NIGP 95283: Summer Youth Program

NIGP 95283 Summer Youth Program is an Item code under which state and local governments procure comprehensive youth services ranging from workforce development and career pathways to behavioral intervention, violence prevention, and out-of-school enrichment programming. Recent solicitations show school districts, workforce boards, counties, and cities purchasing internship preparation, mentorship programs, truancy diversion, mental health consultation, recreational programming, and crime prevention services targeting youth ages 12–24. The issuing-body mix spans independent school districts (Austin ISD, Tacoma Public Schools, Effingham County Schools), workforce development boards (Workforce Solutions Alamo, KentuckianaWorks, Southwest Georgia Workforce Development Board), county human services and juvenile justice departments (Montgomery County, Cuyahoga County, Spalding County, Bernalillo County, Los Alamos County, Boulder County), city government (Dallas, Phoenix, Madison, Salem, Detroit, Sandy Springs), and special-purpose authorities. Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Kentucky, and the Pacific Northwest, with scattered solicitations across the Midwest and Northeast. Representative recent opportunities include Workforce Solutions Alamo's RFP for Youth Workforce Services under WIOA (proposals due May 15, 2026, estimated annual budget $3.5 million for in-school and out-of-school youth ages 14–24 across thirteen Texas counties), Austin ISD's standing-vendor RFP for Fine Arts Instruction and Specialized Production Services (due August 4, 2026, five-year award with no minimum volume guarantee), KentuckianaWorks' RFP 260206 for Career Services for Disconnected Young Adults in Jefferson County (due April 20, 2026, $4 million first-year not-to-exceed funding), and Spalding County's RFP for a qualified managing entity to oversee Functional Family Therapy and Thinking for a Change (due July 21, 2026, $200,000 FY2027 award from Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council serving four counties).

The code reflects high fragmentation across issuing bodies and geographic regions with sustained procurement activity in workforce development, post-secondary youth transition, mental health and behavioral intervention, and community violence reduction. Evaluation criteria typically weight organizational capacity and experience (20–30 points), program design and service delivery approach (25–40 points), performance metrics and outcomes (15–35 points), and cost or budget (5–20 points). Many solicitations require evidence-based program models, demonstrated cultural competency, compliance with federal workforce or youth justice frameworks (WIOA, JJDPA, Title IV-E), and insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $5 million depending on service scope. Contract terms run one to five years with optional renewals contingent on funding availability and satisfactory performance. Set-aside and preference programs appear in some jurisdictions—MBE/WBE goals in Louisville Metro and Chicago, local-vendor preferences in Madison, SBE/VBE preferences in Washington State, and DBE participation mandates in Arizona—but are not universal. Recent demand spans suburban and rural regions equally, reflecting nationwide emphasis on at-risk youth engagement, workforce readiness, and delinquency prevention funded through federal WIOA, criminal justice, housing, and block-grant streams.