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Opportunity Summary:

The SMART FY 13 Sex Offender Management Fellowship Program was a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) SMART Office funding opportunity designed to place two fellows in roles that support national sex offender management priorities through practical, cross-agency collaboration rather than independent academic research. The program was offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning the selected fellows would be expected to work closely with SMART staff and coordinate actively with other DOJ and Office of Justice Programs (OJP) components. The overall intent was to strengthen how jurisdictions approach sex offender management by (1) better integrating sexual violence prevention and education into management policies and practices, and (2) building a clearer, evidence-informed picture of sex offender management and treatment/reentry services in Indian Country, including both juvenile and adult populations.

The SMART Office planned to fund exactly two fellowship positions. The first fellowship focused on sexual violence prevention and education programming as it relates to sex offender management, with an emphasis on identifying effective prevention approaches, bridging the traditional divide between victim-service perspectives and perpetrator-management systems, and supporting multi-level prevention efforts (primary, secondary, and tertiary). The second fellowship focused on sex offender management in Indian Country, specifically investigating what juvenile and adult sex offender treatment and reentry services actually exist for tribal communities, what tools or program models are being used (or could be adapted), and what gaps, barriers, and promising practices can be documented to guide future federal support. In both tracks, the fellowships were framed as service-oriented, policy-and-practice support roles: applicants proposing narrowly personal or standalone topics were deemed non-responsive, and the solicitation made a point that the awards were not meant to underwrite individual academic pursuits.

A major structural feature of the program was its multidisciplinary and interoffice approach. Fellows were expected to work across OJP program offices such as the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, and Bureau of Justice Statistics, and also coordinate with the Office on Violence Against Women and other federal partners as relevant. This was not incidental; it was central to the fellowship concept. The fellows were meant to map existing resources and programs across the federal landscape, understand how those resources are developed and delivered, and then translate that information into usable products (fact sheets, literature reviews, assessments, presentations, and recommendations) that SMART could apply in forums, newsletters, planning initiatives, and guidance to jurisdictions.

For Fellowship Category 1 (Prevention and Education Programming in Sex Offender Management), the fellow would concentrate on expanding and strengthening prevention and education strategies tied to sexual violence and victimization. Core activities included summarizing prevention and education programs and resources across DOJ and other federal agencies, documenting how those resources were created, and producing concise fact sheets that clearly describe each office's efforts. The fellow would also help SMART identify and adapt relevant social marketing and public health campaigns (including those outside the sex offender management field) that could realistically shift public attitudes. Another key task was reviewing and evaluating education curricula for both current practitioners and future professionals, then developing recommendations that highlight promising practices and practical ways to promote them. The position also anticipated ongoing support tasks like drafting reports, presentations, and other materials for SMART leadership; participating in stakeholder meetings and professional development; and conducting site visits when requested to assess prevention and education models being implemented in the field. Deliverables for this category emphasized written and presented products, including an assessment of research and campaigns, an evidence-focused literature review, recurring activity/recommendation reports to SMART leadership, actionable recommendations on how SMART can broaden its prevention and education scope, and a final report capturing accomplishments, challenges, and suggestions to improve the fellowship program itself.

For Fellowship Category 2 (Investigate and Research Juvenile and Adult Sex Offender Treatment and Reentry Services in Indian Country/Tribal Communities), the fellow would focus on understanding the on-the-ground reality of treatment and reentry services for Native communities and supporting SMART in developing a more coordinated approach to resources and guidance. Activities included developing, with SMART and other DOJ offices, a strategy to collect and centralize evidence-based information, research, best practices, and training materials consistent with SMART's Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative (SOMAPI). The fellow would identify DOJ-managed programs relevant to juvenile and adult treatment services, produce fact sheets describing them, and flag promising practices. A central expectation was to inventory sex offender management programs and policies in Indian Country through multiple methods, including direct outreach to tribal jurisdictions, and to conduct literature reviews on both sex offender management in Indian Country and victim services related to sexual violence in Indian Country. The fellow would also compile a list of experts in tribal criminal justice and sex offending issues and help SMART staff convene an interdisciplinary forum where these experts could share knowledge and generate recommendations. Additional tasks included drafting talking points, presentations, articles, and conducting site visits where appropriate; travel was explicitly anticipated to support the work. Deliverables mirrored the first track in structure: an assessment of research, a focused literature review on treatment and reentry services in Indian Country, support for planning and executing the expert forum with resulting recommendations, regular reporting to SMART leadership to inform communications and convenings, practical guidance recommendations for tribal communities, and a final report summarizing results and lessons learned.

From an applicant and administrative standpoint, the opportunity was open to individuals (not organizations), required applicants to clearly select and label which fellowship topic they were applying for, and allowed applying to more than one fellowship only if separate applications were submitted for each. Failure to identify the topical area as instructed (including placement in SF-424 box 11, the abstract, and the narrative) would make an application non-responsive. The program anticipated two awards with an estimated total funding of $450,000, an award ceiling of $250,000, and no cost sharing or matching requirement. The funding opportunity (SMART 2013-3590) was posted April 18, 2013, with a closing date of June 3, 2013, and it fell under CFDA 16.750 (Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program). For official details, SMART referenced a PDF announcement hosted on smart.gov and listed Faith Baker (Associate Director) as the contact for access issues.

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