Competitive Technical Assistance Grant Announcement to Address Advanced, Intractable Problems and Issues with Sustaining Robust Sexually Safe Cultures and Compliance with PREA Standards

Proposed uses of funds from this solicitation are limited to projects that support continued compliance with the PREA standards and sustainability of organizational cultures that ensure and enhance sexual safety. Proposals should address unique needs, intractable special issues, or creative ideas in jurisdictions directly related to continued and enhanced PREA compliance and robust cultures of sexual safety.

To access the application, please click here.  

This application closed on August 16, 2017.

Questions about any aspect of the solicitation must be submitted via email to Michelle Duhart-Tonge at [email protected].

All questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, July 19, 2017. All questions that have been submitted in writing prior to the deadline will be answered in writing and posted to the PREA Resource Center web page no later than Tuesday, July 25, 2017.

Questions and Answers regarding the solicitation


Q1. Can more than one proposal be submitted?
 
Answer: For this solicitation, two submissions are permissible by the same entity. Every effort will be made to award six diverse proposals that address unique needs, intractable special issues, or creative ideas directly related to continued and enhanced PREA compliance and robust cultures of sexual safety.
 
Q2. Are State agencies eligible to apply?
 
Answer: Eligibility for these awards is limited to national organizations with demonstrated and advanced knowledge and experience in providing technical assistance and consulting services to state, local, and federal agencies and entities related to implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. State agencies are not eligible to apply, but are eligible and encouraged to partner with a national organization's application to be the recipient of technical assistance under the award.