RFP # 1078 Targeted Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Program with Healthy Families America (HFA) Child Welfare Protocols AMENDED 5/31/2022
Awarded State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2081627
- State
- New York
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Point of contact
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- Nicole Gennarelli rfp@ocfs.ny.gov (518) 486-7224
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About this opportunity
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has released Request for Proposals (RFP) #1078 to solicit applications for the Targeted Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Program with Healthy Families America (HFA) Child Welfare Protocols. The procurement seeks to expand home visiting services to 21 currently unserved counties, including Cayuga, Chautauqua, Essex, Greene, and Nassau, among others. The program aims to provide home visiting services to families with children up to 24 months of age, with a specific focus on families referred by child welfare systems. Key deliverables include implementing home visiting services that strengthen families, mitigate challenges leading to child welfare involvement, and reduce potential child welfare system interactions. Proposing organizations must demonstrate the ability to serve up to 15% of Medicaid births in their target county, with performance targets covering areas such as immunizations, developmental assessments, medical provider visits, and parent-child interactions. The RFP was released on April 25, 2022, with a submission deadline of June 10, 2022, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. A bidders' conference was held on May 4, 2022, and slides from the conference are available for review.
The RFP includes specific set-aside and subcontracting goals for disadvantaged enterprises, with a 15% Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) subcontracting goal, a 15% Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) subcontracting goal, and a 6% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) contracting goal. No more than one proposal will be approved to serve each county, and applicants must provide a 10% local or in-kind match for funding. The total available funding is approximately $9 million annually, with individual awards up to $500,000 per county based on the number of families proposed to be served. The contract term will run from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2027 (5 years). Eligible organizations must be prequalified in the NYS Grants Gateway and demonstrate the capability to implement the Healthy Families America (HFA) Best Practice Standards, including using standardized screening tools, offering voluntary services, and providing long-term intensive home visiting support. Advanced payments of up to 40% of the annual contract value may be available to selected providers.
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PLEASE NOTE: the RFP, Bidder's Notice, Attachment 7, and Questions and Answers have been amended on 5/31/2022 to remove a requirement. Please refer to the amended documents for additional information.
Please note that the Grants Gateway "Program-Specific Questions" and "Pre-submission Uploads" sections cannot be updated. In the event of a disparity between the Grants Gateway and the RFP document, the RFP will take precedence. Please review all three (3) of the amended documents carefully. Applicants are encouraged to utilize the amended Attachment 7, but will not be penalized for using the original version.
The submission deadline has also been extended. Please refer to RFP Section 1.2 Calendar of Events for additional information.
UPDATE: The slides for the Bidder's Conference held on May 4, 2022 are located on the "Documents" tab.
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has released this Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit applications to provide Healthy Families New York (HFNY) home visiting services to include the Healthy Families America (HFA) Child Welfare Protocols to unserved counties in New York State. HFNY is a key strategy supported by OCFS as noted in the state's Family First Prevention Services Act Prevention Plan to strengthen families, mitigate challenges that can lead to contact with the child welfare system and reduce child welfare involvement for those who are known to the system.
This RFP expands the availability of the effective HFNY services in two important ways: expanding enrollment of children up to 24 months of age when referred by child welfare and adding programs in unserved counties. The Child Welfare Protocols enables families with a target child up to 24 months of age to enroll when referred by child welfare instead of the age limit of three months in the HFNY traditional model. As a result, families with older children can access the same benefits of home visiting as families with children under three months of age. This expanded eligibility will allow child welfare to refer more families to HFNY and will allow HFNY programs to offer support to older children and families involved in the child welfare system. The unserved counties targeted by this RFP are Cayuga, Chautauqua, Columbia, Essex, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Lewis, Montgomery, Nassau, Onondaga, Putnam, Saratoga, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, and Wyoming.
A total of approximately $9 million annually will be available to fund proposals to serve the targeted counties identified in this RFP. Annual awards of up to $500,000 per county will be made based on the number of families to be served. The applicant's proposal should propose to serve the equivalent of up to 15 percent of Medicaid births in their county(ies). Generally, programs have been successful serving the number of families equivalent to 10 to 15 percent of Medicaid births in the county(ies) to be served. See RFP Section 4.1, Attachment #10 NYS Medicaid Births by County and Attachment #11 Guidance to Determine the Number of Families to be Served. No more than one proposal to serve each county will be approved for funding.
Please see the RFP document located on the "documents" tab for additional information and submission requirements.
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 15%
Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 15%
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6%
Due date:06/10/2022 4:00 PM
Eastern Time
Contract term: 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2027
County(ies): Cayuga, Chautauqua, Columbia, Essex, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Lewis, Montgomery, Nassau, Onondaga, Putnam, Saratoga, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wyoming
Location: This RFP targets counties not currently served by the HFNY program.
Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Find previous awards at https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/contracts/awards/
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