Ramsey County, through Youthprise, is seeking proposals from community partners to provide community-based programming for youth as part of a continuum of services that focuses on strategies to keep youth safely in the community.
Donor Name: Youthprise
State: Minnesota
County: Ramsey County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/24/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This Request for Proposals (RFP) focuses on increasing the capacity of programs that provide community-based programming for youth, up to age 24, who are under probation supervision in Ramsey County. These services are targeted to medium and high-risk youth and include Mentoring/Individualized Services, Culturally Specific services, Family Mentoring services, System Navigators, and Family Support Group. Community partners may submit a proposal for one or any combination of services sought. The County encourages community agencies to work collaboratively in response to this proposal.
The overall goal is to implement proven intervention programs in partnership with the courts and the community, to assist youth in successfully completing probation, and to increase community safety. Community Partners will focus on the safety and well-being of youth by demonstrating values that recognize that youth should be treated in a way that fosters their sense of self-worth, creates a sense of hope, and recognizes their potential for contributing to their communities. Programs should recognize that youth need special safeguards and care because they are still developing physically and mentally. The fundamental goal of all programming is to assist youth in assuming a constructive role in their community. Proposals should address the following areas of need of services below.
Service Areas
- Mentoring/ Individualized Services for Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile and Transitional Age clients
- Support and engage young people in community-based services and activities that promote social skill building, life skills, and encourage prosocial development.
- Implement client focused activities that focus on the needs of the individual client.
- Participate in social events.
- Identify specific goals with youth and work to accomplish these goals.
- Create an environment with positive mentoring and role-modeling.
- Work with clients one on one and engage in community resources.
- Identify and assist with building structure for those in need, background/knowledge in housing is desired.
- Coordinate services with others including probation, family and other treatment or community providers.
- Ability to provide transportation.
- Culturally Specific Services
- Ability to provide culturally specific services to diverse cultural groups, specifically including, but not limited to, the Karen and Native American communities.
- Provide connection and support directly related to the culture and community the youth and family belong.
- Provide service from a trauma informed lens considering potential cultural trauma.
- Work with other community partners and support team members of the youth to help youth obtain goals from a cultural lens.
- Ability to provide transportation.
- Family Mentoring Services
- Provide families with supports/ resources to help youth succeed in reaching their goals and gain stability.
- Supplement the work within the Family Engaged Case Plan.
- Meet with families within the family home or a place of the family’s choosing (as well as virtually).
- Meet with families a minimum of twice per month or as often as needed to meet the needs of the family.
- Ability to provide transportation to members of the family.
- System Navigator
- Individuals or family members with relatives with lived experience within systems is preferred.
- Establish trusting relationship with clients/families.
- Assist youth/families with identifying and successfully accessing county and community resources necessary to reach goals.
- Meet with youth/families prior to, during, and after court proceedings.
- Family Support Groups/Circles
- Provide families/caregivers of youth who are involved with probation with spaces to meet with other families in similar situations.
- Facilitate group discussions surrounding access to resources, navigating systems, supporting their child through their probation.
- Ability to provide/facilitate transportation to members of the family in order to participate.
Funding Information
Grant awards will range from $50,000 to $200,000.
Grant Term
12 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include 501(c)3 youth- and family-serving organization.
- Organizations that do not have 501(c)3 status can apply through a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)3 status.
For more information, visit Youthprise.
