Explanation
Background:
The Contractor will provide violence interruption and crisis response activities that include responding to specific gang-related confrontations, working to mediate and diffuse conflict tensions, and actively promoting peace-building. The Contractor will be awarded two (2) Applications for Pride, Purpose and Success (APPS) zones for the north and west sides of the city. The Contractor shall ensure Community Intervention Workers are following the Neighborhood Violence Intervention (NVI) process. Contractor shall maintain a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week schedule to respond to calls regarding gang-violence confrontations such as shootings, aggravated assaults, homicides, and other violent incidents within 15 minutes after receiving a notification from the Columbus Police Division, the APPS Office, or the community.
The Contractor shall respond to gang-related incidents outside of the designated APPS zone if the incident is believed to have the potential to adversely impact activities within any other APPS zone. The Contractor shall also provide support services to victims' families and friends. Support services will be provided after making initial contact with victim's families and friends at the scene of an incident, hospital or at a time and location chosen by the victim's family and friends. Support services can also include Contractor attending funerals, vigils, peace marches, etc. Additionally, Community Intervention Workers shall participate in APPS activities and initiatives focusing on reducing gang violence citywide and improving community collaborations to support reintegration of clients; engaging with active gang members, gang leaders, and ex-offenders to achieve a non-violent community life; and engaging in targeted street outreach designed to contact individuals actively involved in gang activities. The Contractor will maintain financial records pertaining to all transactions. Communities for New Directions will hold a surety bond i...
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