SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Evaluation of OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Program - solicitation
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE, LA-325, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- LCFRD10Q0018
- Point of Contact
- Kadian Ferguson, Phone: 202-707-0467, Lyudmila Bond, Phone: 202-707-3420
- E-Mail Address
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kfer@loc.gov, lbond@loc.gov
(kfer@loc.gov, lbond@loc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Additional documentation Solicitation Package OVERVIEW In 2009, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, transferred funds to the Library of Congress’ Federal Research Division to support an evaluation of OJJDP’s Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Green Demonstration Program. The Library of Congress’ Federal Research Division is seeking bids from applicants who can accomplish this activity. BACKGROUND Tribal Youth Program OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Program (TYP) was established in 1999 to support and enhance tribal efforts to prevent and control delinquency and strengthen the juvenile justice system for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. Since the program was established, OJJDP has awarded more than 300 grants to federally recognized tribes for an array of activities, including delinquency prevention and intervention, juvenile justice system improvement, and specialized mental health and substance abuse services for tribal youth and families. Green Reentry Program In 2009, OJJDP decided to initiate a new effort to focus exclusively on providing services and programming for tribal youth in juvenile detention facilities with a goal toward reducing recidivism among tribal youth and increasing their reengagement with the community upon release. With this new demonstration program, OJJDP is seeking to enhance opportunities for federally recognized tribes to provide comprehensive and quality reentry and recidivism-reduction programs for tribal youth who reside within or are being released from tribal juvenile detention centers. This new program also marked the first time that OJJDP sponsored an initiative that encourages funding recipients to collaborate with institutions and organizations to incorporate green technologies and environmentally sustainable activities as part of the program’s educational, training, and reentry activities for youth participants. The initiative has the following goals: •To provide federally recognized tribes with the funds to support program services to prevent further recidivism for tribal youth residing within tribal juvenile detention centers or soon to be released from such a center. Services include risk and needs assessments, educational and vocational programming, mental health services, substance abuse programs, family strengthening, recreational activities, and extended reentry aftercare to help successfully reintegrate the youth into the tribal community. •To enhance existing data systems, advance technology, and improve reporting capacity for federally recognized tribes to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act, Pub.L. 103-62, (e.g., responding to the performance measures reporting requirements for the initiative). •To identify and support the ability of federally recognized tribes to implement, monitor, and maintain tribal juvenile detention standards. •To support tribes’ efforts to collaborate with universities and organizations that can help them develop and implement green technologies and environmentally sustainable activities as part of their reentry program. SCOPE OF WORK This initiative is a new demonstration program and, as such, OJJDP is committed to learning whether or not the program is successfully implemented, has the intended impact on the youth and communities that receive funding, and is sustainable over the long term. Many elements of this initiative are new to OJJDP, including the focus on tribal detention and reentry programming and the incorporation of green technologies and environmentally sustainable activities within a delinquency intervention initiative. There are many lessons to be learned from an evaluation. The successful evaluation applicant will carry out a process and outcome evaluation of the three funded programs. Applicants should propose the specific research design and detailed methods, which should include the following: Local Evaluation Partners The three tribes that received funding are cognizant of the fact that they are required to participate in the national evaluation, to include cooperating with the selected evaluator throughout the grant period. The evaluator selected through this process should collaborate formally (through a MOU or contract with the university, post-award) with the local technical research organization that was included as a partner in the grantees’ original proposal. These partner organizations are: •Mississippi State University for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians •Sinte Gleske University (located on the Rosebud Reservation) for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe •University of Arizona Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program (FRTEP) for the Hualapai As local evaluation partners, these organizations will assist the selected evaluator in such areas as access to needed data, arranging interviews with key personnel), etc. and as a source of local information and support, as needed. Designated Planning Year The first 12 months of the demonstration program is a designated planning year for the three program sites. During this time, OJJDP is providing the three grantees with intensive training and technical assistance to assist them in developing a comprehensive strategic plan and the capacity to design and implement the program. This assistance is provided through a training and technical assistance provider (Education Development Center, Inc.). At the conclusion of the planning year (September 30, 2010), OJJDP will require the grantees to submit a strategic plan that outlines their comprehensive plan to implement, monitor, and sustain their goals and objectives, as well as documenting achievement of required milestones. OJJDP will provide the grantees’ final plans to the selected evaluator, to assist in finalizing an evaluation plan for each site. Primary Research Questions The primary research questions for this evaluation are guided by the goals of the demonstration program. While the evaluation award-recipient or applicant should not be limited to these questions, at a minimum, OJJDP seeks to answer the following questions: •What factors are critical to the successful implementation of an effective tribal youth detention and reentry program? •What essential services have been developed or implemented for youth placed in the tribal detention center(s) as a result of this program? •Has the tribal detention center (and partners) implemented an individualized reentry program for tribal youth placed in the detention facility as a result of this program? What are the principles and components of this reentry activity? •What coordination exists with local organizations and service providers to implement the program? Does the coordination adequately address the service needs of youth and families? •How does each site’s Project Advisory Board function and what are the board’s accomplishments? •Have youth program participants demonstrated improvements as a result of the program, specifically regarding recidivism, successful reentry/ reengagement, educational, vocational, individual, community and family outcomes? •If delinquency prevention or reduction effects are demonstrated for youth, can these effects be sustained for one year after program completion? In this solicitation, OJJDP requires an individual evaluation of each of the three sites, as well as a cross-site analysis.
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- Address: The Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540, United States
- Zip Code: 20540
- Zip Code: 20540
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