Multnomah County is committed to reducing racial and ethnic disparities within the justice system through policies, practices and the continuum of prevention, intervention and supervision/suppression programs and strategies. The Community Healing Initiative (CHI) builds capacity and safety by preventing and reducing recidivism, delinquency, addressing root causes, and connecting individuals and families to support services. CHI is an emerging, innovative, community-based, family-focused, trauma-informed model for community and system transformation. The Multnomah County Department of Community Justice (DCJ) seeks to contract with one culturally responsive community-based organization to deliver the Community Healing Initiative (CHI) program to Latino young adult, and adult males between the ages of 18-30 (occasionally, clients who exceed 30 years of age may participate in the program with the approval of DCJ), who may be gang-impacted or gangaffected, have committed felonies and/or person-to-person misdemeanors, and are at high risk of reoffending. CHI is a community-centered collaboration designed to stop gang violence in Multnomah County by addressing its root causes. Through CHI, SUPPLIER shall provide intentional violence and crime prevention services to clients to reduce violence and recidivism rates and improve outcomes.
