Opportunity Information: Apply for BJS 2018 14106
The National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2019-20 - Jails grant opportunity is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), designed to support the fourth administration of the National Inmate Survey under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 (Public Law 108-79). PREA directs BJS to conduct an annual, comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of sexual victimization in correctional settings, and it specifically calls for the use of surveys and other statistical studies involving current and former incarcerated people. This initiative was created in response to longstanding gaps in credible national research on the prevalence and nature of sexual violence in confinement, and it is meant to produce standardized, facility-level measures that can inform policy, oversight, and prevention efforts.
This award sits within BJS's broader National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRS), which is the umbrella program established to implement PREA's data-collection requirements. NPRS includes four distinct efforts that each measure sexual victimization from different vantage points: the Survey on Sexual Victimization (SSV), which captures incidents reported to and investigated by correctional authorities and includes details on substantiated cases; the National Inmate Survey (NIS), which gathers self-reported experiences and allegations of sexual assault directly from incarcerated adults and juveniles in facilities; the National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), focused on youth held in juvenile facilities; and the National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS), which asks formerly incarcerated people under community supervision about sexual victimization during their most recent incarceration. Although these collections are not designed to be directly comparable because they use different frames, methods, and populations, together they provide a more complete picture of prevalence, circumstances, and characteristics of sexual victimization across correctional systems.
The specific purpose of this opportunity is to fund, through a cooperative agreement, a single "collection agent" responsible for administering NIS-4. The NIS uses an Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) approach, a method intended to increase privacy and reduce barriers to reporting sensitive experiences by allowing respondents to answer questions via a computerized interface with audio support. The survey is administered to sampled individuals inside correctional facilities and is used to estimate the prevalence of sexual assault at the facility level, producing statistics that can be used for national reporting and analysis as required by PREA.
The core activities supported by the award include designing and drawing a national sample of facilities and incarcerated persons, implementing field data collection inside selected sites, and completing the full cycle of data processing, analysis, and reporting. The facility sample described includes federal and state-operated prisons as well as privately operated prisons that house people under federal or state jurisdiction; the announcement emphasizes that the collection agent must handle administration of the instrument to sampled inmates and carry out all associated tasks needed to deliver usable statistical outputs. In practice, that scope implies coordinating with correctional agencies, managing logistics for on-site survey administration, maintaining consistent procedures across facilities, ensuring data quality, and producing analytical products aligned with BJS requirements and PREA reporting needs.
Administratively, the opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number BJS 2018 14106, categorized under Information and Statistics, using a Cooperative Agreement funding instrument. The CFDA number listed is 16.739. The anticipated award structure is a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $7,000,000. The opportunity was created on April 19, 2018, with an original closing date of June 14, 2018. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text of the solicitation, indicating that applicants may extend beyond typical government entities depending on the specific eligibility language provided in the complete announcement.
Overall, this solicitation is aimed at selecting one qualified organization to serve as BJS's operational partner for NIS-4, executing a large-scale, nationally representative survey effort inside correctional facilities using ACASI methods, and delivering the resulting statistical estimates and analyses that support PREA's mandate to measure and understand sexual victimization in custody.Apply for BJS 2018 14106
- The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in the information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2019-20 - Jails" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.739.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 19, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 14, 2018. (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 $7,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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