In accordance with section 3-16 (j) of the Procurement Policy Board Rules, the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) will be issuing a Concept Paper for Community Schools. The program is a comprehensive, multi-year, whole-school reform designed to raise the performance of schools and enable students attending these schools to succeed.
The Concept Paper can be found on DYCD's website at www.nyc.gov/dycd under the Resources for non-profits link starting November 18, 2014. Following release of this concept paper, DYCD will issue request for proposals (RFP), through the HHS Accelerator system, seeking to find qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement this program.
Please email comments to DYCD at CP@dycd.nyc.gov no later than December 9, 2014. Please enter “Community Schools Concept Paper” in the subject line.
Written comments also may be submitted to: Robert Frenzel-Berra, Director of Research and Program Development Department of Youth and Community Development 156 William Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York 10038.