Strengthening Law Enforcement’s Partnerships with Women’s Justice Centers | INL17CA0031 INLWHPMEXICO 05022017

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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), is offering a discretionary federal assistance opportunity to fund a two-year program called "Strengthening Law Enforcement's Partnerships with Women's Justice Centers." The award will be made as a cooperative agreement, which generally means INL expects to have substantial involvement in how the project is carried out (for example, coordinating on program design, participant selection, scheduling, or content). The overall focus falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity area (CFDA 19.703).

The core project requirement is to design and implement a structured study tour program aimed at improving collaboration between law enforcement and Women's Justice Centers. The funded organization would be responsible for delivering a total of 12 study tours over the two-year period, organized as six iterations per year. Each study tour must be seven days long and serve 12 participants, resulting in 144 total participants trained or engaged through the tours across the full period of performance. In practical terms, this implies a repeatable, well-documented curriculum and logistics model that can be run multiple times with consistent quality, while also allowing room to adapt sessions based on participant needs and lessons learned from earlier tours.

Eligible applicants include a range of nonprofit and educational organizations: public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not higher education institutions). INL indicates it anticipates making up to five awards under this opportunity, with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $999,999 per award. The opportunity was created on May 2, 2017, with an original application closing date of July 3, 2017, under funding opportunity number INL17CA0031 (also referenced as INLWHPMEXICO 05022017).

At a program-design level, applicants would typically be expected to propose how the seven-day study tours will be structured to strengthen operational partnerships. That can include identifying the kinds of host sites and counterparts participants will observe, planning briefings and practical exchanges that translate into improved coordination with Women's Justice Centers, and establishing a participant experience that goes beyond observation by incorporating concrete tools, protocols, and relationship-building activities. Because the deliverable is a series of repeat tours, strong applications would normally describe a clear implementation plan covering recruitment/selection coordination, travel and security logistics, agenda development, facilitation and interpretation needs where relevant, and a monitoring and evaluation approach to track outcomes across all 12 tours rather than treating each tour as a standalone event.

In short, this grant is designed to fund an organization to run a multi-cohort, two-year study tour initiative (12 total tours, 144 participants) that directly supports stronger, more effective partnerships between law enforcement actors and Women's Justice Centers, backed by nearly up to $1 million per award through a cooperative agreement with INL and with up to five awards expected.

• The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening Law Enforcement’s Partnerships with Women’s Justice Centers" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.703.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 02, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 03, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $999,999.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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