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- RFI 25-3064 - CalFresh Employment & Training
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- 0000039263
- Issued by
- Alameda County, California
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This is a Request for Information (RFI) attachment issued by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) regarding CalFresh Employment & Training (E&T) program partnerships. The RFI seeks information from organizations interested in serving as either intermediaries or direct service providers for CalFresh E&T participants across multiple California regions, including the Bay Area/Coastal, Central, Northern, and Southern areas. The attachment functions as a fillable questionnaire designed to collect detailed organizational information and program capabilities from prospective vendors. No specific response deadline, site visit schedule, bidder's conference, or contract award date is indicated in this attachment, as it serves as an informational document to assess vendor qualifications and program offerings.
The RFI requires organizations to demonstrate experience serving populations receiving or eligible for CalFresh benefits, particularly Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) subject to work requirements following H.R. 1 updates. Respondents must identify funding sources capable of providing 50% cost-sharing for proposed E&T services, demonstrate experience with federal reimbursement or cost-reimbursement programs, and detail financial tracking and compliance systems. Organizations must also describe existing relationships with County Welfare Departments and tribal organizations, current funding sources (such as WIOA, TANF, or AB109), and technical assistance needs. The questionnaire emphasizes accessibility, cultural responsiveness, language access, service equity, case management capabilities, and rapid engagement strategies for ABAWD participants to support compliance with work requirements.
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| CDSS/CalFresh Employment & Training | Page 2 of 2 |
Attachment 1 Comment by Milne, Jazmine@DSS: Would program like this Attachment to be separate from the main RFI document to allow vendors to fill in the attachment as a fillable document? If so, the documents need to be separated due to the posting requiring fillable documents to be added as separate attachments. Comment by Prusia, Kayla@DSS: Yes, this should be a separate attachment. Removed from original RFI.
A. Organization Information Organization Name:
Address:
Organization webpage:
Contact Name:
Contact Title:
Contact Telephone:
Contact Email:
B. Questions Program Knowledge and Administration
1. Please describe your knowledge and experience with SNAP E&T, known as CalFresh E&T in California.
2. Why are you interested in CalFresh E&T program partnerships?
3. Organizations providing CalFresh E&T services act as either an intermediary or a direct service provider.
a. If interested in acting in the intermediary role, what local organizations might your organization sub-contract with to provide services directly to CalFresh E&T participants? Please describe the program that you would propose to offer through CalFresh E&T.
b. If interested in acting in the direct service provider role, which components would your organization provide to CalFresh E&T participants? Please describe the program that you would propose to offer through CalFresh E&T.
Participant Experience
1. Please describe the individuals who participate in your existing workforce programs.
a. What percentage of current individuals receive CalFresh benefits? What percentage might be eligible for CalFresh based on their income?
b. What barriers to employment are most common among the population you serve (e.g. child care, transportation, housing, lack of high school diploma/GED, criminal record, lack of English language proficiency)? What barriers do your clients most often want help addressing?
c. What outcomes do you use to track the success of your clients?
2. As described in ACL 25-50, H.R. 1 updated the time limit rules for ABAWDs under the SNAP program, increasing the need for individuals to meet a work requirement to receive benefits.
a. Do your existing workforce programs currently serve ABAWDs and/or support individuals who need to meet a work requirement to receive food, medical, or other assistance benefits?
b. What services does your organization offer to enable individuals to meet a work requirement under CalFresh E&T?
c. Describe how your organization would rapidly engage ABAWD participants and support their compliance with work requirements.
3. Does your organization offer case management services? If no, how would your organization plan to ensure CalFresh E&T participants receive case management services?
4. Describe how your organization ensures accessibility, cultural responsiveness, language access, and service equity for diverse CalFresh E&T participants?
Program Landscape
1. It is important for a statewide partner to be able to serve multiple counties across California. If the statewide partnership program were expanded, describe how your organization would be able to serve the following CalFresh E&T regions:
a. Bay Area/Coastal
b. Central
c. Northern
d. Southern
2. In what counties is your organization interested in providing CalFresh E&T services?
3. Does your organization have existing relationships with any County Welfare Department (CWD)? Please describe.
4. Does your organization partner with tribes or tribal organizations? If so, please describe.
Funding and Compliance
1. What are the primary sources of funding that you currently have (e.g. WIOA, TANF, AB109, philanthropic, etc.)?
2. What sources of non-federal funding have you identified that could be used to provide the 50% reimbursement for the E&T services you would propose providing if the statewide partnership program were expanded to include your organization?
3. Does your organization have experience managing federal reimbursement or cost-reimbursement programs?
4. Please describe your systems for financial tracking, documentation, and maintaining an audit trail.
5. Please describe your organization’s experience with regulatory compliance, including monitoring visits, data privacy requirements, and corrective action processes.
6. What types of technical assistance would you need to successfully participate in the CalFresh E&T program?
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