3-Attachment C TechnicalCriteria WellnessProgram 083126.docx

Attachment C: Technical Criteria Officer Wellness Program

Responses should not exceed 20 pages.

MANDATORY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

All offerors must meet the following criteria.

1. Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or equivalent

2. Licensed in the State of Utah

3. Experience working in child sex abuse and trauma

4. Mental Health Provider should be an outside resource, not a State of Utah employee. This ensures confidentiality and helps remove barriers to open communication.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

All offerors must submit a detailed response to each technical criterion.

Statement of the Problem Offerors must describe the nature and scope of the problem in the jurisdiction that this project will address. Offerors must describe previous or current attempts to address these high need populations.

Impact/Outcomes and Evaluation Offerors must describe the goals of the proposed project and identify its objectives.

Goals/Objectives Offerors must provide a broad statement, written in general terms, that conveys the program’s intent to change, reduce, or eliminate the problem described. This section of the program narrative must outline the specific goals of the project.

Offerors must explain how the program will accomplish its goals. Objectives are specific, quantifiable statements of the desired results of the program, and the offeror must clearly connect them to the problems identified in the preceding section.

Project/Program Design and Implementation Offerors must describe the specific strategies that they will use to implement the proposed program. This section of the program narrative must describe what offerors propose to do and how they intend to do it. Offerors must identify the program’s target population and explain how the strategy will achieve the goals and objectives identified in the previous section. Offerors must include a logic model that graphically illustrates how the chosen performance measures are related to the specific problems, goals, and program activities. This section must be detailed and describe how the project will operate throughout the duration of the funding period. The Utah Attorney General’s Office expects offerors to select evidence-based practices for their programs. Offerors must describe any research or evaluation studies that support the entire project design or any of its components. The offeror must note previous research related to the selected problem area to indicate the offeror’s understanding of the causes of—and potential solutions to—the problems to be addressed. While the Utah Attorney General’s Office expects offerors to review the research literature for any relevant studies, they must also explore whether any unpublished local sources of research or evaluation data are available.

The specific projects described must demonstrate to the Utah Attorney General’s Office and specifically the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force what the offeror is capable of and provide ideas for potential strategies, but offerors should anticipate that their proposed plans may be modified to meet Office goals and objectives over the project period.

Offerors should propose implementing a means to test changes in participant behaviors after taking part in the program. Offerors must describe how relationships and partnerships will be established or maintained to enhance the success of the proposed programming.

Curricula and other materials proposed for use must be included with the submission, along with evidence of effectiveness.

Capabilities/Competencies -Key Staff Offerors must describe the roles and responsibilities of project staff and explain the program’s organizational structure and operations. Offerors must demonstrate their capacity and past performance implementing community-based prevention programs. Offerors must describe their expertise in creating and implementing an Officer Wellness Program.

This section of the program narrative must describe how the offerors staff will manage and locally staff the project. The offeror must clearly connect management and staffing patterns to the project design described in the previous section. This section must describe the experience and capability of the offeror’s organization and any subcontractors that the offeror will use to effectively implement and manage this effort and its associated federal funding. The offeror must highlight any prior experience implementing projects of similar design or magnitude in this section.

Experience working with law enforcement and trauma, child abuse and sex abuse Offeror must list experience working with law enforcement at any level and your experience with trauma, child abuse, and sex abuse. Submit the following for each provider:

- Resume

- Outline of any relevant specialty training

- List of professional affiliations

- Professional information (e.g., license, insurance coverage they accept, etc.)

- Information regarding confidentiality process

- Professional references

- Client references (from similar agencies)

- Statement willing to submit to a background check which includes:

- Criminal History/LE Involvement

- Professional Misconduct (e.g., Discipline/Suspension)

- Publications/Expert Testimony (defense/prosecution)

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