The City of Gilroy is seeking proposals from qualified Community Based Organizations to provide professional consultant services for the South County Youth Task Force School-Based Youth Services. The selected consultant will be responsible for providing school-based services, including case management, evidence-based youth groups, outreach and engagement, intervention and secondary crisis response, and program evaluation and reporting. The consultant must have experience working with vulnerable elementary school, middle school, high school students, and young adults (ages 9-24) of any gender or non-binary identity. The consultant will be required to submit a proposal that includes a statement of qualifications, project understanding, project schedule, project budget, key staff and organization chart, and references. The City of Gilroy reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to negotiate the terms of the contract with the selected consultant. Some key points of the scope of work include: • Providing school-based services as part of the Project II THRIVE (Transformation and Hope, Resiliency, Integrity, Voice & Engagement) Initiative • Serving a minimum of 30 unduplicated youth in strategically identified Gilroy Unified District schools • Implementing eight evidence-based or life skills youth groups throughout the 12-month contract period • Providing outreach and intervention supports at identified key schools • Facilitating at least one Peace/Community Building Circle series at an identified school site • Conducting outreach a minimum of two days per week at assigned locations for at least four hours per day • Submitting monthly calendars of programs/activities, sign-in sheets, survey results, and narrative and data-driven reports