The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for an eight-month periodto begin in September 2010. Work under this agreement will continue NIC’s High Performance Correctional Organizations Project that has been developed over the past four years. This project will consolidate the work into a guidebook to be placed in the public domain for use by correctional administrators. The project funded under this cooperative agreement will continue and extend the work of Building High Performance Correctional Organizations (BHPCO) and other NIC projects.
The intended outcome for this project will include creating a guidebook for jails, community corrections and prisons; developing ways to address agency inefficiencies that result from the lack of a holistic and integrated perspective; establishing a core set of values or guiding principles that agencies can apply to correctional disciplines to enhance business practices; improving organizational performance by assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, resources and threats; prioritizing goals and objectives; and containing costs associated with operating correctional agencies and systems.
DEADLINE: Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, August 2, 2010. Selection of the successful applicant and notification of review results will be announced to all applicants by September 30, 2010.
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