Specifications include, but are not limited to:The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF), Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRS), is seeking qualified proposals for the provision of residential alternatives to secure detention for males and females within the jurisdictional age of the Delaware juvenile justice system. DYRS provides community-based, residential, and aftercare supervision to youth in the State of Delaware who have been ordered by the court system to receive rehabilitative services. In DYRS, there are two (2) state run facilities that provide secure detention for pre-adjudicated males and females under the age of eighteen (18). These facilities offer twenty-four (24) hour custodial care with programming, recreation and appropriate education services provided by DSCYF education teachers. Planning is child-centered and family-focused and staff maintain contact with the family throughout the youth’s length of stay. Certified providers offer medical, dental, and psychological services in the facilities. DSCYF/DYRS is seeking three (3) facilities to provide residential alternatives to secure detention; one to accommodate a mixture of males and females up to ten (10) beds for youth residing in Kent County, one to accommodate a mixture of males and females up to ten (10) beds for youth residing in Sussex County, and one to accommodate a mixture of males and females up to ten (10) beds for youth residing in New Castle County. Although it is the intent to keep youth in closest proximity to their families, facilities may be required to accept youth who reside in any of the three (3) counties based on need and program capacity. Bidders may submit proposals for one (1) or more of these geographic areas. Bidder shall include in the proposal the address of any proposed facility sites and indicate expected availability
