Spanish Speaking Facilitator
The City of Wichita is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to qualified vendors to provide instructor services in Spanish for the Wichita Intervention Program (WIP). The Wichita Intervention Program (WIP) was designed and utilized by the City of Wichita Municipal Court for defendants convicted of a first offense Driving Under the Influence (DUI) crime. Kansas law and City of Wichita ordinance, require that those convicted of DUI be incarcerated for at least 48 hours on a first offense. Additionally, the Court orders that the person convicted must participate in an alcohol/drug rehabilitation program. The purpose of the WIP program is to provide a rehabilitative, educational program, which also serves as an alternative to mandatory incarceration in the county jail. The desired results are alleviation of jail overcrowding through incarceration outside the confines of the Sedgwick County Jail and rehabilitation directed at decreasing recidivism rates in this class of offenders. Spanish speaking participants present a challenge to the WIP program due to language barriers. It is the desire of the Municipal Court to offer a similar quality program directed at defendants in the same situation, whose primary language is Spanish.
