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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Justice Advisory Council
Vendor:
1) Lawndale Christian Legal Center, Chicago, Illinois
2) Growing Home, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
3) VOCEL Viewing Our Children as Emerging Leaders NFP, Chicago, Illinois
4) Fathers Who Care, Chicago, Illinois
5) Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School, Chicago, Illinois
6) Prevention Partnership, Chicago Illinois
7) James Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, Evanston, Illinois
8) Latinos Progresando, 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: $40,000.00 per vendor
Contract period: 11/1/2016 - 10/31/2017
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $160,000.00 FY 2017 $160,000.00
Accounts: 499-298
Contract Number(s):
1) Lawndale Christian Legal Center, 1653-15493A
2) Growing Home, Inc., 1653-15493B
3) VOCEL Viewing Our Children as Emerging Leaders NFP, 1653-15493C
4) Fathers Who Care, 1653-15493D
5) Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School, 1653-15493E
6) Prevention Partnership, 1653-15493F
7) James Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, 1653-15493G
8) Latinos Progresando, 1653-15493H
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Justice Advisory Council seeks to award eight (8) Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Reduction Demonstration Grants to provide various services and/or programs listed below. These represent the second FY 2016-2017 Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Reduction Grant Awards.
Lawndale Christian Legal Center: This grant will fund a program that will serve 150 youth with an average age of 17 years old in the North Lawndale community with integrated legal and social services. Program components include one-on-one mentoring, after school programming, job readiness training and employment opportunities, and on-site mental health services.
Growing Home: This grant will fund a program that will serve 60 individuals ages 18-60 in the Englewood community. This program is a 14-week transitional job training program for individuals with barriers to employment rooted in fieldwork for farming and agriculture. The program includes case management and a comprehensive job readiness curriculum.
VOCEL Viewing Our Children as Emerging Leaders: This grant will fund a program that will serve 96 children and parents in the Austin and West Garfield Park community. The Strengthening Families Approach consists of parents and child interacting in preschool classroom, parent discussion group, and one-on-one home visits.
Fathers Who Care: This grant will fund the Too Good for Violence Youth Leadership program that will serve 15 youth ages 10-18 and ten parent/mentors in the West Garfield Park community. Program components include mentoring, life skills training and community outreach.
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School: This grant will fund a program that will serve 35 high school students in the Humboldt Park community. The Project Home Place program components include workforce development in robotics and bio-engineering and engagement in mindfulness and meditation practices.
Prevention Partnership: This grant will fund the Healthy Education Lifestyle Project (HELP) that will serve 30 high risk youth ages 13-19 in the Austin community. Program components include implementation of an evidence based Social Norms Marketing Campaign to identify and solve underage drinking, violence, bullying problems, along with career exploration.
James Moran Center for Youth Advocacy: This grant will fund a program that will serve 200 to 300 youth age 21 years and under in the Evanston community with legal advocacy. Program components include restorative justice, integrated social work services and client and community rebuilding.
Latinos Progresando: This grant will fund the Peaceful Lives, Peaceful Communities program that will serve 50 youth ages 13-24 and 180 adults in the Little Village and Pilsen communities. Program components include psycho-educational groups for the youth, domestic violence workshops for parents, a domestic violence awareness campaign called Domestic Balance and a neighborhood Peace March.
These contracts are awarded through the Request for Proposal (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. These service providers were selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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