Subject Matter Expertise: Lived Experience in Juvenile Proceedings

The Judicial Council of California, chaired by the Chief Justice of California, is the policy-making body for the California court system. The Judicial Council’s Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC) is responsible for administering trainings and developing policies to juvenile court stakeholders.

Experts with lived experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice system are vital partners in developing court trainings and policies as they are experts in the user experience. Lived experience is defined as a former or current foster youth, juvenile justice youth, and parents that are or were involved in the child welfare or juvenile justice system.

This request seeks a proposal from the experts in lived experience to provide their subject matter expertise in the development, and serve as faculty in the delivery, of at least five trainings for juvenile court stakeholders within the CFCC in year 1. It is anticipated that in years 2 and 3 of the contract, the Contractor will provide subject matter expertise in the development and serve as faculty in the delivery of at least four trainings each year. Contractor(s) will work with Judicial Council staff to develop training curriculum and learning objectives.

Questions should be directed to solicitations@jud.ca.gov (link sends email) and must be received no later than 1:00 PM Pacific Time, April 8, 2025.

Proposals must be received by the Judicial Council no later than 1:00 PM, Pacific Time, April 22, 2025.

Further details regarding the solicitation are set forth in the RFP No. CFCC-2024-05-TK and related documents provided below.

• RFP CFCC-2024-05-TK New
• Attachment 1 Administrative Rules Governing RFPs Non-IT Services New
• Attachment 2 JCC Standard Terms and Conditions New
• Attachment 3 Proposers Acceptance of Terms and Conditions New
• Attachment 4 General Certifications Form New
• Attachment 5 Darfur Contracting Act Certification New
• Attachment 6 Unruh and FEHA Certification New
• Attachment 7 DVBE Declaration New
• Attachment 8 Bidder Declaration New
• Attachment 9 Reference Form New
• Questions and Answers New

The Judicial Council, as a public entity, prohibits direct contact with any Council personnel during the solicitation process in order to maintain fairness and equality to all proposers.
Proposers are specifically directed NOT to contact any judicial branch entity personnel or consultants for meetings, conferences, or discussions that are related to the solicitation at any time between release of the solicitation and any award and execution of a contract.
Unauthorized contact with any judicial branch entity personnel or consultants may be cause for rejection of the Proposer’s proposal.