Bilingual Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) in Colorado is soliciting a bilingual independent contractor to serve as an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) to integrate mental health-informed practices within nurse home-visiting programs. The consultant will deliver expert consultation services focused on assessing social-emotional dyadic needs, strengthening parent-infant and parent-child relationships, promoting caregiver reflective capacity, providing trauma-informed care, and securing appropriate referrals for infants, young children, and their families, with particular focus on at-risk pregnant women and families with children ages 0–5 years old. Key deliverables include reflective consultation sessions with home-visiting staff, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, in-service training on attachment theory and trauma-informed care, policy and practice development collaboration, and clinical documentation maintained within 48 hours of service delivery. The position requires flexible scheduling for virtual and in-person meetings, with an estimated maximum of 20 hours per month (no minimum hours guaranteed), and offers billable services including IECMHC intake, telehealth and home-visit consultations (billed in 15-minute increments, up to four visits per case monthly), case management services (up to four hours per case monthly), care coordination consultation, meeting attendance, and federal mileage reimbursement. Candidates must hold a current Colorado license as a mental health professional (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, LPC, PhD, PsyD, or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner), possess a minimum of three years of IECMH consultation or related experience, demonstrate expertise in child development and trauma-informed care, be bilingual in Spanish and English, maintain a valid Colorado driver's license with a good driving record and appropriate automobile insurance, and possess expert knowledge of Colorado Mandated Reporter requirements. Proposals will be evaluated on a 100-point scoring matrix prioritizing bilingual language skills (20 points), knowledge of professional nursing and paraprofessional practices (15 points), knowledge of trauma and brain development impacts (15 points), years of experience with at-risk populations (15 points), cultural competency and equity practices (15 points), experience providing mental health consultancy for home-visiting programs (15 points), and proposal quality and comprehensiveness (5 points). The solicitation was posted on February 19, 2026, with proposals due by March 10, 2026.

The solicitation documents do not specify any set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, or limitations on the types of organizations eligible to respond, and no incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the available materials. Boulder County requires all contractors to complete a sustainability questionnaire covering environmental, social, and economic sustainability practices as part of the evaluation process. The consultant must procure and maintain comprehensive insurance coverage at their own expense, including Commercial General Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate), Professional Liability/Errors and Omissions ($1,000,000 per loss and aggregate), Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability insurance, and Privacy/Cyber Liability Insurance with tiered minimum limits based on the number of county clients served ($50,000 for 10 or fewer clients, $500,000 for 11–15 clients, and $1,000,000 for 16 or more clients); all policies must name Boulder County Public Health and Boulder County as additional insureds with 30-day cancellation notice provisions. Contractors must also comply with Boulder County data and cybersecurity requirements, Colorado accessibility standards, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and are subject to Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based background checks. The specific contract amount and budget range are not disclosed in the available solicitation documents, though the sample contract template references a maximum contract amount to be detailed in Exhibit B, with annual limits identified in the pricing exhibit. All work product created under the contract is owned exclusively by BCPH, which retains the right to terminate the contract for convenience with seven days' written notice or for breach with thirty days' notice if not cured.