10848_ITN_Exhibit 4_Start-Up_Implementation.docx

This document is an Exhibit 4 Start-Up Implementation Plan from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice's Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) #10848 for Children In Need of Services/Families In Need of Services (CINS/FINS), Statewide Respite Care Services, and evidence-based or promising practices delinquency prevention programming. The Respondent must provide a plan detailing the first 30 days of activities from the Notice of Agency Decision to contract execution, including the appointment of an oversight committee, staffing and hiring, background screening, staff training, recruitment plans, and establishing fiscal infrastructure such as a separate bank account and accounting system. The services sought are to be provided statewide within Florida's 20 judicial circuits, serving CINS/FINS youth between the ages of 6-18 and Statewide Respite Care Services for youth between 10-18 years of age.

The Department is seeking a lead agency that will subcontract and provide management and administrative oversight of the statewide network of community-based respite care service providers to ensure access to respite care and related services. The solicitation does not provide specific details on pricing terms, set-asides, incumbents, funding requirements and sources, or other financial information.