DCS Adoption Recruitment Services RFP
This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS). This RFP requests responses from potential contractors with experience in providing a continuum of services to identify families open to adopting children from hard places or other similar services. Indiana Code 31-19-27-1 Program to Place Hard-to-Place Children requires that department carry out a program to place hard-to-place children in suitable adoptive homes in cases in which restoration to the biological family is not possible or appropriate. To that end, the department is seeking a contract to provide a full continuum of Adoption Recruitment Services in Indiana. Service must be offered statewide. The Contractor shall provide services as a part of the Full-Continuum Adoption Recruitment Services, meaning that these services shall be provided before, during, and up until the finalization of an adoption.
Deadline for submission is December 1, 2023 at 3 p.m. ET.
RFP ADOPT-2023 Adoption Recruitment Services Boilerplate
Attachment A: Adoption Recruitment Services Sample Contract
Attachment B: Business Proposal Template
Attachment C: Technical Proposal Template
Attachment D: Question & Answer Template
Q&A Responses
11/6/2023 Additional Q&A Responses
Attachment I – Cost Proposal Template
DCS Workforce Stabilization Request For Funding (RFF)
2023 Workforce Stabilization Grant Awardees
The DCS Workforce Stabilization Request For Funding (RFF) is being issued by the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) to provide funding to help support the development and stabilization of the workforce in organizations under contract with DCS to provide services to Indiana children and families. The child services workforce stabilization fund allows the Department of Child Services to provide grants to child services providers to support increased wages for direct-care staff. Grant awardees will receive funds prior to December 31, 2023 and must be spent by June 30, 2025.
Any additional questions may be submitted per the instructions in the Grant Application and FAQ document, no later than Friday August 4, 2023.
Deadline for submission is 08/18/2023 at 4:00PM EST
DCS Workforce Stabilization Grant Guidance & FAQ (Revised)
DCS Workforce Stabilization Grant Form
DCS Workforce Stabilization Grant Budget Form 2023 (Revised)
Education and Training Voucher and College Dorm Placement Program
The Department of Child Services (DCS) is seeking proposals for the administration of the Education and Training Voucher and College Dorm Placement Program (ETV and College Dorm Program). The goal of the ETV to provide pass through funding to eligible youth foster youth who are attending an accredit post-secondary institution or educational training program based on the cost of attendance. The goal of the College Dorm program is to provide financial support to foster youth under the care and supervision of DCS who are placed in a college dorm setting.
The purpose of the RFP is to select a vendor/provider that can satisfy the DCS need for the provision of the ETV and College Dorm program in all 18 regions and corresponding 92 local offices in the State.
Deadline for submission is May 19, 2023 at 4 p.m. ET.
Education and Training Voucher & College Dorm Placement RFP
Attachment A: ETV and College Dorm Placement Service Standards
Attachment B: Business Proposal Template
Attachment C: ETV Technical Proposal
Attachment D: Cost Proposal Template
Attachment E: ETV Sample Contract
Attachment F: ETV and College Dorm Per Diem Q&A Template
Q& A Responses
Attachment G: Assurances
Attachment H: Background Check and Sample Spreadsheet
Attachment I: Federal Selected Disallowed Expenses
Attachment J: Principles of Child Welfare Services
Attachment K: ETV Federal Reporting Format
Attachment L: Determining Education and Training Voucher Disbursements
Education and Training Voucher & College Dorm Placement RFP Addendum 1 (Added 4/25/2023)
ETV and College Dorm Per Diem Pre-Proposal Conference PPT Presentation 2003
Official ETV and College Dorm Per Diem Pre-Proposal Conference Attendee Sheet
DCS Adoption Recruitment Services (RFI)
The DCS Adoption Recruitment Services (RFI) is being issued by the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) to request for creative, innovative solutions or services to improve, enhance, and develop new recruitment initiatives, particularly as they relate to locating adoptive parents who are willing to adopt youth with challenges related to their mental health, emotional health, physical health, and behavioral health.
Questions may be submitted per the instructions in the RFI document, no later than April 17, 2023 utilizing Attachment B.
Deadline for submission is May 5th 2023 by 3 p.m. ET.
RFI 23-001 Adoption Recruitment Services Boilerplate
Attachment A: RFI 23-0001 Response Template
Attachment B: Q & A Template RFI 23-0001
Community Mental Health Centers
ATTENTION CURRENT COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS: ALL CMHC contracts expire 6/30/2023. If you wish to continue providing services, you MUST propose for a service contract through the open RFP. This is separate from any Community Based or Family Preservation contract you may have.
The purpose of this RFP is to select Certified Community Mental Health Centers that can satisfy the DCS need for the provision of a comprehensive array of child welfare services to all 18 regions and the corresponding 92 local offices in the State.
Proposals Due Tuesday, April 14, 2023.
https://www.in.gov/dcs/current-requests-for-proposals/community-mental-health-centers/
DCS Foster Care Recruitment (RFF)
The DCS Foster Care Recruitment (RFF) is being issued by the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) to provide funding for DCS Contracted Licensed Child Placing Agencies (LCPAs) to improve, enhance, and develop new recruitment initiatives, particularly as they may relate to locating foster parents who are willing to foster youth with challenges related to their mental health, emotional health, physical health, and behavioral health. Grant awardees will receive funds prior to June 30, 2023 and must be spent by June 30, 2024.
Any additional questions may be submitted per the instructions in the Grant Application and FAQ document, no later than December 16, 2022.
Deadline for submission is 1/20/2022 at 4:00PM EST
Attachment A: Foster Care Recruitment Grant Application and FAQ
Attachment B: Foster Care Recruitment Application Form