Office of Justice Programs; Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Researcher- Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies for Domestic Violence

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12401]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Justice Programs; Announcement of the Availability of 
the National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Researcher-
Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants to Encourage Arrest 
Policies for Domestic Violence

National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1228]
RIN 1121-ZB61
AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of 
Justice ``Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants 
to Encourage Arrest Policies for Domestic Violence.''

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals is close of business June 30, 
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, sections 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 and 
42 U.S.C. 3796hh (1994).

Background.

    The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in collaboration with the 
Office of Justice Programs' Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), is 
soliciting proposals for researcher-practitioner partnerships to 
evaluate practitioner collaborations through the Grants to Encourage 
Arrest Polices under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 42 U.S.C. 
3796hh. The purpose of these researcher-practitioner partnerships is to 
provide jurisdictions receiving funds under the Grants to Encourage 
Arrest with the resources to implement locally based evaluations that 
are responsive to the needs of the jurisdiction and that contribute to 
our understanding of the issues nationally. Specifically, this 
solicitation provides support for locally conducted process evaluations 
of projects supported by the Grants to Encourage Arrest. The process 
evaluations should provide a thorough descriptive analysis of the 
issues being addressed by the project and the activities undertaken in 
formulating the project.
    Evaluation teams should include researchers, practitioners and 
victim advocates. The teams may focus on issues related to any of the 
program purposes or the Special Interest Categories of the Grants to 
Encourage Arrest Policies.
    Evaluations will be supported by cooperative agreements between the 
grantee and NIJ. NIJ, with input from VAWO, will consult with awardees 
concerning the nature of the collaboration, the specific research issue 
to be addressed as part of the collaboration, research approach, and 
other factors.
    Researcher-practitioner process evaluations will be funded at up to 
$75,000 each for up to 18 months. It is anticipated that up to six 
awards will be made available for evaluations in individual 
jurisdictions.
    Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice 
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of 
``Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships: Evaluations of Grants to 
Encourage Arrest Policies for Domestic Violence'' (refer to document 
no. SL000349). For World Wide Web access, connect either to NIJ at 
https://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice 
Information Center at https://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.
Jeremy Travis,
Director, National Institute of Justice
[FR Doc. 99-12401 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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