SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Juvenile Drug Court - 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
- LCFRD10Q0019
- 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 documents Solicitation package OVERVIEW Two Federal agencies and one private Foundation came together in 2009 to implement a programmatic initiative designed to inform the development, implementation, and refinement of a systems-level intervention combined with traditional Juvenile Drug Court operations. Specifically, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) jointly sponsored an initiative to improve outcomes for drug-involved youth in the juvenile justice system through intentional efforts to combine the structure of a Juvenile Drug Court with the RWJF’s Reclaiming Futures[1] model. Although, on the surface, the two strategies are different in structure and methods used, they are quite complementary in resolving barriers to change and assisting adolescents in the achievement of recovery and warrant further investigation as to their combined effects. The initiative goals include: 1. Make system-wide improvements in the identified communities in their delivery of Juvenile Drug Courts Services and practices. 2. Improve the quality of care by using evidence-based practices and fidelity measures. 3. Increase successful completion of treatment, and reduce recidivism during and after participation by improving overall system functioning. In 2009, 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 the Juvenile Drug Court Reclaiming Futures initiative. The Library of Congress’ Federal Research Division is seeking bids from applicants who can accomplish this activity. About the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) OJJDP, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families. http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov. About Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation’s substance abuse prevention, addictions, treatment, and mental health services delivery system. Through its Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) SAMHSA provides support for treatment of addictions. www.samhsa.gov. About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) RWJF focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. www.rwjf.org. BACKGROUND Virtually all career criminals start as juvenile offenders, with most having repeated contacts with the juvenile justice system along the way. Current estimates identify approximately 93,000 young people held in juvenile justice facilities across the United States. Given this landscape, there may be a critical need to identify effective models for Justice involved youth and the organization of the systems serving them. Juvenile Drug Courts has been one such intervention used, and has its roots in the adult drug court efforts that started in the late 80’s after an escalation of arrests associated with street drugs that resulted in overburdened court systems and the emergence of frustration with individuals cycling though the courts in what became know as “the revolving door syndrome.” The Reclaiming Futures (RF) model is another intervention that began in 2001 that has attempted to address some of the aforementioned with its emphasis on systems improvements that include: 1) a comprehensive assessment of juvenile offenders; 2) an expanded system of care that coordinates its efforts to serve juvenile offenders; 3) the provision of treatment and services that strengthen youth and their families; 4) a strength- based system of graduated responses that acknowledges prior successes in the treatment process. With Substantial private investments from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation the groundwork was laid to provide support for 10 communities located throughout the United States to begin reinventing the way police, courts, detention facilities, treatment providers, and the community work together to meet this urgent need. These initial efforts (2002–07) largely relied on organizational change and system reform to improve substance abuse interventions for youthful offenders. Although findings of a National evaluation conducted by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Urban Institute, and Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago are encouraging, empirical questions remain that may lead to systems improvements and cost benefits in human capital and related societal costs. The national evaluation used a biannual survey process in each of the communities participating in the initiative. The surveys measured the quality of juvenile justice and substance abuse treatment systems as reported by informants in each community. The pattern of their responses over six survey administrations (December 2003 to June 2006) suggests that RF is a promising strategy for improving substance abuse interventions for youth. However, a more rigorous evaluation is required to substantiate the initial findings purported. These efforts have culminated in a jointly funded initiative in 2009 that was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This jointly funded initiative will continue the efforts to improve outcomes for drug-involved youth in the juvenile justice system by more intentional efforts to combine the structure of a Juvenile Drug Court with the Reclaiming Futures model. Although, each model is significantly different in structure and methods used, they are quite complementary in resolving barriers to change and assisting adolescents in the achievement of recovery, and warrant further investigation as to their combined effects. B. Relationship to current procurements, prior procurements, other Library programs There is a current Interagency Agreement between the Library of Congress Federal Research Division (agreement # 09-12-9699119-016) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (agreement # 2009-JUR-095) for the procurement of services from the Library of Congress Federal Research Division to fulfill OJJDP’s requirement for research reports, translations, and/or other analytical studies related to OJJDP’s three sponsored grant programs: 1. Juvenile Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures, 2. Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Green Demonstrations Program, and, 3. Strategic Enhancement to Mentoring Program. SCOPE OF WORK Problem Statement There are several reasons why the need to provide an empirical base should be established. First, historically significant problems have existed in the availability of quality data, lack of control/comparison groups, the small number of standardized tools in use, and few system-level interventions on the population of interest that have produced the desired outcomes across systems. Second, experts have increasingly recognized the co-occurrence of substance use and mental health disorders that have served to highlight the relative independence of the system of care through which these problems are often addressed or treated. Third, epidemiologic evidence suggests that the majority of substance abusers do not seek treatment for either condition, suggesting systemic issues in the delivery of services and a need for greater system performance and efficiencies. Objectives: The overall purpose for the Juvenile Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures evaluation is to conduct an independent evaluation of the combined effects of the two interventions to determine what system-level changes may result in increased efficiencies and cost effectiveness. 1. Assess the operations of Juvenile Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures models using established indices for performance, efficiencies, and cost effectiveness. 2. Improve the empirical knowledge base about Juvenile Drug Courts and the Reclaiming Futures Model. 3. Analyze the efficacy of combined efforts of Juvenile Drug Courts and the Reclaiming Futures Model. 4. Conduct case studies using Administrative, Collaboration, and Quality Indices and the sixteen (16) key elements of Juvenile Drug Courts. 5. Evaluate the potential for replication of these models
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