PUBLIC NOTICE
SOQ NO. 22-023
 
Evidence-Based Treatment Services to At-Risk Youth and/or their Families
 
Deadline for Submissions: June 10, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
 
Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services, authorized by Resolution No. 139528, hereby solicits Statements of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) from individuals and/or agencies interested in providing gender and culturally sensitive evidence-based treatment services to at-risk youth and/or their families who need and/or have been ordered to receive such services by the Juvenile Court.  Contracts will be awarded on an as needed basis. As a minimum, the scope of services will include one or more of the following:
 

1. Motivational Interviewing/Motivational Enhancement
2. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
3. Functional Family Therapy
4. Ecological-Based Family Therapy
5. Moral Reconation Therapy
6. Aggression Replacement Training
7. Positive Parenting Program
8. Trauma-Focused Therapy
9. Restorative Justice Practices
10. Sexual Perpetration Therapy
11. Dialectical Behavior Therapy
12. Evidence-based fatherhood program (approved by the Department)
13. Any of the above for Hispanic/Latino families
14. Other services approved by the Department based on needs of youth and/or their families

 
The scope of services includes receiving referrals from the department Evaluation/Treatment Supervisor, initiating contact with clients, providing weekly progress notes to probation staff, holding weekly fidelity supervision, obtaining on-going training, collecting output and outcome data and reporting client outcomes, or lack thereof, to the Department.  Outcomes to be collected include recidivism, school performance, family functioning, aggressive incidents, and other measures of functioning. 
 
Interested individuals and/or firms should document in their responses, in addition to the below qualifications, formal training in the designated program and/or service or plans to receive formal training prior to contract execution, supervision in the administration of the program and/or service, and the ability to maintain program fidelity throughout the course of service provision.      
The following criteria will be used to measure proposal qualifications: 
1.  Demonstrated ability to provide evidence-based programs, which includes completion of training, certification, and adherence to program fidelity of evidence-based programs targeted to the specific needs of at-risk youth and/or their families. (40 points)
2.  Rationale for using evidence-based practice(s) and target population. Individuals/Firms shall be evaluated on ability to identify target population(s) for proposed program(s), ability to identify and address criminogenic risk/protective factors in proposed program(s), programs/modalities to be used (including certifications achieved and training completed), ability to identify and provide standardized, validated and reliable screening/assessment tools, and plans to maintain program fidelity. (20 points)
3.  Demonstrated ability to collect, measure, and provide outcomes on a quarterly basis. Programs will be evaluated on their ability to measure the desired outputs and outcomes. (20 points)
4.  Professional experience of management staff and agency in providing similar services. (20 points)
 
Requirements necessary to perform the aforementioned services include licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Addiction Counselor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, or Board Certified Child Psychiatrist.  For further information, contact Roy L. Juncker, Jr., Department Director, or John S. Ryals, Jr., Ph.D., Evaluation/Treatment Supervisor, Department of Juvenile Services, (504) 364-3750, extension 87438.
 
 A General Professional Services Questionnaire, including professional license information, must accompany statements of qualifications.  Please obtain the latest questionnaire form by contacting the Purchasing Department by telephone at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at www.jeffparish.net.  The submitting individual(s) or firms must identify all subcontractors who would assist in providing professional services for the project.  Each subcontractor shall submit all documents and information included in the questionnaire.  (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928).
 
All firms (including sub-consultants) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline.  Submissions shall be submitted electronically only through Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding, at www.jeffparishbids.net or www.centralauctionhouse.com.  Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors at www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.
 
No SOQ submittals will be accepted after the deadline of June 10, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
 
Affidavits are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.
 
Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24^th Judicial Court.
 
ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: May 18, 2022