Contract with Bright
Research Group Inc for
Training and Capacity
Building Services
Resolution
• Award a $513,000 contract to Bright Research Group
Inc for training and capacity building services from
September 1, 2026 – December 31, 2028.
Background
• In service to DVP’s mandate to reduce gun violence, domestic violence and commercial sexual exploitation DVP’s primary functions include:
1. Supervise and deploy direct service staff who work with individuals at the highest risk of imminent group and gender - based violence.
2. Fund and coordinate community organizations to deliver violence interruption services.
3. Build capacity of the ecosystem of community violence intervention providers.
DVP Training Bureau
• In 2024, the DVP received $3.5 million from Kaiser Permanente which included funds to hire a training manager to build and maintain an infrastructure for training CVI workers.
• GreenLight Fund investment of $1 million to develop and launch Oakland Peace Academy for CVI workers through a partnership with Urban Peace Institute.
DVP Training Bureau
A comprehensive training hub aimed to
strengthen, professionalize, and sustain
Oakland’s community violence interruption
ecosystem.
Training
Bureau
Leadership
Development
Oakland
Peace
Academy
DVP Network
Capacity
Building
2026 Request for Qualifications
• DVP issued an RFQ #404534 in February to support the DVP training manager to meet yearly goals.
• 5 submissions
• 2 vendors passed the City’s Procurement, Contracts, and Purchasing review • 1 vendor met all the minimum qualifications
Bright Research Group Inc’s
Experience in Oakland
• Bright Research Group Inc (BRG) is a woman of color owned, and community -centered design and research firm based in Oakland, CA that specializes in capacity building and learning services. BRG also has over 15 years of experience serving multiple City departments. • Healing Centered Life Coaching Fellowship
• DVP grantee network convenings
• Developed a train -the -trainers model where CVI professionals facilitated trainings for their peers
• Familiarity with, and trusted throughout
Oakland’s CVI ecosystem
LEARN MORE
Chief Holly Joshi, Chief of Violence Prevention: [email protected] Vanetta M. Thomas, Training Manager: [email protected] OAKLANDCA.GOV/PUBLIC-SAFETY-STREETS/CRIME-
PREVENTION/VIOLENCE-PREVENTION