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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County Justice Advisory Council
Vendor:
1. Alternatives Schools Network, Chicago, Illinois
2. OAI, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
3. Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, Chicago, Illinois
4. UCAN, Chicago, Illinois
5. Westside Health Authority, Chicago, Illinois
6. Roseland Ceasefire, Chicago, Illinois
7. Northwest Side Housing Center, Chicago, Illinois
8. Enlace Chicago, 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. Alternatives Schools Network, $300,000.
2. OAI, Inc., $300,000.
3. Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, $300,000.
4. UCAN, $300,000.
5. Westside Health Authority, $300,000.
6. Roseland Ceasefire, $299,996.
7. Northwest Side Housing Center, $300,000.
8. Enlace Chicago, $300,000.
Contract period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2020
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2019 $1,999,998.00, FY 2020 $1,999,998.00
Accounts: 499-521313 Special or Cooperative Programs
Contract Number(s):
1. Alternatives Schools Network - 1853-17194A
2. OAI, Inc. - 1853-17194B
3. Precious Blood Ministry Of Reconciliation - 1853-17194C
4. UCAN - 1853-17194D
5. Westside Health Authority - 1853-17194E
6. Roseland Ceasefire - 1853-17194F
7. Northwest Side Housing Center - 1853-17194G
8. Enlace Chicago - 1853-17194H
Concurrences:
The contract-specific goal set on this contracts was zero.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary:
The Justice Advisory Council is requesting authorization for the Interim Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contracts with eight (8) community-based organizations. These contractors will provide violence prevention, intervention, and reduction services.
Alternatives Schools Network will provide an academic enrichment programs targeted at re-enrolled drop outs in alternative high schools in Humboldt Park and South Lawndale. This program, STOPP, includes academic supports, career emphasis, and behavioral therapy.
OAI, Inc. will provide a robotics technology collaborative which provides opportunities to address violence by training in special manufacturing skills and connecting with employment for 18 to 24 year old at risk of involvement with gun use and gangs. The program will target Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) residents living in Robbins and Chicago Heights, and will hold "build a laptop" camps at HACC.
Precious Blood Ministry Of Reconciliation will provide street outreach, violence interruption, case management and job readiness training for 90 14-26 year olds in New City and Englewood. The program would include funding a job developer who maintains relationships with supportive employers, a full time job coach, and a full time case manager.
UCAN will provide violence interruption, personalized mentoring, counseling, workforce development, and wraparound services for 12-26 year olds who have been victims of violence, perpetrators of violence and/or referrals from court agencies in North Lawndale.
Westside Health Authority will provide Project AVERT program which provides targeted youth education, employable skills and counseling for those under 25 re-entering their communities following detention. Services include pre-release case management, role modelling, and therapy; and post-release substance use counseling, job readiness and placement, and supportive services.
Roseland Ceasefire will provide outreach workers or violence interpreters to mitigate conflict before it turns violent. This program would be a violence interruption program with an education component. The program would serve Roseland and the South Suburbs, and the targeted population would be gang members involved in crime, who carry guns, with prior arrests, and/or victims of shootings.
Northwest Side Housing Center will provide safe spaces, de-escalation, self-regulation, mediation and implement restorative justice practices and trainings to address in-school suspensions, classroom disruptions, chronic truancy of overall medium and high-risk students referred by the school’s discipline team. The program is collaboration between Steinmetz high school, Northwest Side Housing Center and PCC Wellness Center to serve students from Steinmetz
Enlace Chicago will provide assessments and referrals of youth between the ages of 10 to 15 years in the Little Village Neighborhood to a number of organizations that could provide services based on the needs determined in the assessment. Enlace offers a large number of services both in house and through its partners. Enlace will also standardize data collection and referral practices throughout the nonprofit network in Little Village.
These contracts were awarded through the Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. The aforementioned vendors were selected based on the established evaluation criteria.
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