FY19 Site-Based PREA Support Implementation

Authorized under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Site-Based PREA Implementation supports jurisdictions nationwide to effectively implement the National PREA Standards. The national training and technical assistance provider will continue to deliver strategic support and targeted assistance to BJA’s PREA grantees, and to jurisdictions that have submitted PREA assurances to DOJ and reallocated not less than five percent of BJA’s Byrne JAG funds to implement the National PREA standards. Program funds will be used to identify and mobilize a team of expert practitioners to provide tailored and individualized support to grantees on an as-needed basis to deliver effective technical assistance to implement the National PREA Standards, and zero tolerance cultures related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. The recipient will continue to partner with subject matter experts to develop resources and provide site-based technical assistance to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions who oversee prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, community confinement facilities, and lockups, implement the National PREA Standards, to prevent sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. NCA/NCF

Authorized under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Site-Based PREA Implementation supports jurisdictions nationwide to effectively implement the National PREA Standards. The national training and technical assistance provider will deliver strategic support and targeted assistance to BJA’s FY2019 PREA grantees, and to jurisdictions that have submitted PREA assurances to DOJ and reallocated not less than five percent of BJA’s Byrne JAG funds to implement the National PREA standards. Program funds will be used to identify and mobilize a team of expert practitioners to provide tailored and individualized support to grantees on an as-needed basis to deliver effective technical assistance to implement the National PREA Standards, and zero tolerance cultures related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. Impact Justice will partner with The Moss Group, Just Detention International, and the Vera Institute to develop resources and provide site-based technical assistance to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions who oversee prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, community confinement facilities, and lockups, implement the National PREA Standards, to prevent sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. CA/NCF

Authorized under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Site-Based PREA Implementation supports jurisdictions nationwide to effectively implement the National PREA Standards. The national training and technical assistance provider will deliver strategic support and targeted assistance to BJA’s FY2019 PREA grantees, and to jurisdictions that have submitted PREA assurances to DOJ and reallocated not less than five percent of BJA’s Byrne JAG funds to implement the National PREA standards. Program funds will be used to identify and mobilize a team of expert practitioners to provide tailored and individualized support to grantees on an as-needed basis to deliver effective technical assistance to implement the National PREA Standards, and zero tolerance cultures related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities.

Impact Justice will partner with The Moss Group, Just Detention International, and the Vera Institute to develop resources and provide site-based technical assistance to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions who oversee prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, community confinement facilities, and lockups, implement the National PREA Standards, to prevent sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities.

CA/NCF

Impact Justice (IJ) proposes to lead the Site-Based PREA Implementation Support under Category 4, Competition ID: BJA-2019-15108, in partnership with The Moss Group, (TMG), Just Detention International (JDI), and the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera). The leadership at IJ, which currently runs the PREA Resource Center (PRC), as well as its partners at TMG, JDI, and Vera have been at the vanguard of PREA training and technical assistance (TTA) for more than a decade. Collectively, this group has unparalleled insight into the challenges that face corrections and law enforcement in the work to overcome sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement, and unmatched experience helping agencies apply solutions to those challenges. 

IJ proposes to partner with TMG, JDI, and Vera to deliver exceptional TTA in response to critical needs among adult and juvenile corrections agencies and law enforcement. IJ will work with TMG, JDI, and PMO to assign TMG and JDI as lead TA providers and coaches to each of the ten FY2019 PREA grantees, and to serve as coaches for each of the Byrne/JAG PREA reallocation award grantees. IJ proposes to continue to manage responses to all field-initiated requests for PREA information and TTA through its PRC portal; to triage requests and use a group of ten expert practitioners as well as staff at TMG and JDI to provide remote TA in response to most requests for assistance; and to assign TMG, JDI, and Vera to engage in at least one advanced TA each in response to needs that lend themselves to longer-term engagement and the development of replicable lessons and tools. And IJ proposes to move one local and one state agency toward sustainable compliance with PREA through a careful process of needs and cultural assessment and wrap-around assistance throughout the steps of an action plan, drawing on the expertise of its staff and partners. Every TA engagement IJ undertakes with its partners in this award will generate important information about trends in PREA implementation and barriers to implementation. And the deeper engagements by leading field experts will allow IJ to provide the PRC with tools, resources, and knowledge it can share widely with prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, community confinement facilities, lockups and allied professionals working to achieve PREA’s ambitious goals.

Impact Justice (IJ) proposes to lead the Site-Based PREA Implementation Support under Category 4, Competition ID: BJA-2019-15108, in partnership with The Moss Group, (TMG), Just Detention International (JDI), and Activating Change, a new organization of staff formerly with Vera Institute for Justice, focused on eliminating violence, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and Deaf people The leadership at IJ, which currently runs the PREA Resource Center (PRC), as well as its partners at TMG, JDI, and Activating Change, have been at the vanguard of PREA training and technical assistance (TTA) for more than a decade. Collectively, this group has unparalleled insight into the challenges that face corrections, juvenile justice and law enforcement in the work to overcome sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement, and unmatched experience helping agencies apply solutions to those challenges. 

    IJ proposes to partner with TMG, JDI, and Activating Change to deliver exceptional TTA in response to critical needs among adult corrections, juvenile justice agencies and law enforcement. IJ will work with TMG, JDI, and PMO to assign TMG and JDI as lead TA providers and coaches to each of the BJA site-based PREA grantees, and to serve as coaches for each of the Byrne/JAG PREA reallocation award grantees. IJ proposes to continue to manage responses to all field-initiated requests for PREA information and TTA through its PRC portal; to triage requests and use a group of expert practitioners as well as staff at TMG and JDI to provide remote TA in response to most requests for assistance; and to assign TMG, JDI, and Activating Change to engage in at least one advanced TA each in response to needs that lend themselves to longer-term engagement and the development of replicable lessons and tools. And IJ proposes to pre-test and begin to pilot a culture assessment tool, in collaboration with our partners, with the aim of creating a resource that can be used by agencies around the country to support meaningful culture change work. Every TA engagement IJ undertakes with its partners in this award will generate important information about trends in PREA implementation and barriers to implementation. And the deeper engagements by leading field experts will allow IJ to provide the PRC with tools, resources, and knowledge it can share widely with prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, community confinement facilities, lockups and allied professionals working to achieve PREA’s ambitious goals.