Professional Services Agreement - Research Foundation of City University of NY - Group Violence Intervention

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areas: 1. Accountability and project management tools: National experience has shown that strong, ongoing project management is central to the long-term success of GVI. To that end, NNSC has developed a series of tools designed to support project managers and other operational leaders and thus bolster the durability of the intervention. These tools include a Project Management Guide (specific to the implementation of GVI) and tracking documents specific to planning call - ins, tracking messaging, and providing speaker feedback, as well as the aforementioned implementation review rubric. 2 Access to GVI University training modules: The NNSC recognizes that there is a need among local leaders for support in providing ongoing training, refreshers, overviews, etc. to local stakeholders on a regular basis. To that end, the NNSC has developed a suite of GVI University online modules, each of which is designed to cover specific theoretical and operational topics key to the implementation of the GVI. Topics range from the Nature of Street Groups to Strategic Law Enforcement to Planning a Call -In and are meant to equip local trainers and stakeholders with both the guidance and content necessary to deliver their own trainings. NNSC has made these modules available to the South Bend GVI team and will work with local leaders both to incorporate updates and innovations from the field into these materials and to adapt them where necessary to the specific conditions in South Bend. 3. Topic -specific workshops and webinars: The NNSC will provide South Bend with the opportunity to participate in specialized workshops and webinars as needed on specific topics and emerging innovations. The intent of these workshop/webinar opportunities will be to expose key stakeholders to the featured practice or concept for the purpose of strategic planning for local application or rollout. NNSC's intention is to conduct such workshops and/or webinars regionally where possible in order to facilitate participation from a variety of sites and foster peer dialogue. Any related travel costs will be supported by South Bend GVI. Peer support and collaborative learning Peer support and collaborative learning opportunities remain the backbone of the NNSC, facilitating the spread of best practices and innovations between cities, helping jurisdictions new to the strategy learn from peers with firsthand experience, and fostering collaboration among experienced practitioners. The NNSC will support South Bend GVI by providing multiple vehicles for collaborative learning with other NNSC members: 1. National peer exchanges: The NNSC will support lateral peer exchanges between South Bend and other NNSC sites across the country. These peer exchanges expose sites to different methods, encourage innovations, and help build a national pool of experts in the GVI and complementary methods. The NNSC will commit to offering South Bend a minimum of two peer exchange opportunities annually, the content of which will be determined by the specific needs of South Bend's implementation and/or opportunities to expose South Bend to emerging innovations. NNSC anticipates that the highest priorities in the first year of this contract may be 1) exposing the new project manager to high -performing peers in comparable positions in other rigorous GVI sites