1. The Contractor must be prepared to offer assistance and training of staff and sub-recipient coordinators on county and state specific data collection to support MISRGO efforts. 2. The Contractor should utilize existing data sets where possible such as the Arkansas Tobacco Survey, Arkansas Prevention Needs Assessment, the Arkansas Tobacco Youth Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, other relevant data sources and the Grant Evaluation and Monitoring System (GEMS). 3. During the first 30 days of the contract, the contractor will develop a time-sequenced plan for the evaluation of the overall implementation and impact of the Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Grant Office, including: Identification of data collection/analysis tools and methods to measure these indicators and/or progress. Plan for MISRGO and sub-recipients training for evaluation data collection. Plan for communication to provide feedback/results to MISRGO and its advisory committee. 4. The Contractor will implement the plan/deliverables within the timeline established. 5. The Contractor must communicate with staff on all aspects of the planning and implementation on a quarterly basis with other times as needed by either party 6. The Contractor will submit a final comprehensive summative evaluation on or before June 30 of each fiscal year, which included all of the evaluation components listed in this RFP.
