Procurement
Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
8900 Van Wyck Expressway , Jamaica, NY, 11418
8900 Van Wyck Expressway , Jamaica, NY, 11418
Human Services/Client Services
Negotiated Acquisition
2/9/2023
Award
$1,050,000.00
PIN#00222N0032001
(a) the current health emergency and the current gun violence epidemic create an urgent need to streamline procurement of contracts to support work within three of the city’s trauma centers that rank the highest for gunshot injuries; (b) as part of the administration’s plan to address the significant and drastic increase in gun violence across multiple neighborhoods in New York City, the Mayor announced the expansion of the Hospital Responder Program (or CMS) for an immediate response and intervention to interrupt the cycle of violence that impacts communities which requires a more rapid implementation than standard contractual timelines permit; and (c) there is a limited number of vendors in these higher gun violence impacted communities.
Description
The Cure Violence (CV) model is designed to help anti-violence community groups in high violence neighborhoods engage in innovative strategies to steer high-risk New Yorkers away from a culture of violence and guns. The CV Hospital Component adds a violence interruption and mediation service to existing injury prevention programming and youth development activities that are offered by the hospital. Hospitals identify victims of violence and reach out to CV programs to respond to violent incidents. The goal is to identify violently injured victims that are at risk for retaliatory violence, work with these victims and their families and friends to help prevent future violence and provide linkages to resources.