This RFP is to procure a provider for Family Skills Services which will provide intensive supportive intervention to clients with at least four face-to-face contacts over a one-month period. Family Skills Services will provide support in conflict resolution, family planning, career planning, self-sufficiency, goal setting, health maintenance, role modeling, and child appropriate expectations. Services may also involve modeling, demonstrations and supervision in child care, home management, nutrition, and support by attending hearings, medical appointments, providing transportation and utilizing community resources as necessary. The family skills service will work one on one with the parents to eliminate barriers and provide a safe home for their children. General Requirements Client Eligibility Criteria Definition of Eligibility normally by funding source or program standards For Child and Family Safety Stability and Permanency (CFSSP) Funding: Families with an active Children’s Protective Services (CPS) investigation or open case. Families with an open Prevention services case. Families with minor children investigated by MDHHS CPS within the previous 18 months. Families that do not have a preponderance of evidence of child abuse or neglect after a CPS investigation, but there is a risk of future harm to the child. Families with one or more children in a MDHHS supervised out-of-home placement (inclusive of MDHHS supervised Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and relative placement). MDHHS adoptive families for whom a need for post adoptive services has been identified by MDHHS to prevent disruption or dissolution.
