Our Council approved funding for development of Next Chapter Book Clubs (NCBCs) around the state, using the organization/people that created the model, have the materials, and provide all the technical assistance to develop affiliates.
For those not familiar with NCBCs, they are community-based book clubs
for adolescents/adults with DD who meet for one hour a week in book stores, libraries, cafes, or other public spaces to read books aloud and discuss them together. Clubs have 4-8 members who are supported by trained volunteer facilitators. Members do
not need to be able to read to be active participants; the book club “meets you where you are.” It’s not just about reading; it’s also about community integration and self-determination. We want the chapters developed to be NCBC affiliates so they can be a
part of the larger NCBC community.
I’ve talked with a handful of you who have funded or are funding NCBCs who have had great success with NCBC and really like them. We want to contract directly with them to provide training/technical assistance/materials to the grantees
who will do the work on the ground. We strongly prefer contracting with them directly rather than having the grantee(s) subcontract with them.
Our DSA wants to know if there is anyone else who can serve as a vendor who can provide the training/technical assistance/materials/affiliate community to our grantee(s) before they consider letting us do a contract without issuing a competitive
bid (that will take many months).
As part of my due diligence, I wanted to know if any of you are aware of another organization who can do this.
I really appreciate your help,
Joanna
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