Access Center Domestic Violence

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1 Access Center Domestic Violence Lane County will award funding to one Eugene-based access center which provides assistance for homeless and at-risk youth in Lane County. Funding for this Eugenebased access center is anticipated to be $226,401 annually and is dependent upon funding availability. CDBG-Eugene, CDBG-Springfield, SHAP and HSC are the program funding sources. The access center will act as a service hub to Lane County domestic violence survivors and include the following services: Emergency Basic Needs: Emergency basic needs services help to provide domestic violence survivors access to essential resources necessary for short-term well-being. Basic needs services may include, but are not limited to: emergency shelter, food pantry services/meal site services, clothing, shower facilities, laundry facilities, hygiene supplies, computer access, mail services and transportation assistance. Basic needs services also include help provide domestic violence survivors access to resources necessary for long-term well-being and may include, but are not limited to primary healthcare, substance abuse services, mental health services, employment and training services, legal services, credit repair services and renter education services. This also includes assistance with access to mainstream benefits through case management to assist domestic violence survivors to identify eligible benefit programs and to coordinate the application process for eligible benefit programs. Applicable benefit programs may include, but are not limited to, SSI, SSDI, veterans programs, food stamps and healthcare coverage. Rapid Rehousing Services: Rapid rehousing services help households fleeing/attempting to flee domestic violence move into permanent housing. Rapid rehousing services offer a range of assistance including case management, housing search and placement services, short and medium term rental assistance, landlord/tenant mediation, tenant legal services, financial literacy/credit repair services and assistance with rental application fees, security deposits, last month s rent, utility deposits, utility payments and moving costs. Front Door for Lane County s Coordinated Entry System: The access center will act as a front door for the Lane County Coordinated Entry System. Coordinated Entry System front doors will provide screening, assessment and referral services for households accessing housing programs in the homeless assistance system. Proposers should submit the following information: Agency A summary of your agency s mission and how the access center programming

2 for domestic violence survivors fits within your agency s mission. Program A completed Program Plan. Please use the program plan provided and insert projected numbers requested. A detailed description of the access center services, which includes: 1. If this is a new or existing program. 2. A description of all access center services. 3. A description of efforts and methods used to ensure the access center and its services are accessible in terms of location, affordability, physical access, cultural and lingual accessibility and hours of operation. How will agency reach out to underserved populations? 4. A description of the access center s quality assurance practices and how the access center will ensure program outcomes are achieved. 5. A description of any agency partnerships you will leverage to provide the required service categories. 6. A description of how the access center will serve as a front door for the Lane County Coordinated Entry System. Budget A completed Access Center Domestic Violence budget that shows the full cost of operating the program and includes all other program revenue that will be dedicated to the program. Please use the budget templates provided A budget narrative, which includes: 1. Describe how funds will be utilized to meet the minimum overall program contribution.* 2. A listing of staff, including titles, utilized in the program, the specific duties of each staff person as it relates to the budget and the methodology for determining the amount of FTE charged to the program budget for each staff person. 3. The methodology or tracking system that will be used to track jurisdictional CDBG expenses. 4. An explanation of all non-staff related program expenses. 5. A listing, including amount, of all other revenue sources. 6. A listing of in-kind contributions. *Program Contribution = 15% of agency funds toward the total overall budget, in this case a minimum of $39,953. For more details see Directions tab on Excel worksheet.

3 Evaluation Criteria: If a single proposal is received for an individual service description, Robin Scott, Program Services Coordinator, will review and score the proposal based on the criteria described in the individual service description. If the proposal receives a score of 70% or higher, the proposal will be recommended for selection. If the proposal does not receive a score of 70% or higher, Lane County will issue a new Request for Proposal for that individual service. If multiple proposals are received, the members of the RFP selection committee will review proposals and score them based on the criteria described in this document. The RFP selection committee may only use the material submitted in the proposal for the evaluation process. If the proposal is forwarded to the RFP selection committee, each member will individually assign a score to each question. The weight or degree of importance, associated with each criterion is printed beneath each question. For each criterion, a scale of values ranging from 0 to 10 is provided, where 0 reflects failure with respect to the criterion and 10 denotes excellence. Each item will be scored, and the value will be multiplied by the weight for that criterion. Total scores will be calculated by summing the scores assigned by each committee member and dividing by the number of committee members to get an average total score. The proposal that receives the highest average total score will be recommended for selection. Agency 1. Does the access center programming fit within the agency s mission? Does the agency demonstrate adequate experience providing services for homeless single households? Program 2. Does the proposal include and clearly describe all required categories of service? Is service delivery consistent with best practice practices? Does the proposal clearly describe any partnerships leveraged to provide the required service categories? Maximum number of points = 30 Score: x 3 = 3. Does the proposal clearly describe the methods used to ensure the access center is accessible in terms of location, affordability, physical access, cultural and lingual accessibility and hours of operation? Does the proposal outline how the agency will

4 reach out to underserved populations? 4. Does the proposal clearly describe the program s quality assurance practices? Does the proposal clearly demonstrate how outcome goals will be achieved? 5. Does the proposal clearly describe how the access center will serve as a front door for the Lane County Coordinated Entry System? Maximum number of points = 20 Score: x 2 = 6. Is the Program Plan complete and are the numbers served adequate? Budget 7. Does the budget and FTE support the staff duties described in the narrative? Does the budget support the non-staff related program expenses? Maximum number of points = 30 Score: x 3 = 8. Is the budget section complete and does the narrative include a plan to meet the required program contribution? Maximum number of points = 20 Score: x 2 =

5 9. Does the agency have a sound methodology to track CDBG expenses by jurisdiction? Score: X 1 = Total points possible = 150