The Vendor is required to provide outpatient behavioral health treatment to court-involved children (ages 0-9) and their families.
- Children referred for services will have an assigned child protective services social worker, a youth justice social worker, or joining forces for families’ social worker.
- This program is intended to serve families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, court intervention due to child abuse, neglect, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and/or at risk of experiencing child abuse and/or neglect.
- This program will also serve uninsured children who are not court-involved.
- The goals of this program are to:
• Prevent first time or repeated foster care placement.
• Support successful family reintegration of youth who have been in out-of-home placement.
• Improve emotional and social development and behavior of young children receiving therapeutic intervention services.
• Improve parent knowledge and skills to promote healthy parenting.
• 70% of families served will not receive first-time referrals for foster care placement.
• 70% of children served, who have reunited with their families following an out of home placement, will not be re-referred to the foster care system.
• 80% of children served will show reduced trauma symptoms and improved functioning at home, school, and the community.
• 80% of parents served will show an increase in knowledge of the impact of trauma and child development.
• Number of court-involved families enrolled in program
• Number of uninsured youth enrolled in program
• Average hours of service per family
• Number of provider-initiated terminations
• Program updates
• Other process and outcome data collected by the provider.
- Services, at a minimum, shall include assessment, treatment planning, individual and family therapy, and parent psychoeducation and skill building.
- Services may also include group therapy, dyad therapy, and parent peer support.
- Children and families being served must receive a minimum of two hours of services per month, and no more than eight hours per week.
- The length of service is based on the youth’s treatment plan, but typically ranges between 3 and 18 months.
- Clinical assessments should be strengths-based, trauma-informed, and family-centered.
- Provider shall offer a variety of treatment modalities that specifically address the behavioral health needs of young children and their families
- This may include play therapy, parent-child psychotherapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, and more.
- Services will be offered in clinic, family homes, and other settings such as school.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: May 9, 2025