Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Create a timeline with milestones for the Accreditation Program and provide updates and guidance to the Commission. • Create and maintain a formal tracking document for the Commission to monitor and approve program participation. • Attend a monthly meeting with the Chair of the Commission in addition to any further meetings as required. At each monthly meeting, the Contractor shall furnish a proposed schedule of activities subject to review and approval by the Chair and/or the Commission, as appropriate. • Compile and disseminate to the Commission a monthly report of program management and State-level accreditation program activities in advance of and to be included in the agenda of Commission meetings. • In coordination with the PSTC Business Office, prepare and provide monthly budget reports to the Commission, with itemized advanced requests for expenditures and appropriate accounting and documentation subsequent thereto. • Facilitate the adoption and ongoing maintenance of accreditation standards, including but not limited to ongoing research, participation in the Standards Subcommittee, and publication in PowerDMS and the PSTC Accreditation website. • Monitor and provide updates to the Commission on national and state level accreditation standards and procedures through research and participation in accreditation associations. • Create program materials including but not limited to manuals, the assessor evaluation form, the program evaluation form, and the accreditation certificate. • Assist in the recruitment of assessors and provide training to and daily management of assessors subject to the oversight of the Commission. • Create materials and proactively participate in educational programs for agencies and promotional marketing outreach, and create official correspondence on behalf of the Commission. • Review assessor reports and provide accreditation recommendations for presentation to the Commission. • Maintain communications with agencies through the onsite assessment process and Commission review. • Schedule onsite assessments, receive reports, and coordinate applicant and ongoing participant agency review before the Commission. • Collaborate with PSTC staff in the administration of fees and contracts for the Accreditation Program. • Research and apply for grants on behalf of the Commission and in coordination with partner and participating agencies, including but not limited to those available through the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services through the New Hampshire Department of Justice. • Fulfill ongoing reporting requirements and, as needed, requests for changes or other consideration on behalf of the Commission during the administration of awarded grants. • Perform additional services as requested by the Commission and required for the Accreditation Program.
