The Center works with a variety of partners and vendors to support specific project needs. Below are current and open requests for proposals to perform work as an independent contractor.
Open Requests for Proposals/Contractor Opportunities
Comprehensive Forensic Evaluation Request for Proposals
The Center for Justice Innovation is soliciting proposals from qualified individuals, practices, and/or organizations to provide an array of comprehensive forensic evaluations for potential participants identified through multiple Center programs. Vendors can apply to provide forensic evaluations across all programmatic operations. This will be a three-year (3) contract, with the possibility of renewal contingent upon funding. Proposals are due by Friday June 20, 2025 at 5:oo pm EST.
See the full request for proposals here.
Printing Vendor Needed
The Center’s Child Witness Materials Team is seeking a national printing vendor, or several regional printing vendors, to print large orders of materials for children, funded by the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, and ship them to agencies around the country. Printing vendors are expected to print and ship the materials at a cost effective price to approximately 35-40 agencies around the country, over 3 rounds during 2025. Proposals are due September 30, 5pm ET. For more information please email: cwmp@innovatingjustice.org.
New York State Comprehensive Screening Project
Summary: The goal of this project is to implement ten recommendations that were developed by an advisory board of twenty-two professionals–including court and legal practitioners, addiction specialists, agency administrators, and people with lived experience. The recommendations will establish or enhance connections to needs-based services for people with criminal legal involvement.
Four pilot sites from across the state – Chemung County Drug Treatment Court, Lackawanna City Court, Oneida County Drug Treatment Court, and Troy Regional Treatment Court – were selected to pilot the recommendations beginning in the fall of 2024. A community-based organization in each pilot site community will receive funding for a support specialist to conduct needs-based screenings. The support specialist can be one full-time position or two part-time positions.
Important Dates:
- Aug. 2: Deadline to submit questions for Q/A Zoom session
- Aug. 5: Q/A Zoom session for interested organizations
- Aug. 12: Deadline to respond to the RFP
- Aug. 26: Notification of selected organization
The contracted community-based organization will be responsible for staffing and oversight of one full-time or two part-time support specialist(s). The support specialist(s) will work directly with the pilot site treatment court to conduct initial needs-based screenings and to refer clients to community-based organizations and agencies that can address the identified client needs. The community-based organization will be eligible to receive up to $130,000 over a 24-month period (i.e., $65,000 per year inclusive of fringe, salary, and supervision) beginning on October 1, 2024. This project provides funding for the support specialist(s) for two-years, ending September 30, 2026.
Applicants are limited to community-based organizations that provide services in one of the four communities with a pilot site (Chemung County, Lackawanna, Oneida County, and Troy).
On August 5th, the Center hosted a webinar to respond to questions submitted by potential applicants. The webinar can be viewed here (passcode: E41U#0tN)
To learn more, download the RFP: