NIGP 95268: Personal Care Services

NIGP 95268 Personal Care Services is an Item code covering in-home assistance with activities of daily living, emergency response monitoring, and specialized supervision for vulnerable populations including older adults, children with developmental disabilities, and system-involved youth. State and local governments procure this work through counties, municipal departments, state human services and health agencies, and public health authorities across the country, with recent solicitations concentrated in Washington, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Oregon. The scope spans fixed hourly personal care in older adults' homes (bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, light housekeeping), electronic personal emergency response systems for fall and medical emergencies, 24-hour residential supervision and case management for adolescents in foster care, representative payee services for adults with mental illness managing finances, and respite care for families with disabled infants and toddlers. Providers typically operate in specific geographic zones or regions within their jurisdictions and must maintain background clearances, liability insurance, and compliance with state health and human services regulations.

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's Office of Aging Services posted separate RFPs in March 2026 for Older Adult Personal Care Services (RFP 26-07, due April 8, 2026, $27 per hour certified rate) and Personal Emergency Response System services (RFP 26-08, due April 8, 2026, $30 per month fixed unit price), both covering the three-year period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 with optional extensions. The Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families issued an RFQ for Adolescent Transitional Living Program services in Region 6 (RFQ 26DCYFCW104, due August 20, 2026) offering $13,137 per month per bed for 24-hour residential care of five youth ages 16 to 21, with 5% bid preference for Washington Small Businesses and 10% for Certified Veteran-Owned Businesses. Montgomery County's Office of Mental Health also procured Representative Payee services (RFP 26-18, due May 12, 2026) for up to 90 adults managing finances through bill payment and budgeting education. Boulder County, Colorado solicited in-home respite care for disabled infants and toddlers (PHI00226, due March 23, 2026, contract not to exceed $28,500) and issued concurrent SOQs in March 2026 for therapeutic services and evaluations/assessments on short-list, as-needed arrangements. The Oregon Health Authority announced intent to award Public Health Equity Grants to 139 community-based organizations serving health-disparate populations on February 24, 2026.