JAMS Mini-Grant 2019
Solicitation Title: JAMS Mini-Grant 2019
Funding Amount: $12,000
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Solicitation Link: https://www.nafcm.org/page/ResourceNews
Overview
<p>The JAMS Foundation and National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) are pleased to announce the sixth Community Mediation Mini-Grant Program (“Program”). Prison Re-entry and Re-integration: This is an opportunity to focus on conflict related to employment, education, family and community involvement for those who are recently released or scheduled to be released from the criminal justice system. These services should be able to be replicated by community mediators as a path for sustainability and growth for the field of community mediation, as well as to inform the development of training, evidence-based strategies, policy and research at the national level as well.</p> <p>The Mini-Grant Program is designed to encourage creativity and variation based on research. Service strategies will be developed through the implementation of the “Listening for Action” Leadership Process and strengthened by at least one policy or procedure change developed and locally implemented over a two-year period. Mini-grant recipients will work together throughout the grant period anchored in the Learning Community. The Learning Community is a structured and collaborative peer working group facilitated by NAFCM. This structure serves as an incubator for innovation by aiding in the development of “good practices.” All written materials developed through these grants will be shared with community mediation centers and mediators across the continent. By distributing these materials, sharing programmatic resources, providing training, and developing national partnerships, NAFCM supports the replication of these service models and ensures the Program’s impact on an international level.</p> <p>The learning community will meet twice a month for the first five months, and monthly thereafter using a specified on-line meeting platform. This community will follow the “Listening for Action” structured guidance offered by NAFCM that is intended to strengthen the unique work of each project as well as create an executive learning environment that allows the members to grow both individually and professionally.</p>
Other Information:<div>The first phase of the program selection process is a submission of interest. There are two priority considerations in the Solicitation of Interest (SI): Priority will be given to projects that, in addition to assisting individuals who are encountering conflict in such areas as employment or housing or education or domestic relations, </div> <ol> <li>also seeks to develop collaborative community relationships to effect positive systemic change in regard to prisoner re-entry and re-integration (Hallmark 8); and,</li> <li>also works to engage in public awareness and educational activities about the values of using community mediation for prisoner re-entry and re-integration (Hallmark 9).</li> </ol> <div>An informational conference call will be held on March 19th, 2019 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. There is a limited number of spaces for this teleconference. To obtain the link for the conference please send a notice of interest to NAFCM at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</div> <div></div>Last Updated:
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