Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Quality Performance, LLC to conduct the third phase of a three-phased evaluation of the Applications for Purpose Pride and Success (APPS).
In April 2013, the City of Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks contracted with Drs. L. Shon Burch and Gary Timko of Quality Performance, LLC to conduct a three-phased evaluation of the Applications for Purpose Pride and Success (APPS) comprehensive strategy for reducing gang activity in Columbus, Ohio.
Phase I was completed in October 2013 and focused on (1) documenting the structure and implementation of APPS to date and identifying opportunities for improvement and (2) establishing an evaluation framework that would allow for the collection of data needed to demonstrate APPS’s progress, outcomes, and impact.
Phase II began in April 2014 and focused on (1) determining progress made with the implementation of APPS, (2) improving APPS’s data collection tools and processes, and (3) assessing the extent to which APPS had been achieving its short-term and intermediate-term outcomes.
Phase III will begin in October 2017 and will continue to focus on (1) gauging progress made with the implementation of the strategy and (2) assessing the extent to which APPS has been achieving its short, intermediate, and long-term outcomes and its impact to date on helping to reduce youth violence in targeted areas of Columbus, Ohio. This proposal outlines the work being proposed to be completed by Dr. Burch for Phase III of the evaluation.
Fiscal Impact: $24,250.00 is budgeted and available in the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund 2285.
Bid Waiver Justification: Quality Performance completed phases I and II of the evaluation process so this is essentially completion of the original evaluation that began in 2013 that called for three phases. This provides Quality Performance with intrinsic knowledge a...
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