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ATTACHMENT C

Bidder Response Form Transition & Re-Entry Services using the Healing to Hope Credible Messengers Mentoring Model

RFP #26-DCYF-OJJ-102

Agency/Organization:

Except for limits that are noted on the Bidder Response Form, Bidders may utilize as much space as is reasonably required to respond to each question, provided all questions are repeated and remain numbered and ordered. If additional pages are needed, they should be attached to the page containing the initial portion of the response to a question and should be marked clearly to indicate that they provide a continuation of Bidder’s answer to a specific numbered question. Bidders should not submit product brochures, white papers, customer testimonials, cut sheets, or other pre-prepared materials in response to any of the questions. Bidders must submit complete, well-organized explanatory answers that address all of the specific questions asked in the Bidder Response Form. Bidders should not assume that Evaluators will be familiar with their businesses before conducting the evaluation.

PROJECT SUMMARY

(15 points total, 5 points each)

1. Describe the proposed program and expected impact. Please include the referral process, eligibility criteria, and how success for the youth will be measured.

2. Describe if this proposed program is a new, expansion, or enhancement effort. Please include how the proposed program fits into your organization’s mission.

3. Describe how the program will be sustained beyond this grant support.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION & DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE

(15 points total, 5 points each)

1. Describe the experience of your organization and staff in working with youth and young adults involved in or at risk of involvement with the juvenile and adult carceral systems and include a few examples.

2. Please share the solutions and outcomes you have achieved alongside youth and their families in supporting successful re-entry to their communities.

3. Describe your understanding of racial and ethnic disparities within the juvenile and adult carceral systems and how your program seeks to reduce the impact of these disparities on the youth and young adults you serve.

PROGRAM DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION

(30 points total, 5 points each)

1. Define the target population as to numbers and demographics and your understanding of their challenges and barriers in returning to their community after incarceration.

2. Identify expected immediate, short, and long-term outcomes for youth served through your program.

3. Describe strategies used to meet the expected outcomes and how those strategies are aligned with the Healing to Hope Credible Messenger Mentoring Model.

4. Describe the direct involvement of partner entities.

5. Describe involvement of communities-most-impacted (youth & families) in program design and implementation.

6. Insert or attach a logic model to map out your program’s strategies and outcomes described above.

The following is a logic model example.

Short-term

Intermediate

Long-term

· Inputs describe the resources needed to implement a program’s activities successfully.

· Outcomes describe the results of an activity, program, or initiative.

· Short-term outcomes reflect the immediate result of an activity, such as a change in knowledge, or change in practice.

· Intermediate outcomes reflect the result that occurs after achieving the short-term outcome, such as a change in behavior or implementation of a new system.

· Long-term outcomes demonstrate the ultimate change in a population or system the activity, program, or initiative hopes to achieve, such as decreased youth recidivism or decreased child victimization.

*Source: OJJDP Logic Model, https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/media/document/9586

EVALUATION PLAN (10 points)

1. Describe how the program will be evaluated in terms of both process and outcomes. Applicants are encouraged to partner with an external evaluator.

BUDGET OUTLINE (10 points):

Complete the template below and provide itemized budgets for personnel, supplies, other services and charges, travel, contractual services, and program evaluations. Capital outlay and food costs are not allowed. If this is a program expansion and/or other funds are being accessed to operate the proposed program, the other funding sources must be included in Column B.

PROJECT COST

Capital Outlay and food purchases are not permitted.

TOTAL

Total funding requests may not exceed $170,000.

BUDGET NARRATIVE (10 points):

Provide a detailed description of each budget line item requested and on what the funds will be expended, any in-kind contributions and/or other funding sources.

BUDGET INFORMATION

Instructions When completing your proposed budget narrative please be sure to identify how the budget expenditures will assist the program in achieving its desired outcomes. Please reference the explanations below to ensure your budget line items are allowable within this grant award.

Personnel These funds are for the salary and benefits of program staff directly associated with the project to be supported through this funding application.

Supplies The key word in determining whether an item belongs in the Supplies category is "consumable." If the item can be used up, then it is a supply item.

Other Services and Charges This category is for services other than Personnel, which are required in the administration of the project. Such services may include communication, advertising, and rentals. Expenses for staff training, such as workshop fees, may be included.

Equipment This category is for equipment costs that directly support the staff and/or the program, such as laptops, cell phones, software, and furniture.

Travel All travel costs are included in this category, including personal car mileage, airfares, per diem, hotel etc., and must adhere to all state and federal rates.

Contractual Any sub-contracts funded through this award. The important distinction to remember is that when an agency contracts with an individual (no matter what service is to be delivered) the cost is reported in Contractual, not in Personnel.

Indirect This category is for overhead costs such as utilities or administrative services such as contract or fiscal management, etc. The proposed funds in this category must be less than 15% of the total requested budget.