Community Schools Partners Service

The Paterson Public Schools in Paterson, New Jersey, require a vendor to provide comprehensive community schools partners services. The agency is seeking to address student and family needs through academic enrichment, mental health support, and family engagement programs. The selected partner must deliver these services onsite at designated school locations. The scope of work covers before-school and after-school academic enrichment, tutoring, homework support, and summer learning programs. For secondary schools, the agency requires career and college readiness programming. Support services must include case management, family navigation, mental health and counseling referrals, onsite mental health services, crisis intervention, and attendance and truancy intervention. The agency also requires family-focused initiatives, including workshops, events, resource fairs, adult education, workforce development, and parent leadership development. Bidders must employ or designate a qualified Community School Coordinator for each site. Additionally, the partner must facilitate ongoing needs assessments and program evaluation to measure effectiveness. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget and has not disclosed a pre-set funding limit. The source document does not specify the evaluation criteria or key dates for this opportunity.