Request for Proposal: Wraparound Services

Location:	California
Posted:	Apr 7, 2025
Due:	Apr 28, 2025
Agency:	Lake County
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Q - Medical Services
Solicitation No:	251123
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Bid Number:	251123
Bid Title:	Request for Proposal: Wraparound Services
Category:	County General
Status:	Open
Additional Status Information:	April 14, 2025: Letter of intention and questions due. April 21, 2025: Question Responses issued
Bid Recipient:	Les Deter, Staff Services Analyst

Description:

Wraparound Services is a strengths-based planning process that occurs in a team setting to engage with children, youth, and their families and shifts focus away from a traditional service-driven, problem-based approach to care and instead follows a strengths-based, needs-driven approach. The intent is to build on individual and family strengths to help families achieve positive goals and improve well-being. Wraparound Services will provide countywide family support services appropriate for the identified populations. The successful bidder will adhere to the following Wraparound Services guidance issued by LCDSS and found at https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Gi6ICZ6RBjhMmO3zTXCoUBiqAX?domain=cdss.ca.gov .

Publication Date/Time:

4/7/2025 8:00 AM

Closing Date/Time:

4/28/2025 5:00 PM

Submittal Information:

Proposals must be signed, dated, and submitted no later than April 28, 2025, 5:00 pm.

Contact Person:

Les Deter, (707) 262-4512. les.deter@lakecountyca.gov

Business Hours:

8:00 - 4:30 M-F

Fax Number:

(707) 262-0299

Qualifications:

1. Agency will provide sufficient, experienced, qualified staff to deliver required services identified within this RFP.
2. Successful agency will have a culturally competent staff that are knowledgeable of Child Welfare Services requirements, community resources, and experience providing Wraparound services
3. Knowledge of child welfare regulations such as the Welfare and Institutional Codes (W&I).
4. Knowledge of applicable laws relevant to safety, permanency and well-being of children. 5. Possesses strong collaboration skills and is able to collaborate with internal and external partners.
6. Demonstrates cultural sensitivity when working with families and youth from diverse populations and provides relevant interventions to address the needs of participants from varying backgrounds, including but not limited to ethnicity, culture, religion and sexual orientation, gender identification and expression (SOGIE).
7. Ensures staff are trained in and utilize trauma-informed techniques when working with youth and families.
8. Experience working with families in a social work context, ability to establish rapport and build a positive relationship, thorough knowledge of family dynamics and child development, and utilizes community resources applicable to case referral needs.
9. The selected agency will make every effort to employ direct service staff who are bilingual and available to provide services to a variety of monolingual families, including, but not limited to, Spanish, and other languages as needed.
10. The selected agency will ensure all employed staff working on this program have Department of Justice, and Child Abuse Central Index Clearances.
11. The selected agency will provide or partner with other qualified community partners to deliver Annual Mandated Reporter Trainings to their staff.
12. Have designated staff attend the monthly Interagency Placement (IPC) meeting with CWS.
13. Abide by the LCDSS and Lake County Confidentiality policies.

Please note: 1. It is preferred that the selected agency offer a range of intensive services that can be personalized to meet the youth and family’s specific needs.
2. If the youth and family decline to participate with wraparound when the youth has been released from an STRTP, the contractor will contact CWS within 24 hours of family refusing services.

Special Requirements:

Extensive reporting, documentation, and record keeping requirements.

Miscellaneous:

Proposals must be emailed to: Lake County Department of Social Services Les.Deter@lakecountyca.gov Hard copies will not be accepted.

Request for Proposal: Wraparound Services

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