BJA seeks applicants to participate in NIJ's legislatively mandated evaluation of the Second Chance Act Grant Program. Applicants must be current or former recipients of SCA funds that are running reentry programs with clearly defined interventions and are ready for a randomized controlled trial and rigorous evaluation, per NIJ's expectations (outlined in Appendix A). Selected grantees will receive funds to support their participation in the NIJ evaluation and can use funds to support tasks related to the evaluation, including but not limited to: data collection and extraction or a program coordinator to ensure successful collaboration among key partners. Eligible applications will be peer reviewed, and the subsequent funding recommendations will be merit based and made in collaboration with NIJ.
None is available.
Applicants are expected to work collaboratively with BJA, NIJ, and NIJ's selected evaluation partner(s) to ensure the successful evaluation of their reentry programs. Objectives:
The following entities are eligible to apply:
Applicants must be current or former recipients of BJA Second Chance Act funds that are running reentry programs that are ready for a rigorous, randomized control trial evaluation. Applicants must have the capacity to enroll and randomly assign at least 300 participants (150 treatment, 150 control) during the project timeframe.
All applications were due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on April 28, 2020. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Up to $4,000,000 is available in total funding. Awards are up to $800,000. Project period is up to 48 months beginning on October 1, 2020. Cost sharing/matching is not required.