“Introduction
This RFP is to procure a provider for Parent Education – Home Based services for families that are at risk of having their children removed from their home due to child abuse and /or neglect. Parent Education – Home Based services provides instruction in the families’ home to educate parents on parenting skills, life/home management skills, parent/child interaction skills and other topics dependent upon the specific needs of the client.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
1.1. Client Eligibility Criteria
- Definition of Eligibility normally by funding source or program standards
For Child Safety and Permanency Plans (CSPP) Funding:
- Families with an open MDHHS Children’s Protective Services case (Category I, II and III).
- Families with one or more children in MDHHS supervised out-of-home placement (including Juvenile Justice).
- Families open to prevention services with MDHHS Local Office exception.
- MDHHS adoptive families for whom a need for post adoptive services has been identified by MDHHS to prevent disruption or dissolution.
For Strong Families, Safe Children (SFSC) Funding:
Family Preservation – Placement Prevention Services shall be provided to Parent or Primary Caregiver(s) who:
- are responsible for the care and supervision of minor child(ren) and
- have an open MDHHS Children’s Protective Services (Category I, II, and III), Foster Care or Delinquency case.
Family Support Services shall be provided to Parents or Primary Caregiver(s) who:
- are responsible for the care and supervision of minor child(ren) and
- have an open MDHHS Children’s Protective Services (Category I, II, and III), Foster Care or Delinquency case or
- whose open case was closed within the past 18 months or
- had a CPS investigation within the past 18 month or
- had 3 or more rejected CPS complaints.
Note: Adjudicated youth in out-of-home placement who are wards of the court (including tribal courts) may be referred by MDHHS to contracts that exclusively serve delinquent youth.
Time – Limited Family Reunification Services shall be provided to Parents and Primary Caregiver(s) who:
- are responsible for the care and supervision of minor child(ren) and
- have a MDHHS open case in out-of-home placement with family reunification as the goal.
- Families are eligible only within the 15 month period that begins on the date the child is considered to have entered foster care.
- Determination of Eligibility
The MDHHS local office shall determine eligibility.”
Excerpted from RFP Number: FP17-33001 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Grants and Purchasing – REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) CONDENSED