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The document provided is an attachment to a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to solicit applications for the Healthy Families New York (HFNY) home visiting services, including the Healthy Families America (HFA) Child Welfare Protocols, in unserved counties in New York State. The RFP aims to expand the availability of HFNY services by expanding enrollment of children up to 24 months of age when referred by child welfare and adding programs in 21 unserved counties. The total annual funding available for this opportunity is approximately $9 million, with individual awards of up to $500,000 per county based on the number of families to be served. Applicants are encouraged to propose serving the equivalent of up to 15% of Medicaid births in their target county(ies). The submission deadline is June 10, 2022, and the contract term is October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2027.

The document also provides guidance on determining the number of families to be served, including the estimated cost per family, the recommended caseload for each full-time Family Support Specialist, and the projected retention rate. Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) subcontracting goals of 15% each, as well as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) contracting goal of 6%, have been established for this opportunity.

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Attachment 11 Guidance to Determine the Number of Families to be Served

The following will help applicants determine how many families could be served at any one time and the recommended number of assessments needed to reach and maintain capacity. The cost per family for HFNY is currently estimated at $7,200 in upstate New York areas, $7,600 for Mid- Hudson areas and $8,000 for New York City programs, not including the required match funding or in-kind services. Every full-time worker should serve approximately 15 families at any one time.

Related formulas:

The minimum number of families to be assessed during the contract period.

This should include an estimate of the average number of assessments that the Home Visitor will conduct each month in order for the program to achieve and maintain full capacity with the number of families to be served. This must take into account the projected acceptance rate (percentage of assessed families who actually enroll in home visiting services) and projected retention rate (percentage of enrolled families who remain in the program after one year). For capacity, consider that generally, programs have been successful at serving the number of families equivalent to 10 to 15 percent of Medicaid births in the county or counties proposed to be served.

The number of families to be enrolled in home visiting services at any one time.

The average caseload for each full-time Family Support Specialist is 15 families. Use this information and the number of Family Support Specialists listed in the projected budget to determine the program’s capacity of the number of families that it can serve at any one time.

The total number of families to be enrolled in home visiting services during the entire contract period. This takes into account the program’s capacity to serve families and the projected retention rate. Since the performance indicator is that the program retains at least 50% of its families for one year, this figure should be from 100% of program capacity to 150% of program capacity.

Use the information in column 1 and 4 in the following chart to help determine the number of assessments needed to achieve and maintain the program’s capacity in a year’s time.

Required Number of Assessments to Support a Program’s Capacity

Proposed Capacity

Estimated Year 1

Positive Referred Screens

Estimated Quarterly

Positive Referred Screens

Estimated Year 1

Assessments

Estimated Quarterly

Assessments

50 199 50 75 19

60 239 60 90 22

70 279 70 104 26

80 318 80 119 30

90 358 90 134 34

100 398 100 149 37

110 438 109 164 41

120 478 119 179 45

130 517 129 194 49

140 557 139 209 52

150 597 149 224 56

160 637 159 239 60

170 667 169 254 63

180 719 179 269 67

190 756 189 284 71

200 796 199 299 75

210 839 209 313 78

220 876 219 328 82

230 915 229 343 86

240 955 239 358 90

250 995 249 373 93

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