Haywood JCPC Community-Based Youth Gang Violence Prevention Project – Detailed Programming Request for Proposals (RFP)

Goal

The goal of this initiative is to provide evidence-based programs/practices as were identified in the comprehensive gang assessment as a needed service in HaywoodCounty for gang prevention and intervention. The two primary focus areas identified for HaywoodCounty are provision of opportunities and interpersonal skills development focused on drug abuse prevention.

Source of Funding

The North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission (GCC) is the state recipient of $5 million Federal Byrne/JAG funds supplied through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These funds have been awarded to the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to fund gang violence prevention programming statewide through local JCPCs. Funding for this project is contingent on receipt of stimulus money and is subject to change.

Eligibility

Any youth-serving agency interested in providing intervention/prevention programming included in the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model components to address gang issues identified in the county’s comprehensive gang assessment is eligible to apply.

Summary of Haywood Gang Assessment

The completed Haywood JCPC gang assessment shows.

HaywoodCounty does not have a significant problem related to gangs

Accordingly, the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council recommends continued vigilance in defending HaywoodCounty against the impending threat of gangs and their negative impact by expanding resources at a rate that will keep pace with the increasing threats.

Proposals for these Service Types Will be Accepted

  • To support the implementation of an intervention team with a coordinator. The intervention team will include persons from both private and public organizations providing services to youth and their families. The purpose of the intervention team will be to assist in the coordination of services for a particular youth and/or family as presented by court personnel, law enforcement personnel, school personnel, social workers, counselors or other youth involved persons. Once cases are presented at a regular meeting, the committee will decide what services need to be provided and then assist in the removal of barriers for the programs. This removal may include referral to the program, provision of enrollment fees, provision of transportation, or provision of other such tangible items as are necessary for involvement such as equipment.

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  • To support the implementation of an education program focused on interpersonal skills including communication, self-esteem and problem solving as a primary prevention activity. The education piece will be provided to existing youth focused organizations in the community and will include conducting workshops and trainings to increase community awareness about drug abuse, gangs and working to change conditions contributing to drug abuse. Particular focus should be given prescription drug abuse as this is an emerging issue and focus area for law enforcement and court personnel. The workshops will be offered to adults serving in these organizations to provide them with tactics and tools to increase their abilities with youth. Education will also be offered directly to youth to provide them with the interpersonal skills necessary to prevent drug abuse.
  • To support the implementation of an intervention program focused on drug abuse that will be provided to at-risk youth as referred by the intervention team. These youth may or may not be currently court-involved. The education program will be an intensive interpersonal skills development program. A component of the intervention program will focus on the families of the at-risk youth by providing education and training.

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SubmissionRequirements

Applying Sponsoring Agency Requirements

  • Sponsoring agencies must complete the “Community-Based YouthGang Violence Prevention Program Agreement – Programming” distributed with this RFP for funding consideration. Programs must develop and implement evidence-based programs/practices that serve court-involved, high-risk youth, and/or identified gang members. Applicants must demonstrate that evidence-based programs/practices have been developed to address problems identified in their county’s gang assessment to receive funding.
  • Applicants must choose programs from OJJDP’s Model Programs Guide:

OR

OJJDP’s Strategic Planning Tool:

One (1) program agreementswith original signatures and an electronic version of the agreement must be received (by mail or hand-delivered) by David Teagueno later than 2:00pm on Monday January 24, 2011. Faxed or emailed program agreements will not be accepted. Completed applications must be submitted to David Teague, JCPC Chairperson, County Administrative Offices, Third Floor, Haywood County Courthouse, 215 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC28786. The deadline is 2 p.m., Monday January 24, 2011. For questions or more information, contact Teague at 452-7305; Email – .

NOTE: The DJJDP Area Consultant assigned to your county will be responsible for attaching the “Community-Based YouthGang Violence Prevention Gang Assessment Status Report” to the program agreement(s)submitted from each county prior to submission to the DJJDP State Office for final review and approval.

Match Requirement

These funds require no local match, but applicants are encouraged to demonstrate local support with cash or in-kind resources. Proposals that include community cash or in-kind resources must include documentation of the intent to provide that support and justification of the value claimed.

Contact Information

Questions about the RFP or submission of required documents in response to the RFP should be directed to Venecia Malloy, Project Coordinator at (919) 743-8217,()or to the DJJDP Area Consultant June Fowler at 828-250-3809.

FundingInformation

Funding will be available for selected programs beginning February 15, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012. This funding is contingent upon available funding and projects meeting their objectives as proposed in Year 1.

Levels of Funding

(See “CountyCategories for Community-Based Gang Violence Prevention Funding”, page 4.)Counties are identified in four (4) funding categories according to the size of their youth population.Categories reflect the total amount of funding availablefor the two (2) year project.

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  • Category 1 counties (fewer than 5,000) are eligible for a grant request of $25,000.
  • Category 2 counties (5,001 to 10,000) are eligible for a grant request of $50,000.
  • Category 3 counties (10,001 to 20,000) are eligible for a grant request of $75,000.
  • Category 4 counties (20,001 and larger) are eligible for a grant request of $125,000.

Multi-county projects (can be a combination of any categories) are eligible to apply for the level of funding based on their combinedyouth populations.

HaywoodCounty is eligible for $50000 however programs should request funding in the amount needed to complete the project including amounts larger than $50000. Any applicant seeking a larger amount of funding is required to provide written justification as directed in the “Community-Based Youth Gang Violence Prevention Program Agreement – Year 2”as to why additional monies are needed.

Reporting Requirements

  • Quarterly measurable objectives and outcomes as identified in the program agreement.
  • Quarterly Performance Indicator Report (Federal Requirement)
  • DJJDP Client Tracking Database
  • Monthlyexpenditure reports
  • Final Accounting
  • Other reporting requirements that may be determined under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Final Selection Process

A DJJDP review team will review, rank, and select program agreementsfor final approval based on the RFP requirements and demonstrated need.

CountyCategories for Community-Based Gang Violence Prevention Funding

County / Population 10-17 / County / Population 10-17 / County / Population 10-17
CATEGORY 1 / CATEGORY 2 / CATEGORY 3
Alexander / 4,047 / Brunswick / 9,266 / Alamance / 15,680
Alleghany / 989 / Caldwell / 8,420 / Burke / 10,097
Anson / 2,804 / Carteret / 5,481 / Cabarrus / 19,084
Ashe / 2,324 / Chatham / 5,643 / Catawba / 17,022
Avery / 1,529 / Columbus / 6,172 / Cleveland / 11,353
Beaufort / 4,638 / Craven / 9,497 / Davidson / 17,020
Bertie / 2,186 / Duplin / 6,134 / Harnett / 12,974
Bladen / 3,580 / Edgecombe / 6,238 / Iredell / 17,482
Camden / 1,072 / Franklin / 6,452 / Johnston / 18,208
Caswell / 2,444 / Granville / 5,996 / Nash / 10,764
Cherokee / 2,461 / Halifax / 6,230 / New Hanover / 17,559
Chowan / 1,508 / Haywood / 5,286 / Onslow / 16,518
Clay / 821 / Henderson / 9,374 / Orange / 11,770
Currituck / 2,534 / Hoke / 5,445 / Pitt / 15,946
Dare / 2,951 / Lee / 6,299 / Randolph / 15,417
Davie / 4,560 / Lenoir / 6,632 / Robeson / 16,529
Gates / 1,399 / Lincoln / 8,111 / Rowan / 15,184
Graham / 788 / Moore / 8,247 / Wayne / 13,152
Greene / 2,360 / Pender / 5,206 / CATEGORY 4
Hertford / 2,561 / Richmond / 5,558 / Buncombe / 22,147
Hyde / 427 / Rockingham / 9,464 / Cumberland / 36,421
Jackson / 3,045 / Rutherford / 6,742 / Durham / 25,082
Jones / 1,124 / Sampson / 7,552 / Forsyth / 37,009
Macon / 3,184 / Stanly / 6,629 / Gaston / 21,497
Madison / 1,992 / Stokes / 5,145 / Guilford / 50,249
Martin / 2,687 / Surry / 8,093 / Mecklenburg / 93,893
McDowell / 4,468 / Vance / 5,402 / Union / 22,736
Mitchell / 1,461 / Wilkes / 6,845 / Wake / 93,973
Montgomery / 3,063 / Wilson / 9,113
Northampton / 2,245
Pamlico / 1,118
Pasquotank / 4,077
Perquimans / 1,224
Person / 3,965
Polk / 1,738
Scotland / 4,818
Swain / 1,519
Transylvania / 2,900
Tyrrell / 366
Warren / 2,099
Washington / 1,465
Watauga / 3,250
Yadkin / 4,225
Yancey / 1,768

RESOURCES

Applicants should utilize the following resources in completing the

“Community-Based Youth Gang Violence Prevention Program Agreement - Programming”

when applying for funding.

A. Gang Information

The term “gang” is used to describe a variety of groups, including youth gangs, drug gangs, prison gangs, crews or posses, and adult criminal organizations. The terms youth gang and street gang are used interchangeably. This initiative targets street/youth gangs. Researchers generally agree that the following characteristics identify a youth gang:

  • more than two members
  • generally ages 12-24
  • a shared sense of identity (commonly a name)
  • identification by selves and others as a gang
  • some permanence & a degree of organization
  • verbal & nonverbal forms of communication, and
  • involvement in an elevated level of criminal activity

Prevention Strategies

Gang activity is a complex social phenomenon that varies by age, degree of gang involvement, and severity of offending. Risk factors associated with the probability of joining a gang run across family, school, peer, and community lines. Accordingly, no single program or strategy operating independently is likely to have a lasting effect in reducing gang activity. Comprehensive anti-gang initiatives, however, coordinate multiple approaches with recognition that each strategy plays a role towards a comprehensive effort. As previously noted, communities have adopted a broad range of strategies to combat gang activity, many of which may be categorized as follows:

  • Primary preventionincludes activities designed to reduce risk factors or increase protective factors among the entire population of youth and families in communities with significant levels of gang activity.
  • Secondary preventionincludes programs and services intended to decrease the likelihood of joining a gang among youth who have already displayed early signs of problem behavior or who are exposed to multiple known risk factors for gang activity. These services typically include some form of individual risk assessment and often focus on youth aged 7 to 14 and their families. Younger siblings and family members of gang-involved youth are particularly suitable for these services.
  • Intervention with high-risk or gang-involved youthincludes community-based programs that balance the delivery of services and educational and employment opportunities with supervision and accountability. Intervention services typically involve outreach to youth and families, individual risk/needs assessment, case management, service referrals, coordinated service delivery, and supervision.
  • Targeted gang enforcementincludes community-oriented and problem-oriented policing strategies with an emphasis on gangs, and collaborative enforcement strategies involving probation and prosecution to target high rate gang offenders, gang leaders, and serious violent offenders.

NOTE: The “Prevention Strategies” information listed aboveis referenced from the OJJDP FY 2008 Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program announcement:

B. OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model--Strategies to Address Developing or Existing Gang Problems

The Comprehensive Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression, Gang Model developed by the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is the tool applicants will use to continue local efforts of gang prevention and intervention.

  1. Community Mobilization:Involvement of local citizens, including former gang-involved youth, community groups, agencies, and coordination of programs and staff functions within and across agencies.
  1. Opportunities Provision:Development of a variety of specific education, training, and employment programs targeting gang-involved youth.
  1. Social Intervention:Involving youth-serving agencies, schools, grassroots groups, faith-based organizations, police, and other juvenile/criminal justice organizations in “reaching out” to gang-involved youth and their families, and linking them with the conventional world and needed services.
  1. Suppression:Formal and informal social control procedures, including close supervision and monitoring of gang-involved youth by agencies of the juvenile/criminal justice system and also by community-based agencies, schools, and grassroots groups.

NOTE:Suppression activities/programs/efforts WILL NOT be funded under this RFP.

  1. Organizational Change and Development:Development and implementation of policies and procedures that result in the most effective use of available and potential resources, within and across agencies, to better address the gang problem.

NOTE: Five Strategies in OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model listed above

  1. OJJDP Guide to Assist Communitieswith the Strategies in the Comprehensive Gang Model

OJJDP’s guide to assist communities with the strategies in the CGM can be accessed at the following location:

Also published is a guide to assist communities with implementation of the CGM.Program applicants should reference the strategies in these publications.

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