Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of the Social Services Organization Flexible Services Preparation Fund is to support qualified social service organizations that are beginning to participate in the MassHealth Flexible Services Program with MassHealth Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Community Health and Prevention’s Division of Community Health Planning & Engagement is issuing this Request for Response (RFR) to solicit proposals from eligible social service organizations (SSOs) for funding to support development and implementation of structural changes and ramp-up projects. Through this grant, DPH aims to prepare SSOs for successful partnerships with MassHealth ACOs by overcoming organizational and technological barriers that limit SSO’s ability to provide ACO members with nutrition and/or housing support services that will improve the member’s health or prevent worsening of health outcomes and overall well-being and reduce the total cost of care for that member.