Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Demonstrate Proposer’s experience being led by - and providing services and benefits to - Black, Indigenous, and/or Latino individuals and communities impacted by the war on drugs, with a focus on Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, and/or Yakima Counties. Including: a. Recruitment of individuals with lived experience with firearm violence into program, management, and/or advisory roles within the organization; b. Strong, trusted relationships with the communities to be served; and c. Capability to build capacity and activities to support community-based services for youth and/or adults identified to be at “high risk” for being a victim of or perpetrating firearm violence 2. Describe the Proposer’s choice and demonstrated ability to implement one of the following: a. Intervention. A community violence intervention (CVI) program, described by the Department of Justice as “an approach that uses evidence-informed strategies to reduce violence through tailored community-centered initiatives. These multidisciplinary strategies engage individuals and groups to prevent and disrupt cycles of violence and retaliation, and establish relationships between individuals and community assets to deliver services that save lives, address trauma, provide opportunity, and improve the physical, social, and economic conditions that drive violence.” Examples of CVI programs can be found here; OR b. Prevention. A violence prevention program, which increases support for those at the highest risk for firearm violence through proactive measures including positive youth and young adult engagement, outreach involving workers with shared lived experience working with individuals in high-risk areas (“hot spots"), or public health approaches that mitigate the social determinants of health that could lead to injury or death from firearm violence.; OR c. Planning: A violence planning project that considers data and actively engages community partners to understand and address violence in a particular community or region using a multidisciplinary Planning Team. The project will result in an action plan identifying violence intervention and prevention strategies customized to meet the needs, issues, culture and priorities of the local community. The Planning Team may include: violence intervention service providers, city or county leadership, local public health agencies, community-based organizations, court personnel, juvenile justice agencies, law enforcement, school-based law enforcement, district attorneys, public defenders, victim advocates/service providers, child welfare and social services, hospitals and other health care providers, mental health services, researchers, school administrators, faith-based organizations, or community residents. 3. Describe how at-risk individuals will be identified (e.g., have recently been the victim of community firearm violence; identified by law enforcement as being actively involved in community firearm violence; have recently been the victim of community firearm violence; have a family member or close associate who has been the victim of community firearm violence); and 4. Define the specific neighborhood, community or communities where the services will be provided or the planning project will be focused; and 5. Include a plan for managing and staffing the project including a description of management structure, staffing and details that will support program stability and staff's capacity for success through trauma-informed resources, comprehensive supports, including adequate training (e.g., trauma and respite support), management, a living wage, and job security for staff, particularly outreach workers and violence interrupters; and 6. Include an intent and budget to allow for participation in data collection and an evaluation process provided by COMMERCE. This should include resources to engage in a continuous process of measuring, tracking, and reporting progress toward program goals as well as documenting successes.
