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Philadelphia is looking for a firm to handle communications services and community engagement for its 911 Triage and Responder Strategy.
The Strategy is a collaborative effort among the police department, office of criminal justice and department of behavioral health and intellectual disability services.
It seeks to keep people suffering from mental health issues, substance abuse and housing insecurity out of the criminal justice system and get them into community social services.
The goal “is to reduce racial and ethnic disparities across the criminal justice system,” according to the RFP.
The desired firm will create the overall community engagement plan; conduct public education activities, develop talking points to Philadelphia government officials, handle social meetings and interact with individuals with “lived experiences” with emergency calls for help.
The budget for the three-to-five-month program is capped at $150K.
Proposals are due Oct. 15 at the eContract Philly portal.
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