The U.S. Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services (Agencies) are requesting applications for a national evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. The overarching goal of the evaluation is to document the effectiveness of collaborative community efforts to promote safe schools and provide opportunities for healthy childhood development. The evaluation will demonstrate how community collaborative efforts develop, function, and facilitate change within community institutions and within individuals. Further, the evaluation must explore each of the six individual components of the collaboration:
- School safety.
- Alcohol and other drug and violence prevention and intervention programs.
- School and community mental health preventive and treatment intervention services.
- Early childhood psychosocial and emotional development programs.
- Education reform.
- Safe school policies.
The collaborative and each of the six facets must be examined in terms of surveillance, process, and intensive outcome analyses. Applicants are encouraged to review the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Program Announcement for detailed information about the initiative. The Program Announcement is available at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org or by calling the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-8736. The period of performance for the evaluation is anticipated to be for 5 years (September 1999 to September 2004).
The Agencies will competitively award one cooperative agreement under this solicitation. Given the evaluation's purpose, the overall evaluation design is intended to carefully document both the process and the outcome aspects of the initiative. The design should encompass the formation of community collaborations, the impact of these collaborations on school safety and healthy student development, economic analyses, and surveillance of core indicators.
Applications are invited from eligible public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals. Applicants must demonstrate that they have experience in evaluating broad-based community initiatives. Private, for-profit organizations must agree to waive any profit or fee. Joint applications from two or more eligible applicants are welcome, as long as one is designated the primary applicant (for purposes of correspondence, awards, and management) and any others as coapplicants.
This Application Package provides eligible applicants with the information necessary to submit an application for the National Evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative.
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