To provide Emergency Financial Assistance in the form of cash assistance to survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and/or human trafficking (HT) in Chicago. The goal of this RFP is to address the economic hardship faced by survivors of GBV and/or HT often as a result of their victimization. For purposes of this RFP, while human trafficking is not exclusively GBV, survivors of both sex and labor trafficking are eligible for services and should be assumed to be included whenever “gender-based violence” or “survivors” is mentioned throughout. DFSS seeks proposals from agencies who can fulfill all of the identified program administration functions for the Emergency Financial Assistance Program. The ideal Respondent (“Program Administrator”) will have demonstrated experience and the resources needed to manage the end-to-end participant experience while implementing the following overall components: community outreach and education, application verification and selection, and payment distribution and management.
