SMART FY 2011 Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Training and Technical Assistance Program

The summary for the SMART FY 2011 Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Training and Technical Assistance Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	SMART FY 2011 Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Training and Technical Assistance Program
	CFDA Number:	16.203
	CFDA Description:	Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Discretionary Grant (CASOM)
	Federal Agency Name:	SMART
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	SMART-2011-2979
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 14, 2011
	Creation Date:	Apr 12, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 28, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 28, 2011
	Archive Date:	May 28, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	1,850,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	1,850,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: Since 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has administered the Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Program (CASOM). The CASOM Program is authorized for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance to sex offender management personnel in the areas of case management, treatment, and supervision. CASOM has supported the development of training curricula, publications, and a sex offender management model, the Comprehensive Approach to Sex Offender Management. This model promotes engagement of agencies and disciplines throughout the justice system including: law enforcement, victim advocacy, courts (including prosecution and defense), clinicians, social services, community and institutional corrections, and community supervision personnel. Courts play a vital role in collaborative sex offender management. Each of the estimated 728,000 registered sex offenders residing in communities nationwide has had contact with the court system for committing a sex offense and was sentenced. Whether a sentence involves incarceration or community supervision, there are assessment, treatment and monitoring considerations that must be taken into account at the time of sentencing. Judges must have a solid understanding of these tools and techniques as well as strategies that work in reducing recidivism to order effective sentencing measures. In acknowledgment of the need to increase judicial knowledge of the dynamics associated with sex offenses as well as successful supervision strategies for sex offenders, the SMART Office is requesting applications under the FY 2011 CASOM TTA Program to support judicial training and technical assistance regarding multidisciplinary sex offender management. Goals, Objectives, and DeliverablesThe goals of this solicitation are: (1) to provide judicial education on sex offender management with a focus on sentencing, re-entry, and post-release monitoring. Training curriculum should focus on how to enhance sentencing through promoting multidisciplinary sentencing practices and educate judges on supervision conditions known to address risk of recidivism, and (2) to provide targeted technical assistance to jurisdictions on a multidisciplinary approach to sex offender management with special emphasis on court/probation/parole collaboration. This technical assistance will focus on the individual needs of the jurisdiction and should be targeted to jurisdictions that had judicial participation in the training mentioned above.Applicants should leverage resources by using an existing judicial training curriculum to maximize the number of jurisdictions receiving training and technical assistance. It is expected that the curriculum proposed by the applicant will be updated under the grant to include training to meet the goals mentioned above and to obtain SMART Office approval. Applicants must demonstrate competency in the following: 1) expertise in sex offender management, particularly as it relates to judicial processing and multidisciplinary collaboration, 2) experience in providing training and technical assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions, agencies and disciplines, and (3) proficiency in the delivery of training at a regional and national level.Activities and deliverables will include: In the first year of the grant, provide a minimum of three regional judicial training sessions to a total of 250-300 chief and/or administrative judges from a minimum of 40 states, including the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Also in the first year of the grant, develop a technical assistance delivery plan detailing specific substantive technical assistance to be available to a minimum of five (5) jurisdictions. In years two and three of the grant, deliver jurisdiction-level multi-disciplinary training aimed at integrating the courts into the jurisdictions comprehensive approach to sex offender management to a minimum of 10 states, territories or local jurisdictions. Provide additional, limited technical assistance via phone, email and webinars, responsive to follow requests by judicial personnel who have attended a regional judicial training session provided through this grant.Amount and Length of AwardsOne award in the amount of $1.85 million will be made through a cooperative agreement for a period of 36 months. It is anticipated that any award that may be made under this solicitation should be awarded not later than September 30, 2011. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/funding/smartfy11casomtta.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Jacqueline O'Reilly Grant Program Specialist Phone 202-514-5024

point of contact [jacqueline.o'reilly@usdoj.gov]
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