11-Exhibit 3 - Glossary of Terms.pdf

Glossary of Terms

For the purposes of this RFP, the following underlined terms shall be defined as:

Agreement: The written document between the City of Dallas and a service provider, which contains the terms and conditions of the services that includes a written statement of work, or the specifications including special provisions and the Application.

Applicant: 501c3 Non-profit organizations applying in response to this RFP or any other status that would be applicable.

Application: The written Application duly submitted to the City of Dallas by an organization to perform a contract for work described in the RFP specifications at a specified price.

Authorized Individual: Person appointed by the Organization who can legally sign documents binding the organization.

Human Trafficking: The use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a commercial sex or labor act, or in which the person induced into commercial sex is a minor. The Trafficking Victims

Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations recognize and define two primary forms of human trafficking (U.S. Department of Justice):

• Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age. (22 U.S.C. §

7102(11)(A)).

• Forced labor is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. (22 U.S.C. §

7102(11)(B)).

• While the above are the legally recognized definitions of human trafficking, the City recognizes not all cases of victimization rise to the level where it is prosecuted as such.

Accordingly, for this RFP, eligible survivors include adults (18 and up) who are high-risk, those who are past or current victims (based on the agency’s individual assessment), and those who the agency suspects are victims but no outcry by the victim has been made.

Economic Empowerment: The transformative process of moving away from exploitation and toward increased choice and opportunities to gain independence, stability, skills, and advancement in all areas related to one’s economic well-being. Economic empowerment is the result of financial stability, financial literacy, and professional development (OPRE, 2023).

City: The City of Dallas, Texas, a municipal corporation of Dallas County, Texas, acting by and through (a) its governing body, or (b) its City Manager, each of whom is required by law to perform specific duties. Responsibility for final enforcement of contracts involving the City of Dallas is by authority vested in the City Manager.

Department: An administrative division within the City of Dallas.

Director: The director of the City of Dallas Office of Housing and Community

EmpowermentOffice of Equity and Inclusion or her/his designee.

Employment: The purpose of this RFP is to support survivors of human trafficking secure paid employment, whether part- or full-time and including paid internships. To the greatest extent possible, priority shall be given to positions that pay a living wage and include benefits.

Lead Applicant Agency: Refers to the lead agency/organization in a collaborative partnership that submits the application and serves as the recipient, accountable to the City for financial and programmatic reporting.

Non-Responsive: An organization whose application does not contain all the required information stated in this RFP.

Organization: The 501c3 (or other that might apply) non-profit organization that submits a written

Application for consideration to perform the work described in the RFP.

Program: The Program as described above in Section I that fulfills the purpose described below in Section III.

RFP: Request for Proposals

Responsive: An organization whose application contains all the required information stated in this

RFP.

SAM: System for Award Management is the official federal government procurement system for the U.S. Any organization receiving an award of funds shall be registered in SAM. To register, go to the SAM website at SAM.gov or contact the SAM Federal Customer Service Desk at 866-606-

8220. SAM registration is active for one-year only and shall be updated annually.

Survivor/Victim of Human Trafficking: Individuals who have been subjected to human trafficking (sex and/or labor trafficking) through the use of force, fraud, and/or coercion for adults.

While the legal bar for human trafficking cases is set by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

(TVPA) and is based on severe forms of trafficking, the definition used in this RFP is broader allowing for agencies to economically empower survivors who are high-risk, are past and/or current victims, or those where an agency suspects trafficking has taken place but no outcry by the victim has been made. Note: for the purposes of this RFP, the terms “survivor” and “victim” are used interchangeably.

Recipient: A public or private nonprofit agency, authority or organization, or an entity that is eligible to receive funds from the City of Dallas to undertake activities eligible for assistance under this program.

UEI Number: Unique Entity Identifier. On April 4, 2022, the unique entity identifier used across the federal government changed from the DUNS Number (Data Universal Numbering System) to the Unique Entity ID (generated by SAM.gov).

• The Unique Entity ID is a 12-character alphanumeric ID assigned to an entity by

SAM.gov.

• As part of this transition, the DUNS Number has been removed from SAM.gov.

• Entity registration, searching, and data entry in SAM.gov now require use of the new

Unique Entity ID. Existing registered entities can find their Unique Entity ID by following the steps in SAM.gov. New entities can get their Unique Entity ID at

SAM.gov and, if required, complete an entity registration.