The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) is soliciting proposals from qualified agencies to implement school-based behavioral health services at Raub Middle School, located within the Allentown School District, for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years.
Donor Name: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
State: Pennsylvania
City: Allentown
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/28/2023
Details:
Funding for these services is being provided by a Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Violence Intervention and Prevention grant secured by UWGLV. Funded agency will be a key service partner in the school-based youth violence prevention pilot at Raub Middle School that this PCCD grant is supporting.
Scope of Services
UWGLV is looking to provide Raub Middle School with two full-time school-based behavioral health counselors. These counselors will be required to:
- Work collaboratively with administrators and building stakeholders to provide identified supports to students and families.
- Attend PA Student Assistance Program training.
- Participate in building Student Assistant Program meetings.
- Communicate regularly with stakeholders regarding scope of work and provide requested data.
- Provide individual and group therapy with students, particularly with those uninsured.
- Provide in-person individual mentoring for students on a daily basis at Raub Middle School.
- Engage and maintain relationships with families in the treatment process.
- Offer resources and strategies to classroom teachers regarding student behavior.
- Present appropriate prevention education in classroom settings.
- Participate in any additional school-level or UWGLV PCCD grant-related meetings as required.
General Requirements
This RFP is looking for qualified providers/agencies to implement the following range of school-based behavioral health services:
- Crisis Intervention addressing threats of suicide or violence
- Individual Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Mentoring
- Family Education
- Student Prevention Education
- Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Care
Proposal Requirements
- Proposals must include all aspects of the above stated Qualification Requirements.
- Proposals must provide a description of the methods and techniques that will be used during individual and group therapy with students.
- Proposals must provide methods that will be used during in-person individual mentoring for students on a daily basis.
- Proposals must include previous experiences and plans to engage and maintain relationships with families in the treatment process.
- Proposals must include an estimate of how many students can be served by each counselor per month, as well as an estimate of how many students can be served by each counselor per school year.
- Proposals must include at least one reference of persons familiar with similar work done by the applicant agency.
- Proposals must include a description of how funded behavioral health counselors would provide effective strategies on mental and behavioral health for classroom educators at Raub.
- Collaboration and Leadership
- How provider will create and build a professional working relationship with all necessary and appropriate school staff, District office staff and how provider will promote integration and coordination of services.
- How provider will provide leadership and support to school staff in the areas of mental health promotion, prevention and intervention and suicide prevention.
- Supervision, Professional Development and Evaluation Plan a. Provider should include a complete description of ongoing supervision and professional development planning for provider’s school-based personnel.
- Itemized Budget Provider should include a detailed itemized budget for two full-time school based behavioral health counselors and delineate the following:
- Scope of services
- Projected expenses by line item
- Narrative providing budget justifications.
- Personnel
- For those individuals that have been identified to provide services, include a brief curriculum vita, which indicates the length of employment with the applicant’s agency and type of licensure. Job descriptions should be included for all positions that will be associated with the implementation of counseling services.
- Scope of services
- Letter of Reference
- Successful proposals will include one (1) letter of reference from school sites currently being served by Provider. If sites are not currently being served, Provider may submit letters from school sites or other organizations served within the last three years. Letters should address the Provider’s ability to provide a full range of school counseling services as per the current request for proposal.
Evaluation and Selection Criteria
- The following criteria will be used, without limitation, in evaluating proposals and determining the most responsible nonprofit provider:
- Relevant background, experience, education and qualifications of key personnel (20%)
- The provider’s technical understanding of the scope of services and proposed professional services as evidenced by the proposal submitted (20%)
- Cost (40%)
- Ability to demonstrate trauma-informed and culturally responsive services (20%)
- UWGLV will evaluate all proposals based on the criteria referenced above.
For more information, visit UWGLV.
