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The SMART FY 2023 Fellowship Program: Sex Offender Registry Law Enforcement Liaison and Sexual Violence Prevention Fellowships solicitation is now open for applications.
The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) is seeking applications for funding under the SMART FY 2023 Fellowship Program.
This new program will support two fellowship positions: a Sex Offender Registry Law Enforcement Liaison and a Sexual Violence Prevention Fellow.
Sex Offender Registry Law Enforcement Liaison
This fellow will assist SMART Office staff in providing SORNA jurisdictions with guidance to obtain or maintain substantial implementation of SORNA. This fellow will work to enhance the capacity of states to substantially implement SORNA, support the SMART Office?s efforts to increase substantial implementation of SORNA, and conduct outreach and engagement activities with the field to raise public awareness of SORNA, sex offender registration and community notification.
Eligible applicants are limited to individuals who have worked in a law enforcement or other criminal justice setting. Organizations are also eligible to apply but must identify an individual as the proposed fellow in the application. Individuals should have at least five years of criminal justice experience in sex offender registration or sex offender management. Applicants should have knowledge of sex offender registry systems and the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act (SORNA).
Additional details about the role and the eligibility requirements can be found in the solicitation.
Sexual Violence Prevention Fellow
The purpose of this fellowship is to support the SMART Office?s activities that help to address the prevention of sexual violence and improve management of those convicted of sexual offenses through research and practice. This fellow will examine sexual violence prevention efforts, victim assistance programming and sex offender management practices to help identify the needs of the field and potential best practices and bring this information to the SMART Office. The fellow will collaborate with SMART Office staff and practitioners in the field to provide critical outreach and subject matter expertise to help translate this information into practice. The fellow will also identify programs and policies focused on addressing the needs of victims of sexual violence to enhance coordination with other law enforcement and criminal justice programming and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Eligible applicants are limited to individuals, academic institutions and nonprofit organizations. Academic institutions and nonprofit organizations must identify an individual as the proposed fellow in the application. Individuals must demonstrate knowledge of and familiarity with SORNA, sex offender registration and notification legislation and policy; have extensive experience with sex offender management, victims? issues, sexual violence prevention and educational programming; and be able to support technical assistance activities, training and other needs of the SMART Office.
Additional details about the role and the eligibility requirements can be found in the solicitation.
How to Apply
Step 1: Grants.gov Deadline: July 31, 2023, by 11:59 p.m., Eastern time
Before applying in JustGrants, applicants must register with Grants.gov and submit an SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. ET, July 31, 2023.
Step 2. JustGrants Deadline: August 14, 2023, by 5 p.m., Eastern time
The full application must be submitted in JustGrants by 5 p.m. ET, August 14, 2023.
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