Opportunity INLEC-09-GR-003-EUR-12222008

The summary for the Opportunity INLEC-09-GR-003-EUR-12222008 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affair, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Opportunity INLEC-09-GR-003-EUR-12222008: Executive Summary: Through this Request for Applicationl (RFA), the United States Government, represented by the Department of State's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Asian, African and European Programs (INL/AAE), is pleased to announce an open competition for an assistance award with the Republic of Armenia as a target country for intervention of grant activities. INL/AAE invites U.S. non-profit/non-governmental qualified organizations actively operating in Armenia or the Caucasus to submit proposals with a strong focus on advocacy for, and implementation of, legal socialization activities for Armenian juveniles. The total Grant award for one to four years will be up to $800,000 - with up to $200,000 per year funded annually. I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DESCRIPTION Background According to the State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report, the Armenian government expressed a longstanding commitment to protecting children's rights and welfare, but it was neither able to allocate sufficient resources to create protective infrastructure nor able to introduce the necessary institutional reforms to fulfill this commitment. Different research sources indicate that social exclusion and poverty, grossly underfunded programs for youth, lack of out-of-school training and mentorship programs, lack of basic health care services, overt or concealed bribery in educational institutions, and seasonal or long-term emigration of one or both parents contributed significantly to the vulnerability of Armenian children to the negative influences of street culture, engagement in anti-social groups, development and demonstration of delinquent attitudes and behavior. In spite of the increased reporting on incidents of juvenile engagement in forced sexual relations, trafficking, labor, and substance abuse, neither the Armenian educational and law enforcement sectors nor communities have been proactive in designing risk-reducing legal socialization mechanisms and prevention-oriented training programs for Armenian youth. Although the efforts of the NGO sector have had a limited positive effect, a country-wide response to the large spectrum of challenges is needed. Child protection services and related specialists also need to adapt their conventional methods of case referral, control, treatment and justice processing. Armenian police have been ill-prepared as partners in providing solutions to these serious problems. Police can be an important resource in conveying critical knowledge and skills that are necessary for adolescents to be lawful citizens and to keep them out of trouble. Police are also in a unique position to be positive resources to parents and communities through youth friendly activities that embrace prevention, corrective and reparative processes. This has not been the traditional role of policing in Armenia, however, which is further compounded by a legacy of mistrust by the public concerning policing and law enforcement in general. On the whole, youth protection within the post-Soviet structures in Armenia has not yet shifted from the conventional "deficit-based" approaches to youth-centered participatory and cooperative prevention. To create a new paradigm that is "asset based" in its approach requires an investment in non-traditional law enforcement instructive programs for Armenian adolescents, parents and professionals operating in child education and protection agencies, services and facilities. Program Objectives INL/AAE is currently seeking an organization with the requisite capability and experience to provide training and technical support to appropriate professional teams and Armenian communities in preventing juvenile delinquency and implementing legal socialization programs and activities for Armenian youth. To reduce growing juvenile delinquency in Armenia, INL encourages proposals that act simultaneously on many fronts with prioritized attention to the following key action areas: - Educate the general public on legal socialization goals and promote effective cooperation between youth, families, schools, and community stakeholders in order to help young people develop cognitive, social, and emotional competence for preventing violence and independently conducting problems. - Develop and implement prevention-oriented core training programs to increase the capacity of legal, judicial and educational sector professionals on adolescents' legal socialization issues and alternative justice management. - Promote best practice training modules to be incorporated into the standard secondary school law curriculum. - Research, design and provide guidelines for youth delinquency management using non-conventional mechanisms to address juvenile offenders' immediate and long-term rehabilitation and correction needs. - Advocate for and initiate community-oriented policing programs for youth at risk. - Provide training for pre-service professionals including future psychologists, social workers, legal advocates, teachers, medical personnel, etc, emphasizing the identification and understanding of the complex needs of juvenile offenders with a goal of increased professional preparation for future service working in legal socialization. - Cultivate partnerships with relevant government agencies, indigenous NGOs, community-based groups, and with private citizens who can provide resources and other assistance in the advocacy of community based legal socialization programming for Armenian adolescents. - Closely cooperate with RA police, justice and other relevant structures for the adoption and expansion of the alternative juvenile justice best models and practices. - Monitor, review and comment on existing and proposed legislation affecting juvenile justice issues and engage juvenile justice professionals to evaluate and suggest improvements on the juvenile justice infrastructure. II. AWARD INFORMATION The anticipated award date is March 1, 2009, at which point the grant period will begin for one year with an option to extend for another three years. The total funding available for the grant will be up to $200,000. It is expected that for each of the following three years, INL will have available up to $200,000 to continue the grant, depending on appropriations and budgeting. Requested funding should be commensurate with the size and capacity of the organization and not to exceed $800,000. Type of Assistance instrument: Grant Program Authority: Section 635(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended. III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION Eligibility is limited to non-federal U.S. agencies and organizations. Universities and not-for-profit organizations subject to Section 501(c)3 of the tax code are included among entities eligible for funding under this announcement. Direct funding for non-U.S. institutions is not available under this announcement. Applicants must have a demonstrated expertise in the subject area of preventing juvenile delinquency and implementing legal socialization programs and activities for Armenian youth.
Federal Grant Title: Opportunity INLEC-09-GR-003-EUR-12222008
Federal Agency Name: International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affair
Grant Categories: Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity: Continuation
Funding Opportunity Number: INLEC-09-GR-003-EUR-12222008
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 00.000
CFDA Descriptions: Not Elsewhere Classified
Current Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2009
Original Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2009
Posted Date: Dec 22, 2008
Creation Date: Dec 22, 2008
Archive Date: Mar 02, 2009
Total Program Funding: $800,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $800,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $200,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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