Support and Community Services for Girls within Sacramento County

Post InformationPosted At:Tue, Aug 1, 2023 3:00 PMSealed Bid Process:Yes (Bids Sealed / Pricing Sealed)Private Bid:No1. IntroductionThe purpose of this Determination of Interest (DOI) is to exchange information between the Sacramento County Probation Department (Probation Department) and potential future community-based organizations interested in providing support and community services for girls and gender-expansive youth within Sacramento County.1.1. SummaryThe Probation Department desires to secure future agreements with service providers experienced in the delivery of support services for juvenile females in the following areas ( including, but not limited to): Anger Management and Coping StrategiesDiversion ProgramsMentoringHealing & Wellness (Holistic Healing)Peer-based Outreach, Advocacy, and Crisis InterventionRecovery ResourcesMulticultural ResourcingGender Responsive ProgramsSheltering BedsResource FamiliesSupportive Home LifeIndependent LivingRental AssistanceExpungement

Clinics At this stage, the Probation Department seeks informational input only, as requested herein, and as jointly developed through the exchange of written questions, and answers thereto. It is expected that organizations that submit information responses shall have the ability to, and interest in, support and community services for girls and gender-expansive youth within Sacramento County, at the level of care indicated in the DOI.1.2. BackgroundThe Probation Department relies on outside service providers for necessary programs and services, which are not within the scope of services offered by the Probation Department or other county staff. In May 2023, the Probation Department partnered with the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) and the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera), seeking to support Sacramento County in participating in Vera’s Initiative to End Girls Incarceration (EGI). The EGI is a national initiative aiming to eliminate the incarceration of girls and gender-expansive youth in the country’s juvenile justice system. Based on Vera’s technical assistance approach and experience, Vera has developed a curriculum for how jurisdictions can disrupt the drivers of girls’ incarceration through court-based policy, practice changes, and investments in community-based services. Vera has also developed an Ending Girls’ Incarceration Action Network model (Action Network) to provide technical assistance to multiple counties in a one-year, collaborative process using the EGI curriculum. As part of its array of support to counties across the state of California, OYCR has offered to support Vera’s implementation of the EGI Action Network in California. OYCR will collaborate with Vera to 1) provide technical assistance to four California counties ( Sacramento, San Diego, Imperial, and Los Angeles); 2) support counties in providing care for girls that is lacking in many counties; 3) develop programs using approaches that are effective and developmentally appropriate for girls; and 4) learn from Vera’s strategies so OYCR can provide technical assistance to other interested jurisdictions around the state. Based on Vera’s prior effective work, OYCR believes implementing the above strategies will assist counties in identifying effective policies, programs, and/or placements for girls and with such programs, counties will reduce or end the incarceration of girls. This work will serve as a model for other counties around the state. Vera, OYCR, and national and California-based experts will share the challenges, promising practices, and lessons of disrupting the drivers of girls’ incarceration with the participating Counties. This EGI Action Network will operate for one calendar year. By the end of the EGI Action Network year, each site will adopt at least one policy or formalized practice change that Vera has identified as having the potential for impact, as well as identify one significant program-related advancement to support girls’ healing and well-being. In addition, Action Network members will have learned advocacy and communications skills to advocate for local and state policy change and become champions for change among their peers locally and across the state.1.3. Contact InformationConnor BarkleyAdministrative Services Officer 1 Email: barkleyc@saccounty.govPhone: (916) 875-0323Department:ProbationDepartment Head:Marlon Yarbor Chief Probation Officer1.4. TimelineRelease Date:August 1, 2023Please Respond By:August 28, 2023, 3:00pm