IDHS/FCS/OCPYD

Firearm violence has deeply harmed neighborhoods, communities, and the entire State of Illinois, both through the immediate loss of life and the long-term, harmful effects of trauma experienced by victims, witnesses, and others. In response to firearm violence, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Reimagine Public Safety Act (RPSA), creating a comprehensive approach to ending Illinois' firearm violence. Furthermore, RPSA is designed to reduce significant gaps in Illinois' mental health treatment system for youth, young adults, and families that live in areas with chronic exposure to firearm violence and that exhibit mental health conditions associated with chronic and ongoing trauma. This comprehensive approach to ending Illinois' firearm violence requires targeted, integrated behavioral health services and economic opportunity that will promote self-sufficiency for victims of firearm violence and for those individuals with chronic exposure to the risk of firearm violence victimization. This approach must also address broader preventive investments, including preventive youth development services to provide mental health care and to address trauma recovery. The RPSA Evaluation and Technical Assistance and Support (RETAS) vendor will work with the OFVP to coordinate and integrate the programs and services identified in the RPSA

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These programs are authorized by the Reimagine Public Safety Act (RPSA) (430 ILCS 69/35) and implemented by Executive Order 2021-29.

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The services provided by this agreement will assist in coordinating and integrating the programs and services identified in the RPSA and in providing high quality violence prevention youth services. Training, technical assistance, and support activities will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department and individual programs and vendors, which, in turn, will decrease firearm violence, reduce the impact of trauma on youth and families, reduce the number of violent crime victims, and create safer communities across Illinois. Vendor will: A. Data Needs: Facilitate and project manage the data needs of the OFVP 1. Facilitate, lead meetings, and provide logistical support to a convened research workgroup whose purpose is to advise the OFVP on firearm violence data needs, including the selection of targeted communities and other data needs. 2.Develop and implement a research plan with input from important stakeholders including IDHS staff, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), lead violence prevention conveners, and local area advisory groups to address the initial and ongoing data needs of the OFVP. B. GATA Capacity Building: Work with DHS to increase the capacity of communities and community-based organizations in identified areas to enable organizations to successfully apply for and implement program grants under the ACT. DHS seeks to develop qualified applicants that are physically located in the communities they serve and are demographically representative of the community population to receive services. To do this, the vendor will: 1. Develop and implement a plan that will include a scan of the RPSA community areas to identify service gaps, racial and ethnic disparities in funded community-based organizations and communities served. Further, the scan will consider how "local" currently funded services truly are. 2.Conduct outreach in the communities to identify provider organizations in need of technical assistance and capacity development with a particular focus on those organizations most closely connected to the community members to be served. 3.Provide assistance and support to organizations in these communities to identify and prepare for public funding opportunities. Vendor will: a) Teach applicants to successfully navigate the GATA Grant-making processes b) Develop training modules on Government Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA), grant writing, and the effective use of data: c) Facilitate coordination of resources and assets from other colleges, departments, and institutes in the university system to provide training and technical assistance to increase the overall organizational health and capacity of provider organizations, including but not limited to, (1) Meeting GATA standards for operation, (2) Developing a program budget, (3) Organizational financial management, (4) Human Resources development and management, (5) Fund raising, etc. (6) Survey and/or track technical assistance needs identified; provide recommendations to DHS on improving the competitive grantmaking process. C. Technical Assistance (TA) to OFVP: Provide TA on evaluating best practices and outcomes 1.Compile a list of best practices of violence prevention. 2.Working closely with IDHS, identify outcome measures for OVFP programs, along with the metrics and data collection points that should be used to measure impact at the community level. 3.Research youth assessment screening tools that meet the requirements of the Act, including identifying the pros and cons of these instruments and offer recommendations to OFVP for consideration. D. Program Capacity: Build the capacity for service providers to develop high-quality programs and services. 1.Educate provider organizations, including approved RPSA Training and Technical Assistance providers, on research-based and best practice violence prevention program models. 2.Facilitate Technical Assistance to OVFP grantees regarding use of data and related research to support their work 3.Build provider's capacity to implement, track, monitor and evaluate grant programming. E. Reports: Develop and assist with reports required by RSPA and/or requested by OFVP, including: 1.Annual report to the General Assembly on January 1 of each year that identifies targeted communities, explains investments, and provides recommendations to reduce firearm violence. 2.Bi-annual report on firearm violence reduction funding recommendations. 3.The report identified in Underlying Causes of Crime and Violence Study Act Report (410 ILCS 165/72) by 12/01/2021. 4.OFVP geographic focus area report for each identified community. 5.Report on best practices for addressing the social determinants of health in the identified communities. 6.Identify and assist with the creation of other types of reports that may be useful for OFVP, such as performance, evaluation, and summary reports. 7.Develop a publication and distribution process to be approved by IDHS. F. Online Data Collection: Develop and manage an online data collection and reporting system with a data dashboard for OVFP. 1.Develop a data collection system with an online interface for grantees to upload relevant program data by April 2022. 2.Ensure data collection system has a data dashboard accessible to OVFP staff, the State Level Coordination Team, and program vendors for data tracking, program evaluation and reporting needs. 3.The data dashboard and TBD administrative reports will be in place no later than June 2022. 4.Support the Office of Community & Positive Youth Development data collection from its violence prevention, youth development, and youth intervention services grantees. 5.Work with OFVP to collect/analyze relevant IDHFS program data. G. Networking: Create opportunities for the networking of grantees and support the work of lead conveners and other groups with whom OVFP liaises. 1.Support opportunities for grantees to come together and share program ideas and experiences. 2.Facilitate and, where possible, support the work of the several convening bodies serving important advisory and coordination roles to OVFP grantees and to OVFP itself, including: the State Level Service Coordination Team (IDHS; ICJIA; Illinois Department of Public Health; Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services; etc.); the research workgroup; Lead Violence Prevention Conveners in each of the designated Chicago Community Areas; and Local Advisory Councils and/or lead convening bodies to be determined that serve the geographic areas outside of Chicago. 3.Support the OFVP data collection efforts related to other identified violence prevention programming coordinated through the Office. H. Communications: Develop a communication plan for OFVP 1.Work with the Assistant Secretary of OFVP to create a strategy for the office to include developing a OFVP website, messaging/branding strategy, newsletter template, strategy for hosting current reports, and an information distribution/dissemination strategy. 2.Assist in developing communication materials to promote the work of the Office and programming. I. Additional Vendor Requirements 1.Publication of Studies, Reports or other Program Products: The Vendor agrees that products produced for the Department under this contract, including, but not limited to research reports, data, analyses and policy recommendations are the property of the Department and will not be published or distributed except as prescribed by the Department. Unless otherwise provided in the approved Program Plan, the Vendor agrees not to publish, release or otherwise disseminate data in any form without the prior written permission of the Department. If such permission is granted, the Vendor agrees to submit to the Department six copies of all reports and proposed publications resulting from this Agreement a minimum of 30 calendar days prior to public release. 2.Requested Information: The Vendor will make themselves available as requested by the Department to present information regarding service deliverables, provide data updates, or to answer questions arising from the Vendor's work. 3.Collaboration: The Vendor is expected to collaborate and partner with relevant violence prevention and youth serving agencies to develop innovative system improvement strategies, research initiatives, and data collection and analyses plans aimed at reducing firearm violence and achieving better outcomes for youths and families.

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This is an IGA Contract not a grant

Education Organizations;

This is a CONTRACT with the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Youth and families impacted by firearm violence

Non-competitive

Human Services

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This award will be made as an Intergovernmental Agreement Contract not a competitive grant

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Subsequent renewals will be based on a Department-approved hourly rate multiplied by the estimated number of hours needed to complete the deliverables.

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Vendor is responsible for all reports enumerated in the Intergovernmental Agreement Contract.

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Vendor is responsible for all records enumerated in the Intergovernmental Agreement Contract.

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Initial term (FY22) pricing was based on a rate of $83 per hour for 2378 hours totaling $197,374. This covered a ten-month period (September 1 to June 30.) Subsequent renewals will be based on a Department-approved hourly rate multiplied by the estimated number of hours needed to complete the deliverables.

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823 Monroe St. Springfield, IL 217.557.0193

https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=139077

All RPSA and Reimagine Programs

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FY 2022 : $200,000
FY 2023 : $300,000