E-ALERT: Volume 3, Number 18

TASK FORCE FOR FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Contract and Grant Opportunities

Pre-Solicitation Notice: Contract for Residential Reentry Center in South Dakota:

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking organizations to provide Residential Reentry Center services for male and female Federal offenders located Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Residential services include care, custody, control, accountability, and treatment, including subsistence. Faith-Based and Community-Based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. The solicitation will be available on or about September 2, 2006 and will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov. The estimated closing date of RFP 200-0932-NC will be on or about November 2, 2006.

QUESTIONS Regarding This Solicitation May Be Directed To: Sarah Ellis, Contract Specialist: Phone 202-307-3070, Fax 202-307-2780, Email sellis@bop.gov; Rebecca Canfield, Contract Specialist: Phone (202) 307-3070, Fax (202) 307-2780, Email rcanfield@bop.gov

YouthRising Grant Program

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth Service America are offering grants of up to $2,000 to support projects that engage high-risk and gang-involved youth in volunteer service. The goal of this initiative is to design and implement appropriate and creative service projects that engage such youth in service and develop their capacity for leadership and civic engagement. Projects should be youth-led. Faith- and community-based groups that have prior experience and documented success working directly with high-risk and/or gang-involved youth ages 12-25 are eligible to apply. The application deadline is 5:00 p.m., E.T., October 12, 2006. View solicitation here.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION About This Funding Opportunity, Visit http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm#nowavailable under “Youth Rising Grant”.

QUESTIONS Regarding This Solicitation May Be E-Mailed To: YouthRising@ysa.org.

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Task Force for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Telephone: (202) 514-2987
E-Mail: FBCI@usdoj.gov
Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/fbci

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