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OJJDP Title V Community Prevention Funds
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Request Date: 10/7/2008 9:39:16 AM
Open Date: 10/7/2008
Closing Date: 10/15/2008 4:30 PM
Intent To Bid Deadline:
Est. Dollar Value: $98,000.00
RFQ Number:
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DCF-FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION
103 South Main Street
Osgood 3
Waterbury,
VT
05671
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Bid Type:
Request for Proposal
Locations:
State-Wide
Keywords:
Administrative Support Services
Bid Description:
Invitation to Vermont Communities
Intent to apply
OJJDP Title V Community Prevention Funds
Request for letter of intent to apply
The Department for Children and Families and The Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs seek community applicants interested in application for approximately $49,000 community prevention grant funds that will be available for project start in the fall of 2009.
A letter of intent to attend requisite 2-day training in November 2008 is due no later than October 15, 2008.
Full Requests for Proposals will be available to 3-4 member community teams who attend the November training. Approximately six months will be allowed for proposal development before submission in May 2009.
Title V Program Overview
Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established the Community Prevention Grants Program. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the VT Department for Children and Families (DCF), and the Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs (CFCPP) administer this program dedicated to community delinquency prevention efforts focused on reducing risks and enhancing protective factors of youth. Title V funds are designated for primary, community-wide prevention; funded services must be available to any child or youth (not only those identified as high-risk) within the funded community.
The Title V Program requires community teams to:
€ Perform a comprehensive assessment of the risks and resources specific to their communities
€ Develop a community-wide, collaborative plan to prevent delinquency
€ Form and utilize a multi-disciplinary community Prevention Policy Board (PPB). Many communities may already have prevention-oriented boards in place that are likely to fit required criteria of the PPB with little modification or addition.
€ Provide a 50-percent match (cash or in-kind) to the grant
Title V funds may:
€ Help a community to jumpstart community prevention efforts that have been considered but lacked essential start-up funds
€ Help a community that has multiple prevention efforts but is missing necessary links to assure a comprehensive long-term community-wide effort
€ Help a community team to focus on data that informs the planning, implementation and outcome evaluation of prevention efforts
Communities are encouraged to utilize Title V funds to develop a plan that will sustain a local project after federal funding is gone (maximum 3 years).
Title V Eligibility
Units of local government - city, county, town, can apply. Title V funds are awarded to qualified units of local government through a competitive process. Grants are awarded in 12-month increments for a maximum of three years. Though a town, city, or county must be the recipient and administrator of these awards, community coalitions and non-profits typically partner with local government to conceive, plan, and implement the comprehensive prevention projects.
Existing collaborative prevention-oriented community boards and coalitions are urged to apply in partnership with local government. These existing coalitions are most likely to be sufficiently developed to
- identify community prevention priorities,
- be prepared to develop a comprehensive prevention plan, and
- successfully implement a three-year project
Funds available
In Vermont, there is a total of $98,000 available with the expectation that one or two communities will be funded at $49,000 / year. Community projects are required to contribute a 50% match.
The expected start date is September 1, 2009.
The federal Title V funds are uncertain. Recognizing the comprehensive planning and commitment required of the project, the Children and Family Council (CFCPP) will strive to maintain funding for selected project(s) for the maximum 3 years if there is adequate and measurable grant progress and other applicable funding available.
Application and Award Process for Title V Funding
A Team of three to four Prevention Policy Board (PPB) members / leaders from interested communities must attend a two-day training session scheduled for November 13 € 14 2008 at a location to be determined in central VT (likely Waterbury).
The full Request for Proposal (RFP) will be made available to interested communities at the training session. The training session will be an opportunity to begin preparing and refining project plans for the proposal.
Final community proposals will be competitively rated on a criterion that minimally includes: quality of Prevention Policy Board, Community capacity / readiness, quality of data collection and analysis, prevention strategies and use of best practices, and collaboration.
Proposals, including a three-year community prevention plan will be due in late May 2009.
Technical Assistance will be available to applicants during the planning period of November € 08 € May € 09.
Awards will be announced by July 2009.
First-year projects will begin September 1, 2009
Required Training overview
The two-day training will include:
€ Community Team Orientation
€ Identify data sources, review and prioritize community risk and protective factors
€ Review effective and promising programs associated with specific risk factors
€ Opportunity for teams to identify tasks, timeline, program outcomes and outcome measurements
€ Teams will be prepared to begin their Title V three-year comprehensive prevention plan
€ Further training may be separately scheduled as needed during the period between training and grant submission
A trainer who is expert in the Title V program model will provide the training.
Any community / planned project interested in this funding must attend the November 13 € 14 training.
Who Should Attend the Training?
Title V training is for community leaders, planners, researchers, program developers and private individuals who are involved in mobilizing the community, allocating resources, affecting policy changes, and developing programs. Representatives on a Prevention Policy Board (PPB) should come from public agencies and private organizations serving children, youth and families, such as:
? Health and mental health
? Education
? Juvenile justice
? Child protection/child welfare
? Employment
? Law enforcement
? Public defenders and prosecutors
? Faith community
? Parent/family/youth associations
? Recreation
? Business
? Youth members, including those who may have had experience with the juvenile justice system
? Parents, including parents whose children have had involvement with the juvenile justice system
? A cross-section of the community € s racial /ethnic / cultural / economic groups
A core planning group of a planned or existing PPB should attend the November training.
Notice of intent to apply
Please submit a letter of your community € s intent to apply in less than one page, and register for the training by October 15th 2008 by contacting Theresa Lay-Sleeper at theresa.lay-sleeper@ahs.state.vt.us 802.241.2953.
Questions
Contact Theresa Lay-Sleeper, theresa.lay-sleeper@state.vt.us or 241-2953.
Please share this announcement with others! If you know of any community or community organization that may be interested in applying to this project, please pass this information on to them. Thank you.
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