Qualified Providers for Comprehensive Child Welfare and Family Support Services
| Location: | North Carolina |
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| Posted: | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Due: | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Agency: | County of Burke |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
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| Solicitation No: | 2026-0224 |
| Publication URL: | To access bid details, please log in. |
| Bid Number: |
2026-0224
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| Bid Title: |
Qualified Providers for Comprehensive Child Welfare and Family Support Services
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| Category: | Social Services |
| Status: | Open |
| Bid Recipient: | Brian Nieft - Purchasing Agent |
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Request for Information
Qualified Providers for Comprehensive
Child Welfare and Family Support Services
RFI-2026-0224
January 28, 2026
Contact
Brian Nieft
Purchasing Agent
Burke County
200 Avery Avenue
Morganton, NC 28655
828-764-9058
purchasing@burkenc.org
RFI-2026-0224
Qualified Providers for Comprehensive Services
January 28, 2026
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 3
2. OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 3
3. PREFERRED SERVICE ARRAY ............................................................... 3
4. PREFERENCE CRITERIA ......................................................................... 4
5. KEY PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS............................. 5
6. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................... 5
7. EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS ............................................................... 7
8. TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND CERTIFICATION ......................................... 7
9. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS............................................................... 8
10. DISPUTES.................................................................................................. 8
11. NONDISCRIMINATION & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER .............. 8
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RFI-2026-0224
Qualified Providers for Comprehensive Services
January 28, 2026
1. INTRODUCTION
Burke County is soliciting information from experienced providers and provider networks capable
of delivering a broad array of evidence-based clinical, therapeutic, and supportive services to
children, youth, and families involved with child welfare.
Submittal deadline is February 24, 2026, at 2:00pm.
Submissions should be emailed to purchasing@burkenc.org
Questions can be emailed to purchasing@burkenc.org no later than 5pm, on Tuesday, February 10,
2025. Answers to all submitted questions will be posted on the website below.
Please visit www.burkenc.org/Bids.aspx to download this information and any updates on the
project.
2. OVERVIEW
Burke County (the County) is soliciting information from experienced providers and provider
networks capable of delivering a broad array of evidence-based clinical, therapeutic, and
supportive services to children, youth, and families involved with child welfare. Services should, at
minimum, include prevention, intervention, family support, foster care support, and reunification
support. The primary goal is to establish a pool of pre-qualified providers who can rapidly respond
to referrals and help the agency meet federal and state measures related to safety, permanency,
and well-being.
Subcontracting is permitted; however, the prime respondent will remain fully responsible and
accountable for the performance of any subcontractor. The County intends to establish a pre-
qualified provider pool valid for up to three (3) years with option to extend. Being selected for the
pool does not guarantee any volume of referrals. As specific needs arise, the County may issue
solicitations, direct referrals, or secondary competitions limited to identified vendors.
This Request for Information (RFI) is for information-gathering but one or more vendors may be
chosen based on responses received for consideration.
3. PREFERRED SERVICE ARRAY
Respondents should clearly identify which of the following services they can directly provide or
coordinate through qualified subcontractors in a timely manner, including the anticipated
turnaround time to complete the service at the point of referral
1. Comprehensive Clinical Assessments (CCA)
2. Substance Use Assessments (list the type of assessment your providers have experience or
training to administer, including SUD-specific tools)
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3. Drug Screening (list the type(s): urine, hair, oral, sweat patch, instant and lab-based)
4. Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (outpatient, intensive
outpatient, medication-assisted treatment, peer support, harm reduction, etc.)
5. Parenting Education
6. Parenting Capacity Evaluations/Screenings
7. Individual, Family, and Group Counseling (list all the modality types utilized, including
evidence-based/informed, or promising practice models)
8. Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence Assessments and Interventions (including
perpetrator interventions)
9. Intensive In-Home Services (e.g. Multisystemic Therapy, Functional Family Therapy, Parent-
Child Interaction Therapy (In-home Adaption), High Fidelity Wraparound)
10. Medication Management (psychiatric)
11. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) or ACT-like services
12. Forensic Child Medical Examinations (CME) / Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) services
for children
13. Foster Parent Recruitment, Training (including MAPP/GPS, TIPS-MAPP, Deciding Together,
Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma), Licensing, and Retention Support
14. Partnerships with faith-based organizations who help with local recruitment of foster
homes
15. Other value-added or best-in-practice services not listed above that the applicant offers
that would benefit Burke County children and families (e.g., trauma-focused interventions,
evidence based/informed interventions, social drivers of health services)
4. PREFERENCE CRITERIA
1. Ability to bill all North Carolina Medicaid plans (all types) and third-party insurance (the
expectation will be that the provider first bill Medicaid and other insurance sources before
utilizing county dollars)
2. Ability to provide timely access to services with no (or minimal wait lists)
3. Ability to provide services onsite or within the County (to minimize travel burden on
families and staff)
4. Ability to provide services within X miles or less of Morganton, NC when services are not
readily available within the County (extreme circumstances only)
5. Respondent’s ability to meet each of the service categories listed above
6. Demonstrated outcomes in reducing child welfare recidivism (for child protective services
and foster care) and expediting permanency for foster youth
7. The capacity to increase localized service array inside the boundaries of the County during
the life of a contractual arrangement (three years)
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5. KEY PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS
Successful providers will be expected to collaborate with the County to achieve:
1. Referral to first service appointment within X calendar days (follow-up service-specific
targets will be negotiated)
2. Continuity of care (measuring follow-up compliance vs no shows)
3. Increase in licensed foster homes with the County
4. Joint care planning with assigned social workers
5. Reduction in repeat maltreatment and new DSS reports
6. Placement stability for youth in foster care
7. Time to permanence (reunification, guardianship, or adoption) for children in foster care
6. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Responses must be organized in the following order and include numbered tabs/dividers:
1. Format
a. PDF file
b. Maximum 20 pages (excluding the cover letter, table of contents, and attachments)
c. 11-point font minimum
d. Single spaced
e. Must include table of contents and page numbers
2. Cover Letter (1 page maximum)
3. Executive Summary (2 pages maximum)
4. Organization Overview & Experience
a. Legal name and address
b. Years in operation, licensure, accreditation (CARF, COA, etc.)
c. Description of services offered
d. Experience serving child welfare-involved children and families in North Carolina
e. Current service areas and counties served
f. Subcontractors that may be utilized (by name)
5. Service Matrix
a. In a chart of your choosing, clearly indicate which services from Section II you can
provide directly or via subcontractor
b. Please list your capacity range (meaning how many anticipated individuals and families
you could serve for each intervention)
c. Please list the credentials qualifications of staff needed, what evidence-based/informed
or best practice models are used, if Medicaid is billed, and if these services will be
provided onsite within the County
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