The Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth & their Families (DSCYF), Division of Family Services (DFS) is interested in exploring different options for how child welfare services might be configured and administered. Child welfare services in DE are currently provided in a public-private partnership through both state operated and contracted services.
This Request for Information (RFI) is intended as one of several strategies DFS is employing to obtain stakeholder input and invite commentary on these options in order to help shape a possible future Request for Proposal (RFP) for these services.
The intent of this RFI is for DFS to obtain feedback on: a) the operational challenges of possible reconfigurations if additional services were to be provided through contracts with community providers and b) innovative strategies and ideas that might inform how such services are configured and contracts developed.