Contact Information
- Email submissions and/or inquiries to: rjones@childrenspartnership.org
- Subject line: Peer-to-Peer Pilot Demonstration Evaluation Proposal/Inquiry
- Contact person: Raven Jones, Director, Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health
Deadline
- Proposals must be received by October 25, 2024.
- Ideal Contract start date will be November 18, 2024.
For more information and to schedule an exploratory call please feel free to book an appointment on Raven’s calendar here.
Project Overview
The purpose of this request for proposal (RFP) is to invite contractors/agencies that specialize in community centered culturally competent program evaluation to submit a proposal to be the main evaluator for TCP’s Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health Pilot Demonstration Program.
TCP is seeking a qualified evaluator to develop in partnership with grantees and other TCP advocacy stakeholders to develop, collect and analyze a set of outcomes in order to demonstrate the impact of this particular pilot demonstration. This impact or outcome evaluation will ultimately be used to advocate for policy change using this pilot as further evidence to educate legislators, shift political narratives and secure investment from state and federal levels in these intervention models.
Background
The Children’s Partnership (TCP) is a California advocacy organization advancing child health equity through research, policy and community engagement. For 30 years, TCP has championed policies that help create a California where all children have the resources and opportunities they need to be healthy and thrive.
TCP, in partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services, is administering an $8 million grant to invest in communities across the state via eight pilot sites. The Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health High School Demonstration Pilot Grant will support school-based youth-driven mental health programs at these eight high schools effective for the 2024-25 school year through the 2026-27 school year.
TCP is committed to a collaborative partnership with the eight high school grantees, with plans to identify best practices for peer-to-peer programs that can be implemented statewide and serve as a model for national efforts. TCP will provide selected schools a direct opportunity to contribute to the development of a set of standards to expand or implement unique, community-specific and culturally responsive peer support programs. Through providing grant funding, these sites will be able to implement or expand their work with community based technical assistance providers and participate in a statewide learning community with other program participants, mental health experts and policy advocates.
Additional Reading:
P2P Grant Application
Hope, Health and Health Collective Report
Primary Project Goal
The Children’s Partnership recognizes the Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health Pilot Demonstration as a community centered approach to strengthening our mental health advocacy efforts on behalf of California’s children and youth. The program evaluation component of this project is critical in conveying the impact of youth-led peer support models in schools as part of a broader menu of mental health interventions.
Our role is to advocate for systemic change by demonstrating that young people can safely lead peer mental health programs, using this pilot as evidence to influence policy and secure sustainable investment from state and federal levels into these models. The selected evaluator should keep this goal central as they approach their plan for the project.
Additionally, the results of the evaluation will contribute to and inform a set of statewide standards for peer-to-peer support programs to help high schools across California establish strategies to support youth mental health and to promote individual and community resilience and child well-being.
Budget
We have budgeted $100,000 - 150,000 dollars to be allocated to evaluation services over the course of the lifespan of the project, ideally beginning in the final quarter of 2024 and culminating in early 2027.
Scope of Work
The selected vendor will be responsible for the ideation, execution and delivery of a detailed multi-year plan that addresses the components below.
Major components of the plan may include but are not limited to:
- Selection of evaluation framework, including development and finalization of evaluation metrics.
- Describe the quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques that you will employ to measure the outcome(s) and how you will identify and document the “lessons learned.” Include interviews and site visits.
- Include a description of how key personnel and partners will participate in the evaluation.
- Describe how your evaluation will monitor progress toward the goals of the project and allow for changes so that maximum impact of the initiative is achieved.
- Deliver a final report that can be used in advocacy efforts and in marketing collateral
- Contribute to internal project meetings with P2P policy and communications stakeholders to ensure factual narratives for story-telling and grant reporting
Project Timeline
- January- March: Site visits - Southern California
- March-May 2025: Site visits - Northern California
- Fall 2025: Year 1 Evaluation Summary current trends & findings from the pilot
- Fall 2026: Year 2 Evaluation Summary current trends & findings from the pilot
- May 2026: In-person statewide convening of school stakeholders
- Spring/Summer 2027: Release of final findings and recommendations
Stakeholders & Audiences
- School communities themselves (youth, administrators, guardians, educators)
- Our eight school communities are located in the following counties: Los Angeles, San Bernandino, San Diego, Contra Costa, Alameda, Nevada County (a county in California)
- Legislators/policymakers
- Youth-serving CBOs
- Mental health providers and Youth Advocates
- Current and Potential funders
Submission Process
- Requirements
- High-level evaluation plan and/or description of services based on stated budget
- Work samples and references of previous organizations and programs evaluated
- Clear articulation and connection to and understanding of TCP’s mission and values
- Clear articulation of evaluators approach and perspective to working in/with California’s communities
- Submission Details and Contact Information
- Email submissions and/or inquiries to: rjones@childrenspartnership.org
- Subject line/Project description: Peer-to-Peer Pilot Demonstration Evaluation Proposal/Inquiry
- Contact person: Raven Jones, Director, Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health, The Children’s Partnership
- Deadline
- Proposals must be received by October 25, 2024.
- Ideal Contract start date will be November 18, 2024.
For more information and to schedule an exploratory call please feel free to book an appointment on Raven’s calendar here.