Specifications include, but are not limited to: This Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued by the Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Corrections Services (DPS&C) with the purpose of obtaining competitive proposals from qualified community organizations who are interested in enhancing, expanding and/or increasing coordination of reentry services and community supports with the goal of expanding prison alternatives, and reducing prison admission and/or recidivism. Proposals should address -any unmet need(s) identified though a data driven process such as a gap analysis in the parish to which funding is being sought. n support of JRI and LA-PRI, DPS&C is soliciting proposals for innovative support programs and/or services that meet one or more of the following goals for the target population: 1) Reduce prison admissions by expanding alternatives to prison such as pre-trial intervention and/or diversion programs; 2) Reduce returns to prison by improving and expanding community reentry resources such as: employment and employment readiness, transportation, behavioral health care (mental health and substance use treatment), family reunification, education and/ or vocational training, mentoring and peer support, and other wraparound services; and 3) Improve community coordination of reentry resources: such as providing services to access existing direct services or programs or developing a comprehensive community strategy for collaboration among multiple entities (government, non-profit, private, community group, public organizations, etc.) to enhance continuity of services provided. For the purpose of this RFP, target population shall be those individuals serving a hard labor (felony) sentence under the custody of DPS&C or a state judicial district court; or any other person with a pending felony charge who volunteers to participate in a recognized pre-trial diversion program. Proposers should address the above goals, offering a continuum of services that are tailored to the needs of individual clients.