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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Justice Advisory Council
Vendor:
1) OAI, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
2) BUILD, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
3) Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Chicago, Illinois
4) Youth Advocate Programs, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Violence Prevention, Intervention, & Reduction Services
Contract Value:
1) OAI, Inc., $199,974.86
2) BUILD, Inc., $200,000.00
3) Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, $200,000.00
4) Youth Advocate Programs, $200,000.00
Contract period: 8/1/2016 - 7/31/2017
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $400,000.00, FY 2017 $400,000.00
Accounts: 499-298
Contract Number(s):
1) OAI, Inc., 1653-15264A
2) BUILD, Inc., 1653-15264B
3) Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, 1653-15264C
4) Youth Advocate Programs, 1653-15264D
Concurrences:
The established goal for this contract is 0% MBE/ WBE participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: These represent the first FY 2016 - 2017 Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Reduction Grant Awards.
OAI, Inc.: This grant will fund a program that will serve young adults ages 18-29 from the South suburbs and the West side of Chicago. The program is a workforce development and peer mentoring with five levels of activity: 1) Outreach and engagement, 2) exposure, enrichment, and recruitment to STEM/Manufacturing opportunities, 3) productive life skills and peer supports, 4) technical skills training and job placement and 5) leadership development.
BUILD Inc.: This grant will fund a program that will serve fifty (50) youth ages 12 -19 in the Austin community. The program is Safe Space Safe Play and the components are community building, youth leadership, intensive mentoring, family and community engagement.
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council: This grant will fund a program that will serve eighty (80) youth in high school and middle school with school based therapy, mentoring, restorative justice, designed as an intervention to prevent and reduce truancy and other behavior that lead to drop out and high risk of violence. The program also includes a family engagement component.
Youth Advocate Programs: This grant will fund a program that will serve fifty (50) youth up to 21 years old that are identified as the highest risk by juvenile probation. Program components include: Wrap around services 24/7 crisis intervention, mentoring, supportive workforce development.
These were recommended through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. OAI, Inc., BUILD, Inc., Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Youth Advocate Programs were selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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