06924P0016-Copy of Req. 8/14/2023 - Community-Based Programs RFP

The City of New York has a longstanding and on-going commitment to supporting victims/survivors of crime and abuse. This includes funding community-based programs that offer, among other things, risk assessment and safety planning, counseling, support groups, case management, concrete assistance, and linkages to community and government resources. Currently, these programs have over 12,000 interactions with victims/survivors across all five boroughs. The City’s community-based programs will be administered by the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) in partnership with the New York City Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration (DSS/HRA) beginning with this solicitation. ENDGBV is seeking to engage up to five (5) providers who can deliver on-site human services to victims/survivors of crime and abuse in New York City’s five boroughs through the following service areas: 1. Service Area 1 – Bronx 2. Service Area 2 – Brooklyn 3. Service Area 3 – Manhattan 4. Service Area 4 – Queens 5. Service Area 5 – Staten Island A proposer is eligible to propose for more than one contract award, with proposals for multiple boroughs requiring separate submissions for each borough of interest. Each application needs to be labeled with the Competition Pool number that the provider is applying for. ENDGBV reserves the right to determine based on the proposer’s demonstrated level of organizational capability and the best interests of the City, how many awards the proposer will receive. The proposer may propose to deliver portions of this contract directly or some specified portion of the services through subcontract with another qualified vendor. The goals and objectives for the provider(s) selected through this Request for Proposal are: a. To provide all victims/survivors of crime and abuse with a holistic array of services that are rooted in the tenets of healing-centered, anti-oppressive, and restorative practices with an intentional emphasis on engaging historically underserved survivors including but not limited to young men of color, survivors of family violence, survivors of non-intimate partner related sexual violence, families of homicide victims, and survivors of crime and abuse caused by strangers. b. To meet the unique needs of victims/survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. c. To provide individual, evidence-informed, counseling and therapy ranging from brief treatment to longer-term engagement. d. To facilitate both curriculum-based and/or survivor-guided support groups ranging from short-term, closed membership to long-term, open membership groups. e. To offer active and responsive case management services including but not limited to safety planning, housing system navigation, economic empowerment services, and parenting supports. f. To offer on-site concrete assistance (such as MetroCards) as well as linkages to additional off-site services, including lock change/replacement services. g. To address childcare needs that may come up for survivors are engaged in on-site services. Further, for this Request for Proposal, ENDGBV is seeking providers that value and foster cultural conscientiousness (i.e., a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enable that system, agency, or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations) and cultural humility (e.g., self-awareness, non-voyeuristic curiosity, etc.) when working with victims/survivors, particularly the unique needs of historically underserved victims/survivors of crime and abuse.