and format of the curriculum, lesson plans, presentation slides, participant and trainer manuals, other adjunct training materials, applicant solicitationrelated materials, and websites and/or microsites as directed by the NIC Safety Matters program manager.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.