(FOA)-Pre-K-12
Conflict Resolution and Training Initiatives; January 6,
2020
Agency
The
JAMS Foundation
Description
The
mission of the JAMS Foundation is to provide financial assistance for conflict
resolution initiatives and share its dispute resolution experience and
expertise for the benefit of the public interest. To advance that mission, and
in partnership with the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), the
foundation has issued a Request for Proposal for the 2020 funding cycle of the
ACR/JAMS Foundation Initiative for Students and Youth, which seeks to support
conflict resolution education and training (CRE) for pre-K-12 students and
youth. Funding may support both youth in pre-K through twelfth grade as well as
adults working with these populations in ways that directly transfer CRE skills
from adults to the youth populations. Projects may occur in community, schools,
alternative education settings (online education, charter schools, afterschool
programs), government facilities (juvenile justice facilities, courts), and NGO
settings. While some proposals may include access to or the cooperation of
traditional K-12 school districts/schools, the funding opportunity also is
intended to provide potential financial support for CRE work in other
contexts.
Funding
awarded in 2020 is intended to support reductions in anti-social behavior in
the school building as well as outside the schoolhouse (e.g. field trips, on
the playground, etc.) and increases in the development of conflict resolution
education skills that modify the normative culture and enhance the school
climate.
Initiative
priorities include evidenced-based program(s); projects that build on the
current work of either the applicant or an applicant’s educational institution
and specifically aim to integrate conflict resolution skills in a manner that
educates youth (kindergarten through elementary school age) in a way that
demonstrably changes youth attitudes and behavior; and projects with the
potential to transform the school climate in each of the four following
dimensions: school safety, social and civil learning, relationships among peers
and with school personnel (respect for diversity), and school connectedness and
engagement (bonding).
Closing
Date:
Required
Pre-Proposals Due: January
6, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.jamsadr.com/files/uploads/documents/jams-foundation/acr-2020-nofa.pdf
Contact
Information
Cheryl
Jamison