Curriculum development: Training for correctional industries directors

The National Institute of Corrections’ Transition and Offender Workforce Development and Academy divisions are offering a single grant for the development a “competency based, blended modality training curriculum that will provide Correctional Industries Directors with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to set organizational priorities, identify strategic objectives, create measurable goals, establish collaborative partnerships, utilize current labor market information, and provide specialized services and programming that support the offenders’ long term attachment to the labor force.”

No financial terms were specified in the grant announcement, whose funding opportunity number is 10A30. Any public or private agency, educational institution, organization, individual or team with expertise in the described areas is eligible to apply.

Closing date for grant applications is February 12, 2010.

For additional information, contact Pamela Davison at 202-353-0484.