Local Interagency Service Team (LIST)

RFP 02-2024: Local Interagency Service Teams Lead Organizations
Contact: Kathryn Dube, Executive Director | kdube@ctyouthservices.org
CYSA is currently soliciting innovative Local Interagency Service Teams (LIST) proposals for the New Haven catchment area that encourage collaborative efforts among local stakeholders for assessing the physical, social, behavioral, and educational needs of children and youth in their respective communities that leads to juvenile justice involvement, and for assisting in the development of a comprehensive plan to address such needs. 

Important Information:

LIST Lead Organization_New Haven_RFP_02-2024
Cover Page
Budget Report
Budget Narrative
Q&A/Points of Clarification
Juvenile Court Catchment Areas

Schedule of Dates:

  • Tuesday, August 20,2024: Release of Solicitation 

  • Friday, August 23, 2024: Q & A deadline. Questions about this RFP may be submitted to CYSA by email to assistant@ctyouthservices.org.

  • Tuesday, September 3,2024: Proposal Due by 4:00 PM 

  • Early September: Grant Awards Announced/Anticipated Contract Start Date

 

Purpose of the Local Interagency Service Team (LIST): 

  • LISTs are a system development strategy for the establishment of an integrated system for planning, implementation and evaluation of juvenile justice service delivery in Connecticut.
  • LISTs provide a venue for community-level interagency coordination and formal communication and planning between state agencies and local communities around juvenile justice issues. 

Goal of the LIST:

  • Encourage collaborative efforts among local stakeholders for assessing the physical, social, behavioral, and educational needs of children and youth in their respective communities that leads to juvenile justice involvement, and for assisting in the development of comprehensive plans to address such needs. The infrastructure for planning is intended to be data-driven and encourage the use of evidence-based. Approaches and programs to support positive youth development.
  • Decrease the number of children and youth referred to court.
  • Address the disproportionate minority contact
  • Support families with information and access to services
  • Support interagency prevention strategies
  • Improve access to services
  • Improve services and outcomes
  • Increase the sharing of information and knowledge about services and the juvenile justice system
  • Create partnerships between communities and state agencies in the development of community –based interventions
  • Be organized to respond to federal, state, and private grant opportunities

LIST Composition:

  • One for each Juvenile Court
  • Should include broad community representation and be organized by a lead entity: Parents, youth, CSSD, DCF, YSB, Schools, Police, Social Service Provider community, faith-based community, business/labor community, healthcare community, local communities