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SOLE-SOURCE DETERMINATION MEMO

FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

Date: March 17, 2026 Sole source number: S-10000-00016355

To: Kirk N. Rhoades, Designated Procurement Officer ODHS Office of Contracts & Procurement

Requestor: Ellyn Bell and Mary Geelan Agency/division: Child Welfare Programs, herein after referred to as “Agency” Program/office: Family First Contract specialist: Louie Thomas

Agency Sole source rule: Sole source authority:

DHS OAR 125-247-0275 OAR 125-246-0170(2)

DAS Delegation 649-11, as amended

Estimated total contract value: Initially, approximately $50,000

Description of goods or services: An evidence-based, proprietary Kinship Navigator Program, approved for States’ use by the federal Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse in accordance with FFPSA, from the provider, Foster Kinship, for replication in Oregon.

1. Background: This sole source justification applies to the purchase of:

(a) Provide a brief description of the contract or contracts to be covered including contemplated future purchases.

An initial Contract will be issued to Foster Kinship for their proprietary Kinship Navigator Program for replication in Oregon. Because this will fundamentally change the current Oregon Navigator Program, additional related goods or services may be required for unanticipated issues and full implementation.

(b) Describe the product or service to be purchased.

A full evidence-based Kinship Navigator Program, approved by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, for replication in Oregon

(c) Describe the reasons the agency is seeking this procurement method.

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For these services, Oregon is required by federal law to utilize only those programs approved by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. After detailed examination of the 7 approved models, only 3 met Oregon’s criteria. Of those three, Foster Kinship is the only purveyor of the Foster Kinship Navigation Model.

2. Prospective contractor/vendor:

Legal entity name: Foster Kinship DBA: Foster Kinship Navigator Model Address: 8691 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 Contact person: Leah Dods, Deputy Director Phone: (702) 546-9988 Email: leah@fosterkinship.org

Protests are due by 3:00 PM within seven calendar days after the first date the notice is posted on OregonBuys. Protests must be sent via mail, fax, email, or hand carried to the following address: Protests via telephone will not be accepted.

Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Contracts and Procurement ATTN: Louie Thomas, Senior Contracts and Procurement Specialist Address: 500 Summer Street NE E03, Salem, Oregon 97301 Phone: (971) 283-4755 Fax: (503) 378-4324 Email: louie.thomas@odhs.oregon.gov

Agency reserves the right to purchase additional goods and services as work matures and additional resources are necessary, including training and consultation, or other services based on recommendations from the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse.

3. Written findings of fact (market research):

The findings below must include factual information supporting the determination that meet the sole source requirement in statute.

Pursuant to ORS 279B.075, Agency must conduct market research that supports the assertion that there is only one source that can provide the goods or services. Market

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Agency must select at least one of the findings and prepare the determination as it specifically relates to the good or service being procured. More than one finding can be addressed. The findings are as follows:

Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(d): Any other findings that support the conclusion that the goods or services are available from only one source.

The federal Family First Prevention Services Act (“FFPSA”), enacted in 2018, requires Oregon to utilize programs that have been reviewed and deemed to be Evidence-Based Practices (“EBP”) by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, which was created by the Administration for Children and Families (“ACF”) within the US Department of Health and Human Services for that purpose in accordance with FFPSA.

After surveying community members, relative resource parents, Tribal community members, and participants in the current Oregon Kinship Navigator program, as well as interviewing and examining the seven programs available for replication in the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, it was determined that the Foster Kinship Navigator Model, a proprietary model created by Foster Kinship, best met the needs of Oregon’s relative caregivers.

APPROVED:

By:

Signed by DPO electronically via OregonBuys Kirk N. Rhoades or acting DPO