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00:IMIs1 <br />• Quality of proposed approach —40 percent <br />o The viability of the proposed representation plan, including ability to initiate services <br />promptly after contract award and the proposed number of cases that the applicant <br />organization proposes to represent. <br />o The quality and cost-effectiveness of the proposed plan, including creative uses of <br />interdisciplinary legal teams. <br />o The capacity of your program to work with impacted community members, clients, and <br />families to inform and participate in advocacy for the program's growth and sustainability. <br />The Vera Institute of Justice is conducting this RFP process on behalf of the City of Santa Ana. All <br />proposals received by the deadline will be reviewed and scored by a team of experts in legal services, <br />program management and immigration law at the Vera Institute, and by representatives of the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br />Program Operation Plan <br />1) Describe, generally, your organization's qualifications as outlined in the Evaluation Criteria <br />above. In particular, please detail your organization's experience representing immigrants in <br />removal proceedings for the last three years. List in the table below the number of Section 240 <br />detained and non -detained removal cases for which your organization undertook representation <br />in each of 2017, 2018, and 2019 years and the court locations where those cases were pending <br />at the inception of representation. <br />Year <br />Detained <br />Non -detained <br />2017 <br />Number (by court <br />Number (by court <br />location[s]) <br />location[s]) <br />2018 <br />Number (by court <br />Number (by court <br />location[s]) <br />location[s]) <br />2019 <br />Number (by court <br />Number (by court <br />location[s]) <br />location[s]) <br />2) Describe your plan for intaking clients. Be specific as to how you will come into contact with <br />clients for the first time (e.g., detention center legal orientation program (LOP), detention <br />hotline, community referrals) and how the case will be selected for representation. Which <br />detention facility(ies) will you serve? Please describe what if any, prior relationships you have <br />with area detention centers that will help facilitate your program. Organizations should propose <br />a plan for intaking and offering representations to people that is consistent with the principle of <br />universal representation of those eligible under this contract. Please describe how your program <br />will incorporate community referrals into your intake plan. <br />3) Describe your proposed program model for representing detained immigrants. Please specify <br />how you plan to serve eligible clients and how your organization will provide competent and <br />effective representation for the entire scope of the case, including for clients who are released <br />from detention and whose cases may be pending beyond the current grant year. Please also <br />describe how you will address the needs of clients beyond the scope of their legal cases, including <br />social services, housing, education, healthcare, and other needs and/or how you plan to address <br />these needs when the program is at full scale. Finally, please describe how you will conduct <br />4 <br />251-7 <br />