Grants / Department of Justice / National Institute of Corrections

21JD11: Objective Jail Classification Project

Closed Closed June 22, 2021 Opportunity 21JD11 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institute of Corrections notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$55,000
• Total funding$55,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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). Recipients, including for-profit organizations, must agree to waive any profit or fee for services.NIC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as sub-recipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire program.

Is this a realistic fit?

• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Objective Jail Classification (OJC) should be the heart of every jail’s operations. When incarcerated individuals are classified according to their risks and needs, proper management and rehabilitative programs can then be set to more successfully address them. Since the inception of NIC’s Point Additive Classification process, the field has seen increases in female intakes, changes in the levels of seriously mentally ill and substance-addicted arrestees. Violent gang membership has risen and rival members need to be kept separate but still have their needs addressed equitably. New laws such as the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) have been enacted, which specifically address many functions of a jail’s operation to increase inmate and staff safety need to be taken into account but were not part of the original process. Accurate inmate classification also plays a key role in determining facility designs for jurisdictions replacing outdated and/or dilapidating jails. Determining the security levels for housing areas, types of recreational and program spaces allows the funding authority to hone in on more precise expenses.

Category: Other.

We found no grant awards under Assistance Listing 16.602 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, which usually means the program is new or very small.

Applying now

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