C7F-Issue RFLI Grant Opportunities Through The Childrens TrustCOMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, Authorizing the
issuance of a Request For Letters of lnterest (RFLI) from Human Service Providers and others in
of oursuino funds from The Children's Trust and other funders.
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Data (Surveys, Environmenta! Scan, etc.):
Item Summary/Recommendation :
The City is entering its last year of funding under the existing grant agreements for the Parent Child
Home Program and Morning All Stars. Further, it is anticipated that the Trust will issue Requests for
Proposals (RFP) by January 2015 in severalfunding categories.
ln anticipation of these issuances, the Office of Community Services would like to issue a Request for
Letters of lnterest (RFLI) to identify human service and other service providers willing and able to
partner with the City in furtherance of its human service goals. ln addition to the Trust funding
opportunities, additional Local, State, Federal and private foundation funding opportunities will be
pursued to build our community's capacity to serve our children, youth, families and elderly residents.
This is the second time the Office of Community Services has issued an RFLI in support of its funding
efforts through the Trust. An RFLI issued in 2012 identified the City's current service provider partners.
Through the issuance of an RFLI, we intend to identify multiple providers to broaden the Partnership's
capacity as well as fill service gaps that exist including parenting supports and youth mentoring.
The City has attended a variety of public meetings sponsored by the Trust in advance of the issuance
of its latest RFPs. These meetings have hinted that the Trust will be seeking specific services in its
next funding cycles. ln anticipation of this, the City's RFLI issuance will seek to include those services
to ensure the best possible responsiveness and competitiveness of our applications.
Administration Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution.
Financial lnformation:
Source of
Funds:
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Financial lmpact Summary:
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MIAMIBEACH
City of Miomi Beoch, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miomi Beoch, Florido 33139, www.miomibeochfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
Mayor Philip Levine and Members
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: October 22,2014
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR D CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAM! BEACH, FLORIDA,NG THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST
FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST FROM HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND OTHERS IN ANTICIPATION OF PURSUING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGH THE CHILDREN,S TRUST; LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING AGENCIES; AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS; AND AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE MEMORANDA OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH SELEGTED ENTITIES, IN FURTHERANGE OF AND
CONSISTENT WITH THE AFORESTATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the resolution.
BACKGROUND
With funding from The Children's Trust's (Trust) Prevention grant funding, the City has
partnered with Barry University to provide the Parent-Child Home Program to our residents
since 201 1 . The nationally replicated, evidence-based program provides a two-year cycle of
twice weekly home visits to two- to four-year-olds and their parents. Using books and
educational toys that are gifts to the family, trained home visitors model reading, play, and
conversation activities, building language-rich home environments, increasing positive
parent-child interaction, and developing pre-literacy and social-emotional skills that are
essential for school readiness. Current funding for this program expires on July 31,2015.
Since 2011, the City has operated the Morning All Stars program with funding via the Trust
as part of its Youth Development funding initiative. Morning All Stars is a best practice
program that empowers sixth and seventh graders to prevent the early-stage onset of
substance abuse, premature sexual activity, fighting, bullying, and delinquency through
group activities, discussions, and take home projects. AllStars promotes idealism, normative
beliefs, positive lifestyles, wholesome standards, resiliency, a sense of belonging, and a
positive relationship with parents and other adults. Current Trust funding expires on July 31,
2015.
ln 2007, the Trust provided funding to establish the framework anO ptanning of the
Partnership. Subsequently, the Citywas awarded an implementation grant creating Success
University, the first coordinated, integrated service model in our community uniting agencies
to serve youth at-risk of truancy. Success Univeisity's current funding expires on July 31,
2015. However, it has an option, at the Trust's discretion, for one additional year of funding.
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For the past seven years, the City has served as the lead agency of the Miami Beach
Service Partnership, a collaborative network of providers seeking to build service capacity
and improve the quality of services provided to our community's youth, families and the
elderly. The Partnership has steadily grown in membership and now includes 25 human
service agencies and providers from both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. While some of
our member agencies are contracted and provided with reimbursement for their services,
others provide in-kind services and issue referrals on behalf of the Partnership. Our current
funded Service Partnership member agencies include:
. Ayuda, lnc.
. Barry University
. Choices Et Al, lnc.
. Get Credit Healthy
. lnstitute for Child & Family Health
. Jewish Community Services
. Open Arms Community Center
. Playing the Game of Life
. Switchboard of Miami
. Teen Job Corps
Between the Parent Child Home Program, Morning All Stars and the Service Partnership,
the City provides a variety of services to our youth and families including:
. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families trainingo 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens training. Care Coordination. Counseling. Community Engagement. Credit Coaching. Early Literacyo Family Group Conferenceso Functional Family Therapy. lntake(!nitialAssessment)o Mental Health Assessment. Referral Serviceso Restorative Justice. Screening - Developmental. Screening - Social/Emotional. Suspension Diversion Serviceso Tutoring (Academic Support)e Youth Job Training and Employmento Youth Development and Prevention Services
The City is entering its last year of funding under the existing grant agreements for the
Parent Child Home Program and Morning All Stars. Further, it is anticipated that the Trust
will issue Requests for Proposals (RFP) by January 2015 in several funding categories. ln
anticipation of these issuances, the Office of Community Services would like to issue a
Request for Letters of lnterest (RFLI) to identify human service and other service providers
willing and able to partnerwith the City in furtherance of its human service goals. In addition
to the Trust funding opportunities, additional Local, State, Federal and private foundation
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funding opportunities will be pursued to build our community's capacity to serve our children,
youth, families and elderly residents.
This is the second time the Office of Community Services has issued an RFLI in support of
its funding efforts through the Trust. An RFLI issued in 2012 identified the City's current
service provider partners. Through the issuance of an RFLI, we intend to identify multiple
providers to broaden the Partnership's capacity as well as fill service gaps that exist
including parenting supports and youth mentoring.
The City has attended a variety of public meetings sponsored by the Trust in advance of the
issuance of its latest RFPs. These meetings have hinted that the Trust will be seeking
specific services in its next funding cycles. ln anticipation of this, the City's RFLI issuance
will seek to include those services to ensure the best possible responsiveness and
competitiveness of our applications. ln that vein, we are broadening our service scope to
include the following:
c 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families trainingo 7 Habits of Highly Effective Ieens trainingo Access to services for disabled youth and adultso Adult day care. Advocacy for disabled youth and adultso Aftercareo Arts educationo Arts programming
o Behavior modificationo Bullying prevention educationo Early Literacy. lnfant and child care. Care Coordination. College preparation
. Community service initiatives. Counseling (individual, group and family). Credit coaching. Drug and alcoholabuse prevention and intervention. Discrimination advocacy. Employment placement
o Employment training. English language classeso Entrepreneurship training. Environmentaleducationo Exercise and physicalwellness
. Family Group Conferencingo Family Team Conferencingo Financial literacy. Foster care advocacy and support services. Gang Preventiono Health education. Health screeningo Healthcare serviceso Homemaker serviceso Housing
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. lntake and assessmento Job training and employment. Literacyo Mental health assessments. Nutrition educationo Out-of-schoolprograms. Obesity prevention
. Organizationalskills development. Parenting classeso Prevention serviceso Preventive health initiatives. Recreation services. Restorative Justice serviceso Referralcoordination. Scholarship services. Screening - Developmental
. Screening - Social/Emotional. Speech therapy. Skills development for disabled youth
. Technology literacyo Transition to adulthood for foster care youth
. Truancy prevention
o Tutoring (primary and secondary grades)
. Violence prevention education. Workforce readiness. Youth development (infant to 18 years of age)o Youth intervention (infant to 18 years of age)
The RFLI's issuance is being sought in advance of the Trust's RFPs to ensure that partners
may be vetted, the appropriateness of services may be reviewed and that budget
considerations are factored in advance of the need to respond. This vetting process also
forms the foundation to pursue additional funds at the State and Federal level as well as
from private foundations.
CONCLUSION
The issuance of an RFLI will enable the identification of qualified, experienced human
services and other providers who can, in turn, partner with the City to pursue grant funds to
provide a variety of needed, quality services to the children, youth, families and elderly in our
community.
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City of iliomi Beoch, 1700 Convenlion Cenler Drive, Miomi Beoch, Florido 33139, www.miomibeochfl.gov
PROCUREMENT Division
I el 305473-7 490, Fox: 7 86.39 4.4006
REGTUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST
For A Public/Privote Portnership for Providing Humon Services to Children,
Youth, Fomilies ond the Elderly within the City of Miomi Beoch
The Ci$ of Miami Beach announces an opportunity for a coordinated public/private effortto expand
human services to its residents in support of the Miami Beach Service Partnership.
The City is aggressively seeking to increase the availability and quality of human services for
children, youth, families and the elderly by pursuing local, state, federal and private funding. To this
end, the City is seeking qualified human services providers to submit letters of interest for the
submission of subsequent collaborative applications for funding.
The City is seeking providers with experience and organizational capacity in the following service
areas:
1. Care Coordination - servicing children, youth, adults and the elderly and all members of the
household
2. Counselinq - including individual, group and family therapy
3. Familv Group Conferences - including appropriate certifications and client contract
completion
4. Functional Familv Therapv - servicing youth experiencing behavior challenges and their
families
5. Restorative Justice - servicing youth in receipt of out-of-school suspension infractions
6. Suspension Diversion Services - servicing youth in receipt of out-of-school suspension
infractions
7. Tutorinq (Academic Support) - providing academic support and study skills to children and
youth in Miami Beach
L Youth Job Trainino and Emplovment - including supervision and employment provision
within the City of Miami Beach
9. Skills Development - including conflict resolution, interpersonal communication and
personal decision making for youth
10. Parentino Trainino - including family management, communication skills, early literacy,
infant and toddler skills development, and child discipline
1 1. Special Needs Services - for youth with disabilities including autism, Attention Deficit
Disorder, and behavioral problems, among others
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12. Elder Services - including home-based independent services within a Care Coordination
environment
'13. Recreational Proqramminq - including programming servicing youth with disabilities
The City is seeking strategic collaborations to ensure that all residents of the City seeking human
services support may receive timely, quality, effective programming to meet their individual and
family needs.
lnterested persons should submit a letter of interest that includes the following information, as
applicable:. General terms of public/private partnershipo Names and qualifications of the project team (including certifications)o Previous performance history in providing delineated services (including listing of service
contracts that were not wholly fulfilled)o Financial capacity to undertake the project (including Cost Per Service Unit estimates)o Proposed timing of the project(s)
The City will evaluate all letters of interest based upon qualifications and the extent to which the
services meet the City's needs and concerns, are of high quality and adhere to best practice
standards, and economically feasible.
Letters of interest should be submitted to:
Maria Estevez
City of Miami Beach
Procurement Division
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
mariaestevez@m iamibeachfl.oov
Deadline November 24,2014at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time
Should you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me
at 305-673-7490.
Thank you,
Maria Estevez
Assistant Director, Procurement Division
Senior Procurement Specialist
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MIAAAIBEACH
September 30,2014
RE: REQUEST FOR LETERS OF INTEREST PERTAINING TO THE ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FOR QUALIFIED HUMAN SERVICE FIRMS TO PROVIDE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROVISION OF HUMAN
SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AS FUNDED.
The City of Miami Beach anticipates pursuing funding opportunities through The Children's
Trust, and local, state, and federal funding agencies, and private foundations. ln anticipation
of these opportunities, the City is seeking partners with which to pursue funds within the
framework of the Miami Beach Service Partnership.
The City of Miami Beach is funded by The Children's Trust to create and operate a service
collaborative, the Miami Beach Service Partnership, for youth at-risk of truancy, child
maltreatment, and behavior issues and their families.
The City of Miami Beach is funded by The Children's Trust to operate a Youth Development
program, All Stars; a prevention program, the Parent-Child Home Program; and an Out-of-
School program. The Youth Development, Prevention, and Out-of-School agreements with
The Children's Trust expire July 31 , 2015. The City anticipates that The Children's Trust will
issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for continuation funding of existing services and for
new services in Miami-Dade County. ln anticipation of this RFP, the City is seeking partners
with which to pursue programming funds.
Accordingly, the attached "Letters of lnterest" form has been prepared and submitted to you
for consideration. Should your agency wish to be considered, please complete the attachedform and return to the attention of Lourdes Rodriguez at
lourdesrodriouez@miamibeachfl.qov, NO LATER THAN November 24, 2014 at 5:00
P.M. All questions and inquiries must be directed in writing to Lourdes Rodriguez at
lourdesrod riquez@m iam ibeachfl.qov.
Following its receipt and review of the responses submitted to this Request for Letters of
lnterest, the City reserves the right to contact such firm (or firms) as the City, in its sole
discretion and determination, may wish to interview, in further determining the most qualified
firm (or firms) to perform the required recruitment and other related professional services
solicited pursuant to this process.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, OR ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED
FORMS, THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROCESS,
AND IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, TO REJECT ANY AND ALL
RESPONSES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST,
AND/OR INITIATE AN ALTERNATE PROCESS FOR PROCUREMENT OF THE
AFORESTATED PROFESSTONAL SERVTCES WHTCH PROCESS MAy |NVOLVE,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, EITHER RETENTION/ENGAGEMENT OF A QUALIFIED FIRM
THROUGH A WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING, AS PERMITTED PURSUANT TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CODE, OR THROUGH INITIATION OF A FORMAL COMPETITIVE
BIDDTNG PROCESS). FURTHERMORE, ALL FTRMS SUBMTTTTNG A RESPONSE TO THE
REQUEST FOR LETERS OF INTEREST AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE, AND - BY
SUBMITTAL OF A RESPONSE - ARE THEREBY DEEMED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BY
SUBMITTAL OF SUCH RESPONSE, NO CONTRACTUAL OR OTHER LEGAL RIGHT OR
INTEREST OF ANY KIND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN CREATED OR TO EXIST
BETWEEN THE SUBMITTING FIRM AND THE CITY, UNTIL AND UNLESS A CONTRACT
HAS BEEN AGREED TO AND EXECUTED BY BOTH PARTIES.
you have any questions, please contact Lourdes Rodriguez at
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LETTERS OF INTEREST
Professional Services Related to the Provision of Human Services
The City of Miami Beach is in need of professional services related to the provision of
human services. This "Letters of lnterest" is serving as an informal procurement process
in lieu of the competitive bidding process.
!t is anticipated that a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) will be executed for such
services. Fees will be negotiated. The Scope of Work that will be required, pursuant to
this PSA, is as follows, but will be more thoroughly defined with the successful firm(s):
. Participation in the Miami Beach Service Partnership and execution of a
Memoranda Of Understanding that stipulates:o Attendance at monthly Partnership meetings;o Attendance at quarterly CEO series;o Adherence to the Miami Beach Service Partnership Policies & Procedures
(which includes a Code of Ethics);o Submission of the following firm documents:o All required insurance certificateso Copy of cunent financial audito Copy of required business licenses and permits
o List of all members of Board of Directors, if applicableo Board of Directors by-laws, if applicableo Conflict of lnterest policyo Promotion of the Miami Beach Service Partnership within the agency's site as
well as its online and social media presence;o Pursuit of additional resources that expand intra-Partnership collaboration a
minimum of once per quarter;o Timely and accurate submission of monthly reporting documentation; ando Assent to the public disclosure of the agency's Partner Performance Rating
(the numerical evaluation of the agency's performance under the service
contract).
. Provision of human services, as defined and specifically delineated, of the
following services to City of Miami Beach residents:o 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families trainingo 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens trainingo Access to services for disabled youth and adultso Adult day careo Advocacy for disabled youth and adultso Aftercareo Arts educationo Arts programming
o Behaviormodificationo Bullying prevention educationo lnfant and child careo Care Coordinationo College preparation
o Community service initiativeso Counseling (individual, group and family)o Credit coachingo Drug and alcohol abuse prevention and interventiono Discriminationadvocacy
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o Educationalprogrammingo Employment placement
o Employment trainingo English language classeso Entrepreneurshiptrainingo Environmental educationo Exercise and physicalwellness
o Family Group Conferencingo Family Team Conferencingo Financial literacyo Foster care advocacy and support serviceso Gang prevention
o Health educationo Health screeningo Healthcare serviceso Homemaker serviceso Housingo lntake and assessmento Job training and employmento Literacyo Mental health assessmentso Nutrition educationo Out-of-schoolprogramso Obesity prevention
o Organizationalskillsdevelopmento Parenting classeso Prevention serviceso Preventive health initiativeso Recreation serviceso Restorative Justice serviceso Referralcoordinationo Scholarship serviceso Speech therapyo Skills development for disabled youtho Technology literacyo Transition to adulthood for foster care youth
o Truancy prevention
o Tutoring (primary and secondary grades)
o Violence prevention educationo WorKorce readinesso Youth development (infant to 18 years of age)o Youth intervention (infant to 18 years of age)
Firms wanting to express their interest in this work shall complete the information on the
following page and return their responses to the attention of Lourdes Rodriguez at
lourdesrodriquez@miamibeachfl.qov, by no later than 5:00 P.M. on November 21,
2014. The City will contact those firms it wishes to interview to determine which firm will
be selected to enter into a PSA with the City and perform the work.
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MIAMIBEACH
LETTERS OF INTEREST
Professional Services Related to the Provision of Human Services
Please complete the following questions
1. ls your agency a 501(c) 3 corporation as recognized by the lnternal Revenue Service?
flYes E tlo
Please attach copy of 501(c) 3 designation letter issued by lnternal Revenue Service.
Ag€ncy Namo
Aggncy uorporafe Ftonsa Aoorars
Agancy r,ofPorarB r Br3Pnone Numoer AgEncy go]Po]lle rlx Numoer
soun Ftoflor Aoonoat (n omerent man aDove)
soutn Fronoa rotepnone NumDor (]I omerenl uan aDove)Itouut Ftonoa Ftx (n oinerenl man aDove)
POtil Ot gomacl Name Potnto,Gomact iluo
POtm ot gomact t otapnone NumDol !,otnt ot gomtcl E{nalt AoolDla
4. Please indicate those ableservtcesencv rs to
7 Habits of Hiohlv Effective Families 7 Habits of Hiqhlv Effective Ieens
Advocacv - Disabled Advocacv - Elderlv
Advocacv - Youth Aftercare Services
Arts Education Bullvinq Prevention - Best Practice
Care Plan Contacts (Home-based)Care Plan Contacts (office or School-base)
Care Plan Contacts ffeleohone)Care Plan Closeouts
Collese Prep Counselino Services - Couples
Counselino Services - Familv Counselinq Services - !ndividual (Adult)
Counselino Services - Youth Disabled Youth - Skills Develooment
Employment Placement - Elderly Emplovment Placement - Youth
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Emplovment Trainino Entreoreneurshio Services - Families
Entrepreneurship - Youth Environmental Education
Family Group Conferences Financial Literacv
Gano Prevention Health Education
Homemaker Services - Disabled Homemaker Services - Elderlv
lntake & Assessment (Comprehensive)Literacv
Mental Health Assessments Nutrition Education
Parentino Classes Preventive Health Services
Referral Coordi nation (Care Coordination Modet)Truancv Prevention
Truancy lntervention Tutorinq Services - Elementarv
Tutorino Services - Middle School Tutorino Services - Hioh School
Scholarship Services Violence Prevention Education - Familv
Youth Development (aqes infant to 12)Youth Development (aqes 13 to 18)
Please attach documentation of pertinent certifications, trainings, etc.
5. Have you contracted with municipal government in the past?
! Yes fl l'lo
lities. vear contracted and services
Please list contracts for which have defaulted:
Please list the members of Board of Directors:
Please list titles and areas of responsibili'
Name Title/Position Ares of Responsibility
Name Tite/Position Areas of Responsibility
Name Title/Position Areas of Responsibility
Name Title/Position Areas of Responsibility
Name Tite/Position Areas of Responsibility
Name Tite/Position Areas of Responsibility
Name Title/Position Areas of Responsibility
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Please attach resumes for key personnel.
9. Please provide the name and contact information of references from organizations the
encv has served. Please at least three
Refening Agency Contact Prirson Telephone
Refening Agency Contact Person Telephone
Refering Agency Contact Person Telephone
10. Please list cunent ants from The Children's Trust:
11. Please list current corporate and foundation funding:
'Please note the lasted Drivate funders from the most fiscal
Funding Entity Grant Amount Service Provided
Funding Entjty Grant funount Service Provided
Funding Entity Grant Amounl Service Povided
Funding Entity Granl Amount SeNice Pmvided
Funding Entity Grant Amount Service Provided
Funding Entity Grant Amount Service Provided
Funding Entity Grant Amounl S€rvice Provided
Funding Entity Grant Arnount S€rvice Provided
Funding Entity GrantAmounl Service Pmvided
Funding Entity GrantAmount Service Providad
12. !f funded, is your agency prepared to participate in monthly Miami Beach Service
Partnership Board meetings currently held the third Wednesday of the month at 9:30am?
E Yes ENo
13. lf funded, is your agency prepared to adhere to the Miami Beach Servrbe Partnership
Policies and Procedures?
! Yes ENo
14. lf funded, is your agency prepared to post a link from its website to the Miami Beach Service
Partnership webpage located on the City of Miami Beach website?! Yes E tlo
15. lf funded, is your agency prepared to submit accurate, monthly reports with required
documentation by the third of the following month of service provision?
lYes ENo
16. lf funded, is your agency prepared to assent to the full disclosure of the agency's Partner
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Performance Rating (the numerical evaluation of the agency's performance under the
service contract)?
! Yes E t',lo
17. lf funded, is your agency prepared to provide documentation ensuring that all employees
and/or contractors providing services to minors or the elderly have passed a Level ll
background screening?
! Yes fl No
18. Please provide any additional information regarding your agency or its ability to provide
human services to the Miami Beach community:
Please attach the followins to vour submission:
1. Copy of 501(c) 3 designation letter issued by lnternal Revenue Service (if
applicable).
2. Articles of lncorporation.
3. Resumes for key personnel.
4. Documentation of pertinent certifications, trainings, etc.5. Documentation of current liability, Workman's Gompensation, and Professional
Liabil ity insurance coverage.
6. Copy of current financial audit.
7. Copy of required business licenses and permits.
8. List of all members of Board of Directors, if applicable.9. Board of Directors by-laws, if applicable.
10. Conflict of lnterest policy.
Return your response to the attention of Lourdes Rodriguez at
lourdesrodriquez@miamibeachf!.qov, by no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 24, 2014.
The City will contact those firms it wishes to interview to determine which firm will be selected to
collaborate with the City to seek funding and the subsequent provision of services.
Please attach documentation of pertinent certifications, trainings, etc.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A
REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST (RFLI) FROM HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND OTHERS IN ANTICIPATION OF PURSUING GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE CHILDREN,S TRUST; LOGAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES; AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS; AND FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE
MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH SELECTED ENTITIES, IN
FURTHERANCE OF AND CONSISTENT WITH THE AFORESTATED FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEREAS, the City is a founding member of the Miami Beach Service Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the City manages the Parent Child Home Program, a program serving
children aged 16 months to four years of age via funding from The Children's Trust; and
WHEREAS, the City manages the Morning All Stars program, a program providing
prevention training for youth in grades six and seven via funding from The Children's Trust; and
WHEREAS, the City also manages Success University, a Miami Beach Service
Partnership program, providing wrap-around services for youth and families enrolled in our
community's schools and funded by The Children's Trust; and
WHEREAS, that grants that fund these programs will be up for renewal through the
issuance of a Request For Proposals (RFP) during the year 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to pursue additional state, federal and foundation funds
to further expand services to our community's youth, families and the elderly; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to increase the number of agencies participating in the
Miami Beach Service Partnership to further increase our community's service capacity; and
WHEREAS, the issuance of a Request For Letters of lnterest (RFLI) will enable the
identification and screening of potential partnering agencies to better serve our community's
youth, families and the elderly; and
WHEREAS, funders, including The Children's Trust, will require Memoranda of
Understanding between the City and selected entities to establish the terms of collaboration for
the pursuit of grant funds; and
WHEREAS, it is further recommended that the Mayor and City Commission hereby
authorize the City Manager or his designee to negotiate Memoranda Of Understanding with
selected entities for the pursuit of grant funds through The Children's Trust, Local, State and
Federal funding agencies and private foundations.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CIry
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby approve and authorize the issuance of a Request For Letters of lnterest
(RFLI) in anticipation of pursuing grant opportunities through The Children's Trust, Local, State
and Federal funding agencies, and private foundations; and further authorizing the City
Manager or his designee to execute Memoranda Of Understanding with selected entities, in
furtherance of and consistent with the aforestated funding opportunities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
2014.
RAFAEL E. GRANADO, CITY CLERK PHILIP LEVINE, MAYOR
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