EXTRA-79178 - USA (Paterson, New Jersey) - Comprehensive Youth Services - Deadline November 24,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide comprehensive youth services to the government authority located in Paterson, NJ.– Includes strategies, programs and services designed to increase the likelihood that youth remain positively engaged in their schools, families, and communities and avoid initial involvement with the youth justice system.– Programs shall promote positive youth development, strengthen protective factors, and reduce barriers to school, family, and community connectedness.– Priorities include chronic absenteeism or educational disengagement, literacy and academic challenges, early behavioural or social–emotional concerns, bullying and community violence, housing or family instability, and barriers affecting access to recreational, developmental, or economic opportunity. – Programs may include structured mentoring, family strengthening, social–emotional learning, restorative conflict resolution, community recreation, sports–based youth development, arts, youth leadership, tutoring, career exposure, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and age–appropriate certification pathways when each activity has a clear prevention rationale.