Description
The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is seeking qualified firms to provide on-site or in-group home and/or virtual trauma-informed educational and support services for students in LACOE facilities and schools, foster care with an open case who reside in licensed children’s institutions or group homes. The selected firms will provide services such as mentoring, youth leadership training, postsecondary preparation, and social and emotional support. The contracts will be indefinite-quantity type agreements with no guarantee of any minimum volume of business and will be written for an initial term of one year with an option to renew for up to four additional one-year terms.
Some key aspects of the job include:
• Providing in-person support to students individually and/or in small groups
• Maintaining staff who have been fingerprinted and cleared of serious felonies
• Providing staff who have been trained in trauma-informed practices and have completed the free online Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training
• Collecting and reporting participation data for each youth referred to for services
• Demonstrating effectiveness of services through evaluation or effectiveness data