Family Impact Initiative

Location:	Pennsylvania
Posted:	Jun 18, 2026
Due:	Jul 23, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Pennsylvania
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
Solicitation No:	67-207
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General Information

Department for this solicitation:

Procurement

Date Prepared:

06/18/26

Types:

RFA

Advertisement Type:

Service

Materials

Service & Materials

PW Construction

Agency Construction

Real Estate

Solicitation/Project#:

67-207

Solicitation/Project Title:

Family Impact Initiative

Description:

The overarching goal of the program is to support the development of community based and family-focused systems of care for families of CSHCN. The core components include assembling an effective coalition of stakeholders, assessing community systems and identifying areas of improvement, developing and implementing strategies, building capacity to undergo systems change, improving the community service delivery system, and ensuring CSHCN get the support and resources needed to thrive.

Department Information
Department/Agency:	Department of Health	Delivery Location:	Office Of Procurement Health Human Services Bldg 625 Forster St Hbg Pa 17120
County:	Multiple	Duration:	01/01/27-06/30/31

Contact Information
First Name:	Danielle	Last Name:	Rhodes
Phone Number: (XXX-XXX-XXXX)	717-547-3400	Email:	danierhode@pa.gov

Solicitation Information
Bids must be received by the purchasing agency on the Solicitation Due Date no later than the Solicitation Due Time as set forth in the solicitation. Any conflict between the dates and/or times contained in the solicitation itself or its attachments and this advertisement shall be resolved in favor of the solicitation.
Solicitation Start Date:	06/18/26
Solicitation Due Date:	07/23/26	Solicitation Due Time:	1:30 PM
Solicitation Opening Date:	07/23/26	Solicitation Opening Time:	1:30 PM
Opening Location:	This Is Not A Public Bid Opening
No. of Addendums:	0

Amended Date:	06/18/26

Related Solicitation Files

Original Files

	RFA 67-207.pdf
	RFA 67-207 - Budget (STANDARD).xls

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June 18, 2026

Dear Potential Applicant:

You are invited to submit an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Health in accordance

with the enclosed Request for Applications (RFA) #67-207.

A pre-application conference will be held via Microsoft Teams on July 16, 2026, from 10:00 AM

to 12:00 PM ET. Potential applicants can join via Microsoft Teams by clicking on this link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting and entering the following: The

meeting ID is 244 438 829 602 761, and meeting Passcode is Ce2C3d4Z; or by phone at +1 267-332-

8737; Phone Conference ID: 226889544#. If attending by phone, any content shown on Teams call

screen will not be visible. Applicant attendance is optional.

All questions regarding this RFA must be directed by e-mail to danierhode@pa.gov no later than

12:00 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026. All questions must include the specific section of the RFA about

which the potential applicant is requesting clarification. Answers to all questions will be posted at

www.emarketplace.state.pa.us. Click on ‘Solicitations’ and search for the above RFA number.

Submit one application, (Part 2 of this RFA) by email to: RA-

DHHEALTH_DEPT_DOC@pa.gov. The Department cannot accept secure or encrypted emails. Any

submission via secure or encrypted email will be immediately discarded. Applications must be

received no later than 1:30 p.m. ET on July 23, 2026. Applications can be submitted as soon as they

are ready for submission; to prevent late submissions, applicants are encouraged to not wait until this

closing date and time. The timestamp on the received application email in the RA-

DHHEALTH_DEPT_DOC@pa.gov inbox is the final and only timekeeper to determine if the

application was received by the deadline.

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED REGARDLESS OF THE REASON.

Type “APPLICATION ENCLOSED RFA #67-207” as the subject line of your e-mail submission.

We expect that the evaluation of applications and the selection of Grantees will be completed

within eight weeks of the submission due date.

Enclosure

Sincerely,

Digitally signed by Rebekah

Rebekah Gregorowicz Gregorowicz

Date: 2026.06.18 12:30:32 -04'00'

Office of Procurement

For Agency Head

Health and Human Services Building | 625 Forster Street | Harrisburg, PA 171200701 | www.health.pa.gov

RFA 67-207

Family Impact Initiative

CONTENTS

Part One: General Information

......................................................... 1

A. Information for Applicants.........................................................................................2

B. Application Procedures………………………………………………………………....5

1. General ..............................................................................................................5

2. Evaluation of Applications .............................................................................6

3. Awards...........................................................................................................7

4. Deliverables ...................................................................................................7

5. Reporting Requirements...............................................................................11

C. Application Instructions and Required Format..........................................................12

1. Application Instructions ...............................................................................12

2. Application Format ..........................................................................................12

3. Definitions ...................................................................................................16

Part Two: Title of Application

....................................................... 18

Application Forms and Attachments

I. Cover Page

II. BOP-2201 Worker Protection and Investment Certification Form

III. BOP-1307 Lobbying Certification Form

IV. Work Statement

V. Budget Template is downloadable and is attached for completion of

the budget request

Any Grant Agreement resulting from this RFA will include certain standard terms

and conditions that will be attached as appendices and will be part of the

agreement, which may either be found at http://www.health.pa.gov/vendors or are

attachments to this RFA. These terms and conditions are not negotiable and are

listed below:

� Payment Provisions (Rev.11/25) and Attachment 1

� Commonwealth Standard General Terms and Conditions (Grant) (Rev.

10/1/23)

� Department Standard General Terms and Conditions (Grant)

(Rev. 12/24)

� Audit Requirements (Rev. 10/24)

� Federal Standard Terms and Conditions (Grant) (Rev. 12/24)

PART ONE

Family Impact Initiative

General Information

A. Information for Applicants

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (Department) is responsible for administering the Title V

Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHSBG) for Pennsylvania. The MCHSBG

was established as part of the 1935 Social Security Act and is administered at the federal level by

the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The mission of the MCHSBG is to

improve the health and wellbeing of the nation’s mothers, infants, children and youth, including

those with special health care needs and their families.

Every five years the Department conducts a comprehensive needs and capacity assessment to

gauge the strengths and needs of the state’s Maternal and Child Health population (which includes

pregnant people, infants, and children, as well as children with special health care needs) and

related services. As a result of the most recent needs and capacity assessment, the Department

identified seven priorities on which to focus on for 2026 through 2030. The work of this RFA falls

within the priority: Provider Access, Care Coordination, and Navigation for Children and Youth

with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN).

HRSA has defined five population domains: Women/Maternal Health, Perinatal/Infant Health,

Child Health, CYSHCN, and Adolescent Health. To impact the identified domains, the

Department has identified National Performance Measures and State Performance Measures that

must be reported annually. As a result, the Department has created a State Action Plan that

demonstrates the logical relationships between the chosen priorities, performance measures, and

programming strategies that address identified needs of those included in the acknowledged

domains. The work of this RFA is a strategy within the CYSHCN population domain. Additional

information on the Department’s administration of the Title V Block Grant, including annual

reports, can be found at:

https://www.pa.gov/agencies/health/programs/maternal-health-and-infant-care/title-v

HRSA notes that CYSHCN have or are at increased risk for having chronic physical,

developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions. CYSHCN have conditions, which include,

but are not limited to, diagnoses such as asthma, sickle cell disease, epilepsy, anxiety, autism, and

learning disorders. CYSHCN may require more specialized health and educational services to

thrive, even though each child's needs may vary. According to the 2023-2024 National Survey of

Children’s Health, only 15.2 percent of CYSHCN in Pennsylvania received care in a well-

functioning system1.

The Family Impact Initiative (FII) provides a framework for addressing systems of services for

CYSHCN. The FII uses a system change approach rather than a program-based approach to

address community improvements for families of CYSHCN. Systems change is the core of the

1 2023-2024. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health.

https://www.childhealthdata.org/browse/survey/results?q=12180&r=40

FII.

"Systems change" is a shift in the way that a community makes decisions about policies, practices,

procedures, and the allocation of resources. To undertake systems changes, a community must

build collaborative bridges among multiple agencies, community members, and other

stakeholders. A system change extends beyond a single program, to multiple programs and

organizations, affecting CYSHCN and families across the community. System changes rely on

building partnerships and cultivating these relationships. It has been said of systems change, “if

you want to change the system, get the system in the room.” Bringing the right partners to the

“room” is critical and includes families and youth with CYSHCN.

System changes affecting CYSHCN and their families should always be family and youth driven.

FII focuses on policy, practice, and procedural changes which can be sustained within an

organization or system. System change involves the following aspects:

a. A practice change creates a new way to do things, such as adding a new assessment to

a well-child visit for CYSHCN that addresses transition to adult care.

b. A policy change is a formalized set of practices and guidelines that inform strategic

decisions, day-to-day operations, and decision making. Creating a policy that all

patients beginning at the age of 12 years receive a transition to adult care assessment

during their well-child visit would be an example of a policy change.

c. A procedural change describes what actions to take in specific circumstances. A

transition assessment might also require additional implementation guidelines to create

clarity and consistency, which would be a procedural change.

While some activities, such as material development, training, or connecting to resources, lay the

groundwork for system change, these activities alone are not system changes. System changes are

integrated into an organization’s practices, policies, and procedures in such a way that if all current

staff left an organization, the change would be sustained at the institutional level.

The FII provides funding to local communities to improve community systems to better meet the

needs of CYSHCN and their families. The FII is a replication of North Carolina’s Innovative

Approaches initiative that has been operating in North Carolina for 15 years and has been deemed

a best practice by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). More

information about Innovative Approaches can be found here:

https://amchp.org/database_entry/innovative-approaches-community-systems-building-grants-

for-children-and-youth-with-special-health-care-needs-cyshcn/

In 2021, Pennsylvania was awarded a one-year replication grant by AMCHP, which allowed the

state to build capacity and pilot Innovative Approaches in Philadelphia County. The Department

has funded the initiative with MCHSBG funds since 2022. Since that time the initiative, now

coined Family Impact Initiative in Pennsylvania, has accomplished many system change goals,

including: created and disseminated a video of important CYSHCN resources and organizations

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

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