The vendor is required to provide that reproductive and perinatal case management program services (RPCMP) through the following activities:
• Providing Perinatal support services to the target population;
• Providing one-on-one state certified doula support throughout the perinatal period and supporting the client through the labor and delivery and postpartum periods throughout the infant's first year of life;
• Providing prepared childbirth education to the target population;
• Conducting multiple screenings on each client at specified intervals prenatally through one-year post-partum with validated screening tools;
• Ensuring referrals are made and followed through with for any positive screenings
• Utilizing a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) experienced in trauma-informed care and behavioral health to provide support and counseling to the target population who require additional guidance, and providing effective referrals to long-term counseling professionals as necessary;
• Utilizing a LCSW experienced in trauma-informed care and behavioral health to provide consultation and guidance to staff with clients in crisis;
• Delivering evidence-based teen pregnancy and std prevention education programs to a minimum of a total of 200 youth each in all of the state’s eight (8) counties annually;
• Conducting community outreach to expand awareness of the program, which may include, but is not limited to attending health fairs, community events and public health meetings; sharing information via website postings; and
• Evaluating the effectiveness of services through continual quality improvement processes, to be determined by and reported to the department in the quarterly programmatic reports.
- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: March 13, 2025