Three technical assistance awards will be given to conduct a state-based program that allows for attendance by participants from all parts of the agency (central office and the field) who influence and/or work with the population of women offenders. Using the NIC curriculum as a template, selections will be made from states already participating in an NIC initiative or involved in a significant transition.
Categories to be considered are (1) a state involved with the Transition from Prison to Community initiative, (2) a state department of corrections involved in a developmental change (i.e., adopting the Gender Informed Risk-Needs Classification System of NIC Women Offender Case Management Model,
(3) a state department of corrections involved in a transitional change (i.e., participation in the NIC program), and (4) an agency approach, a new mandate, or involvement in a mission change (i.e., facility conversion with specific agency areas of concern or interest addressed).

Audience

Wardens and senior operational supervisors in state and federal women’s prisons or central office personnel with operational and/or administrative responsibility for women’s prisons.