Ocean County Opengov #313597

Ocean County Comprehensive Youth Diversion Services

Ocean County is seeking a provider to deliver individualized diversion services for at-risk youth. - Government buyer: Ocean County Board of Commissioners, through the Ocean County Department of Juvenile Services and Ocean County Youth Services Commission. - Service requested: Comprehensive Youth Diversion Services for at-risk youth referred through authorized Family Court, community, law-enforcement, and school pathways. - Services include intake and assessment, service matching, individualized interventions, restorative practices and proportionate accountability, behavioral and social skill development, and connections to community supports. - The approach must be strengths-based, youth-centered, family-engaged, culturally responsive, trauma-responsive, developmentally appropriate, and outcome-focused, with family and school engagement and warm handoffs when appropriate. - Provider qualifications and pricing: Applicants must have at least two years of relevant experience and appropriately licensed professionals. Proposals must include proposed fee-for-service rates and a supporting budget; services are billed monthly. - Funding: The stated allocation is approximately $100,000; the source document prints the amount as “$100,00.00.” - Term: Initial one-year contract, with annual renewals possible for a total term of up to five years, subject to performance, plan approval, and funding availability. - Named platform: OpenGov is identified as the proposal submission portal. - OEMs and products: No product manufacturers, OEMs, or product line items are specified.

Description

The Ocean County Board of Commissioners is requesting competitive-contracting proposals for comprehensive youth diversion services for at-risk youth in Ocean County. The program is intended to provide an individualized continuum of strengths-based, youth-centered, family-engaged diversion services through authorized law-enforcement, school, Family Court, and community pathways, including assessment, service matching, proportionate accountability, skill development, and connection to community supports. Proposals must include a project description and computed fee-for-service budget, and are submitted electronically through the County’s OpenGov procurement portal. The contract period is January 1 through December 31, 2027, contingent on adoption of the Youth Services Commission plan and application; renewals may be considered annually for up to five years.

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