Restorative Justice

"DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES\n\n4 DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES\n\n2\u00b0 STATEOF MAINE\n\nPROCUREMENT JUSTIFICATION FORM (PJF)\n\nThis form must accompany all contract requests and sole source requisitions (ROS) over 55.000 submitted to the Division\nof Procurement Services.\n\nINSTRUCTIONS: Please provide the requesied information in the white spaces below. All responses (except signatures)\nmust be typed; no hand-written forms will be accepted. See the guidance document posted with this form on the Division\nof Procurement Services Intranet site (Forms page) for additional instructions.\n\nPART TE GVERVIEW\n\nDepartment Office/Division/Program: | Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Services\n\nDepartment Contract Administrator or | Sonja Morse\n| Grant Coordinator:\n(Hf applicable) Department Roference #:\nAmount: | 76,000.00 Advantage CT/RQS#: | 2022052000000002082\n(Costrac/\u2019 Amendment/Grant) Zu \"\nCONTRACT Proposed Start Date:

Proposed End Date:\nOriginal Start Date: | 07/01/2022 Effecstive Date: | 1/15/2022 |\nAMENDMENT previous End Date: | 6/30/2023 New End Date: | 6/30/2023\nProject Start Date: | Grant Start Date: | |\nSRANI Project End Date: | Grant End Date:\nVendor/Provider/Grantee Name, | Restorative Justice Project Maine, PO BOX 141 Belfast, ME 04915\nCity, State: |\nBrief Description of | Restorative Justice\nGoods/Services/Grant:\n\nPART I: JUSTIFICATION FOR VENDOR SELECTION\n\nCheck tie box below for the justification(s) that applies to this request. (Check all that apply.)\n\n| ce Pro ol 6 ot\n2 | 8. Amendment a | HM. State Statute/Agenoy Directed\nTE Single Source/Unicne Vendor 2 | 1 Federal Agency Direoied\n\n| 0 | 2. Proprietary/Copyright/Patents OD | 7 Willing and Qualified So\nm | E. Emergency | 1] | K. Client Choice\n\na | 8 University Cooperative Project | 1. OtberAuthoriztion\n\nPlease respond to ALL ofthe auestions in the following sections.\n\nPART DI: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION\n\nI. Provide a more detailed description and explain the need for the goods, services or grant to supplement the\nresponse in Part.\n\nREV 11/18/2021 Pages 1 0f2\n" "Procurement Justificatlon Form (PJF}\n\nPART II: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION\n\nThe Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) has the continued need for a community-based intervention program that\nwill reduce the recidivism rate while also providing youth the skills and knowledge necessary to safely avoid future\ncontact with the DOC. The mission of DOC is to promote public safety by ensuring that juveniles under DOC\njurisdiction are provided with risk-focused interventions, quality treatment, and other services that teach skills and\n_competencies; strengthen pro social behaviors and require accountability to victims and communities.\n2. Provide a brief justification for the selected vendor to supplement the response in Part II. Reference the RFP\nnumber, if applicable.\nRJP MAINE has been providing effective Restorative Justice for over 13 years. RIP MAINE is the only provider that\nprovides RJ services in Waldo, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Hancock Counites. The provider will collaborate with\n| Corrections and Department of Education to develop Restorative Practices programming for schools across the state.\nEach juvenile offender is assigned a screened and trained adult mentor for the period between the initial conference that\ndevelops the reparative agreement and a closing conference that celebrates the juvenile fulf\u00fcling the requirements of\nthe agreement. The average length of time for fulfilling agreements is twelve weeks, but mentoring has continued for\nup to eighteen months, depending on need. Restorative justice works by recruiting citizens into the work of restoration\nof offenders, victims and communities. RIP MAINE has enrolled over 350 volunteer mentors, over 80 of whom are\nactively mentoring juvenile and adult offenders.\n\n3. Explain how the negotiated costs or rates are fair and reasonable; or how the funding was allocated to grantee.\n\nPersonnel savings were approved by the Governor through a financial order for use of one-time, single use, funds to\nproviders in need. The provider requested $76,000.00.\n\n4. Describe the plan for future competition for the goods or services.\n\nThese are one-time, single use, funds that will not be allocated for the same purpose in future years,\n\nPART IV: AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) / MAINE JOBS & RECOVERY PLAN (MJRP)\n\nDoes this request utilize ARPA/MIRP funds?\n\nOl Yes-If Yes, please attach the approved Business Case(s).\n\n&l No-IfNo, proceed to Part V.\n\nThe signatures below indicate approval of this procurement request.\n\nSignature of requesting u\nDepartment\u2019s Commissioner /n/ A | y\n\nV/y 5\nor designee): MEI FRBr AD HS \u2014\n( il LACHT ide gl 4 Aa Ba\n\nTyped Name: | Christine Thibeault\n\nSignature of DAFS Procurement | Doeusioned w\nOfficial: | William IC. Mn\n\n2D5B6E39F57E4AA...\n\nB Typed Name: | william J.E. Allen | Date: | 1/25/2023\n\n7 7\nDate: | / /#3/ 2023\n\nNOI 0120230081 01/25/2023 - 1/31/2023\n\nREV 11/18/2021 Page 20f2\n"