CORE ELEMENTS. Program Requirements
CORE ELEMENTS. Program Requirements
1. Identify, select and monitor local food pantries at locations concentrated in food insecure and food desert areas and/or located within a five-mile radius of DFSS’ six Community Service Centers. Distribute food to selected pantries. Ensure that pantry coverage near DFSS Service Centers operate a minimum of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. We also prefer to have some pantries open for extended evening and weekend hours;
2. Distribute food to homeless shelters identified by DFSS throughout the city; and
3. Distribute additional food upon demand due to an emergency, natural disaster, or special request such as turkeys, hams, and a vegetarian option (no meat/poultry or meat/poultry by product) from primary location to DFSS’ six community centers and Homeless Shelters for Thanksgiving and winter holidays. Delegate agency must meet the following requirements: • Distribute at least 1.2 million pounds of food per year to pantries. • Distribute at least .5 million pounds of food per year to shelters. • Food provisions include both non-perishable and perishable items such as fruits, vegetables, dairy items, and meat. • The delegate agency must be able to satisfy the diverse ethnic needs of the populations served by DFSS, including the ability to address nutritional needs and dietary constraints due to age, allergies or medical conditions, veganism and vegetarianism, and religious practices. • Possess adequate space to store up to a three-month reserve. • Staff includes qualified food handlers. • Conduct annual site visits at pantries and homeless shelters to ensure the sanitary storage of food for distribution. • Maintain and monitor pantries and homeless shelters to maintain City of Chicago and Federal sanitation standards. Minimum pantry requirements include: o Two staff members or volunteers to manage and operate the food program; o Two people with food sanitation certificates; o Written pest control plan and contract with professional exterminator; o Pest-proof containers with tight fitting lids to store dry products such as rice, cereal and beans; o Shelving; o Reliable phone number and e-mail address. • Explain the use of donated foods and unaccepted donated foods to DFSS and the public if/when requested. • Maintain an adequate labor force to perform necessary tasks. • Work closely with DFSS to redesign the program if needed to respond to population shifts or any other changes. • Maintain a database/method to track the distribut...
CORE ELEMENTS. ° 150 hotels units – 87,000 sq. ft. ° Conference Center – 26,000 sq. ft. ° Restaurant/Retail – 6,000 sq. ft. ° Public Space / Plaza
CORE ELEMENTS. FUSE programs are centered on ascertaining the needs of families and providing intensive case management and clinical services to help address their barriers to obtaining permanent housing. DFSS seeks applicants with the ability to deliver the following services/activities: • Assess and provide supportive services to the entire family. • Develop transition plans for families that lead to more stable housing, including working with the family and interim housing providers to establish successful new interim housing placements, helping to maintain a current placement, or moving to other permanent housing options. • Provide supportive services that address housing stability and crisis intervention services that prevent ongoing homelessness and trauma reduction. • Provide training, technical, and clinical assistance to interim housing providers focused on supporting housing stability of vulnerable families within the shelter setting. • Develop ongoing collaboration and coordination with shelters and other service providers to ensure a single, well-integrated experience of support for families. • Integrate with the Coordinated Entry System as directed by DFSS. • Must have relevant staff, systems, and processes needed to collect key participant and performance data. Must evaluate and manage performance including the use of HMIS as appropriate. These services can be provided by the applicant or through linkages to services provided by other organizations. Throughout all components of the FUSE program and FUSE lead agency role, the applicant will be expected to implement service delivery models that incorporate tenets of housing first, harm reduction, trauma informed care, and strengths-based practices, which have shown to be successful in housing vulnerable populations. To ensure families with significant needs receive intensive case management, DFSS recommends a “case manager to family” ratio of 1:15 or lower for this program. In addition to requirements outlined above, we welcome innovative ideas that contribute to the outcomes sought for the target population. DFSS is also interested in programs that are presented with compelling evidence that the proposed program will have a meaningful and observable impact on stable housing outcomes for the target population.
CORE ELEMENTS. The Program will have the following core elements: ❑ All Cards will be Card Network‐branded, following all Card Network “Prepaid Debit Card” regulations and program guidelines. ❑ No general purchase restrictions will be placed on the Cards (other than MCC block on online gambling). ❑ The Cards will have teller cash withdrawal access. ❑ The Cards will have ATM access at Card Network‐enabled ATMs. ❑ The Cards will have point‐of‐sale access through the Card Network. ❑ The Cards will be standard‐issue Cards carrying U.S. Bank’s name and/or marks and may also carry Client’s name and/or marks.
CORE ELEMENTS. Core Elements The core elements were identified as areas requiring standardization and/or initiatives that have a national or international scope.
CORE ELEMENTS. People are provided with information about the principles of self-determination and the possibilities, models and arrangements involved. People have access to the tools and mechanisms supportive of self-determination, upon request. Self- determination arrangements commence when the PIHP/CMHSP and the individual reach an agreement on an individual plan of services and supports (IPOS), the amount of mental health and other public resources to be authorized to accomplish the IPOS, and the arrangements through which authorized public mental health resources will be controlled, managed, and accounted for.
