Specifications include, but are not limited to: provide evaluation services for the Brooklyn Treatment Court Medication Assisted Treatment project. UCS operates problem-solving courts, among them drug courts, which help judges and court staff respond to the needs of litigants and the community. Problem-solving courts look to the underlying issues that bring people into the court system, employ innovative approaches to address those issues, and seek to simplify the court process for litigants. A drug court involves an intervention by the court in cooperation with a team of specialists in social services, treatment, and criminal justice professionals in the local community. In return for a promise of a reduced sentence, appropriate non-violent addicted offenders are given the option of entering voluntarily into court-supervised treatment. The rules and conditions of participation are clearly stated in a contract entered into by the defendant, the defense attorney, the district attorney, and the court. UCS is the recipient of a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for the purpose of funding the Brooklyn Treatment Court (BTC). The BTC will enhance its existing Adult Drug Court, Veterans’ Treatment Court and DWI Court through the creation of a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) track to provide for the early identification of offenders with an opioid use disorder and prompt intervention utilizing optional pharmacotherapeutic services for those determined to be clinically appropriate. UCS seeks proposals for evaluation services. The selected evaluation entity will have capacity to: design a process and outcome evaluation in collaboration with the BTC; and create a database for continuous quality assurance improvement for the patient intake process, integration of substance abuse counseling and Medication Assisted Treatment, service delivery, program completion rates and effectiveness in reducing recidivism and opioid overdose rates; and ensure all necessary quantitative and qualitative data is collected; and assist the court in collecting and compiling data pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA); and prepare quarterly reports that include analyses of outcome and process findings to the project’s Workgroup; and provide feedback to the Court on an ongoing basis to promote continuous quality improvement and make recommendations for data informed policy changes; and produce an interim and a final program evaluation report. Etc.