The vendor is required to provide community led needs assessment (CLNA) for communities disproportionately impacted by covid-19.
- Black, indigenous, and people of color communities, including multi-generational black/country communities; and
- Immigrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities, including migrant and seasonal farmworker communities.
- Develop an anonymous survey instrument or set of survey instruments that is/are:
• Transferable and can be used to examine the communities of focus.
• Accessible in both electronic and physical formats.
• Accessible to the communities of focus members whose preferred language is not English, including those who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.
- Conduct the CLNA by:
• Designing the assessment instrument(s) and information gathering method(s) (e.g., surveys, focus groups, interviews, etc.).
• Leading the communities of focus engagement and outreach efforts to ensure sufficient participation.
• Analyzing and presenting quantitative and qualitative information gathered, including information about how the needs of communities of focus may vary be geography.
- Develop and provide the department a final report which includes at a minimum:
• Descriptive demographic statistics about the communities of focus;
• Description of any existing geographical variations in needs of the communities of focus;
• Strengths that support the communities of focus;
• Health concerns of the communities of focus (including concerns about healthcare and broader social drivers of health) for focused populations;
• Description of any existing geographical variations in needs of communities of focus;
• How covid-19 impacted the communities of focus;
• Barriers in accessing government resources;
• Suggested ways for the department to address identified health concerns and barriers;
• Suggested ways for the department to more effectively work with businesses and non-profits led by the communities of focus to serve disparate populations; and
• Suggested ways for the department to identify and utilize trusted methods of communication for public health concerns to communicate rapidly and effectively with the communities of focus in the case of an emergent public health event.
- Work collaboratively with the department to ensure insights from the CLNA:
• Complement the current iterations of the state health improvement plan and state shared community health needs assessment; and
• Inform the next state health improvement plan and shared community health needs assessment.
- Ensure that findings from the CLNA are accessible to participating organization and the communities of focus.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 19, 2025