Adult Probation Department Releases Request for Proposals (RFP) for Reentry Services

Please find the link to the Reentry Services RFP here: Reentry Services RFP

Please find Appendices A through K, not including Appendix C here: Appendices A thru K, not including Appendix C

Please find Appendix C here: Budget, Appendix C and Budget Justification, Appendix C

On May 21st, 2012, the San Francisco Adult Probation Department released a Request for Proposals which seeks to achieve two goals: 1.) To create a list of pre-qualified entities across twenty different reentry services categories, and 2.) To fund a subset of pre-qualified entities in four specific reentry services categories. The requirements of the Local Business Enterprise and Non-Discrimination in Contracting Ordinance set forth in Chapter 14B of the San Francisco Administrative Code apply to this RFP.

A pre proposal conference will be held on Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 from 1pm – 4:30 pm. Location: City Hall Room 305. The anticipated agenda is as follows:

I. RFP Overview
II. Review of Evidence-Based Practices
III. Presentation of Self Sufficiency, and Health and Well Being Reentry Services
IV. Presentation of Civil Rights and Civic Engagement, and Welfare and Safety Reentry Services
V. Questions and Answers

Proposals will be due on Monday, June 25th by 5:00pm. For more information, contact Lauren Bell, Reentry Services Manager, Reentry Division, Adult Probation Department at (415) 553-4919 or lauren.bell@sfgov.org.

Your Input is requested on the Draft Public Safety Realignment and Post-Release Community Supervision Implementation Plan for 2012

The Community Corrections Partnership Executive Committee seeks public input on the March 29th draft of the 2012 Implementation Plan. Please provide comments and suggestions directly to Verónica Martínez, Reentry Policy Coordinator, Adult Probation Department, to veronica.martinez@sfgov.org via postal mail to Adult Probation Department, Hall of Justice, 880 Bryant Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94103 by no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday May 11, 2012.  Please contact Veronica with any comments or questions. The Executive Committee of the Community Corrections Partnership will consider the final 2012 Implementation Plan at its June 1st  meeting to be held 1:00pm-3:00pm, location to be announced.

LCA hiring for new Community Assessment and Services Center

Leaders in Community Alternatives (LCA) is hiring a Program Director and an Assistant Program Director for the new Community Assessment and Services Center (CASC), a “one stop” program that will provide a broad array of reentry services to clients of the SF Adult Probation Department. For full job descriptions see here.

Restorative Justice Training Opportunity

The Insight Prison Project is hosting a training for restorative justice facilitators on Tuesday May 15th through Saturday May 19th. This 5-day training will cover the Insight Prison Project’s basic facilitation model and the Victim offender Education Group (VOEG) model. For more information about registration and cost, contact Jennifer Thompson at Jennifer@InsightPrisonProject.org.

Opportunity for Youth ages 14-19 who have had an incarcerated parent

 Project WHAT! a program of Community Works West is seeking youth ages 14-19 who have had a parent incarcerated and are willing to share their story. Youth must share the desire to increase awareness of what it’s like to have a parent in prison or jail, and to improve services for youth with incarcerated parents. Members of Project WHAT! will work with writing instructors to write a true story based on personal experience; speak publicly at conferences and workshops; and facilitate trainings for youth and adults. This is a paid internship. Youth must live in Alameda, Contra Costa, or San Francisco counties. For more information about Project WHAT!, text (510) 914-8164, or find them at http://facebook.com/CWProjectWHAT or http://www.communityworkswest.org. Applications due by Wednesday April 24th.

Chief Adult Probation Officer Wendy Still in Criminal Justice Conversations

David Onek hosts the Criminal Justice Conversations podcast series, and recently interviewed SF Chief Probation Officer Wendy Still about the importance of collaboration, realignment, and needs of women involved in criminal justice system. To listen, click here.

Goodwill seeks Employer Engagement Reentry Specialist

Goodwill San Francisco seeks qualified applicants for the position of Employer Engagement Reentry Specialist. Applications being accepted now. To apply, please see http://sh.webhire.com/Public/743/

Reentry Council seeks interested individuals to serve on new local Sentencing Commission

The Reentry Council is seeking interested individuals to be appointed to the San Francisco Sentencing Commission, a newly created advisory body charged with encouraging the development of criminal sentencing strategies that reduce recidivism, prioritize public safety and victim protection, emphasize fairness, employ evidence-based practices, and efficiently utilize San Francisco’s criminal justice resources. The San Francisco Sentencing Commission will be chaired by the District Attorney’s Office, and will be advisory to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors. Membership includes one member chosen by the Reentry Council who is a member of a non-profit organization that works with ex-offenders. If you are interested in this appointment, please complete a Statement of Interest, which must be received by no later than 5:00pm on Tuesday April 10, 2012. To download a Statement of Interest see here. To review the enacted ordinance establishing the San Francisco Sentencing Commission, its membership, powers, and duties, see here.

Request for Proposals (RFP) for Homeless Prevention Services

On February 28th, the San Francisco Human Services Agency released a Request for Proposals to identify agencies or organizations interested in providing homeless prevention services to single adults and families who are facing the threat of eviction and homelessness, families exiting shelters, and other homeless and low-income families and youth in need of housing. Services requested include support to obtain and retain safe, secure, and permanent housing and achieving stability through case management, one-time rental assistance grants, legal services, tenant education, temporary rental subsidies, and other support services. Shallow rental subsidies for individuals under supervision of the Adult Probation Department are included in this RFP. These include individuals on Probation, Mandatory Supervision, and Post-Release Community Supervision. The RFP is available here. Proposals are due March 27th by 9:00 a.m. to the Human Services Agency. For more information, contact Esperanza Zapien at esperanza.zapien@sfgov.org or (415) 557-5657.

Reentry Council submits letters to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors

On March 6th, the Reentry Council submitted a letter to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors urging them to support AB1831 which would require cities and counties across California to adopt hiring practices that provide a fair opportunity for people with a record of arrests and convictions to seek employment opportunities. The Council also asked the Mayor and Board of Supervisors to support SB210, which would expand the eligibility criteria for CDCR’s community treatment program available to incarcerated mothers with young children. Also on March 6th, the Reentry Council expressed its disappointment in the Secretary of State’s December 2011 analysis that found that individuals impacted by Realignment are not eligible to vote. The Reentry Council asked that the Mayor and Board of Supervisors support further legal analysis in order to identify possible actions that would ensure that individuals impacted by Realignment are afforded all appropriate rights, including the right to vote. On the following day, March 7th, All of Us or None, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, the League of Women Voters, and an individual petitioned the First District Court of Appeals to clarify that individuals impacted by Realignment have the right to vote. Named as respondents are the California Secretary of State and the San Francisco Director of Elections. For more information, see Petition and Appendix of Exhibits here.