Opportunity Information: Apply for 23CS20
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, is offering a cooperative agreement under the funding opportunity titled "Re-Thinking Evidence-Based Practice Publications" (Opportunity Number 23CS20, CFDA 16.603). The project sits within NICs broader mission to strengthen public safety by improving correctional policy and practice through leadership, learning, and innovation. This solicitation focuses specifically on modernizing NICs long-standing publications on evidence-based practices (EBPs) in community corrections, which have been widely used for years but now need updating to reflect more recent research and the practical realities of implementation.
The opportunity builds on a 2020 NIC-funded effort that began revising and expanding four influential EBP resources originally published between 2004 and 2011: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Corrections: The Principles of Effective Intervention (2004), the Quality Assurance Manual (2005), Implementing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Community Corrections, Second Edition (2008), and Putting the Pieces Together: Practical Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices (2011). While these materials still shape how agencies think about EBPs, NIC notes that parts of the content have become outdated, especially because they do not fully incorporate implementation science and other important developments that have emerged over the last decade-plus. In other words, the goal is not just to refresh language, but to bring the content in line with current evidence about how EBPs are actually adopted, supported, sustained, and improved inside real community supervision organizations.
A central feature of this initiative is a shift away from static, printed manuals and toward a digital, user-centered approach. Instead of producing another set of traditional publications, NIC intends to house the updated content on a dedicated microsite within the NIC website. The microsite is designed to be more accessible and actionable by organizing information around the needs of different users inside a community supervision agency, rather than forcing everyone to navigate the same book-length document. Content will be structured for four key audiences: community supervision staff, supervisors, executives, and implementation support staff. For each audience, the microsite will emphasize the specific tasks, responsibilities, skills, and competencies they need in order to contribute to successful EBP implementation, recognizing that what a line officer needs day-to-day can differ substantially from what a supervisor, agency leader, or quality improvement specialist needs.
The solicitation also reflects strong practitioner and academic input gathered during the earlier phase of work. Those stakeholders encouraged NIC to make the materials more responsive to the interests and concerns of staff at different organizational levels and to provide practical tools that can be used quickly in the field. Examples of these tools include briefs, checklists, videos, and infographics, along with content that captures real-world experience through testimonials and "lessons learned." An additional foundational deliverable already completed is a content restructuring plan, which guides how future material should be selected, organized, and delivered to keep it practical, navigable, and consistent across the microsite.
As of the time the solicitation was written, NIC reports that content development and restructuring for one of the four target audiences, community supervision staff, has been completed. That finished section will serve as the template and guide for building the remaining microsite content for supervisors, executives, and implementation support roles. The current funding opportunity is therefore aimed at continuing and completing that broader transformation, ensuring the remaining sections are developed in a way that aligns with the established structure, incorporates contemporary EBP and implementation science research, and results in a cohesive digital resource that agencies can use to strengthen practice.
Key administrative details include an award ceiling of $150,000, with NIC expecting to make one award. The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates NIC expects substantial involvement or collaboration during the project rather than a hands-off grant. The opportunity was created on March 21, 2023, with an original closing date of May 22, 2023, and eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the official eligibility section of the solicitation.Apply for 23CS20
- The Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Re-Thinking Evidence-Based Practice Publications" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.603.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 21, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 22, 2023. (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 $150,000.00 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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