Board seeks to fund one or more subgrantee(s) to provide service coordination services to children and families who are identified and referred by Clark County’s Family Stability Team and/or by Clark County Department of Job and Family Services (CCDJFS) caseworkers and supervisors; self-made referrals by family or community providers are also eligible. Identified families may or may not be active recipients of Department services. Service coordination is a broad-based, cross-system (team) planning process by which identified, existing resources and supports are coordinated for youth with complex needs. Service coordination is designed to make the system(s) the family is involved with work better to meet their needs and to ensure that system efforts are well-coordinated. Selected subgrantee(s) are expected to identify child and family needs with the assistance of a Family and Children First Council state-approved assessment tool. Given that service coordination services are individualized and strength-based, the scope of work must be flexible and inclusive of a wide range of needs of children and families. The selected subgrantee(s) are expected to provide service coordination facilitation and planning services, including case management, and direct services to families to implement planned interventions/services as identified. Possible direct services include but are not limited to mentoring to child and/or parent; parenting skillbuilding; household management skills; linkages to community-based services; transportation, and educational advocacy to meet child’s education goals. Estimated length of service per case is 3 to 12 months. Selected subgrantee(s) may use a variety of trained staff including paraprofessionals. Additionally, selected subgrantee(s) are expected to deliver service coordination services as described in 121.37 (C) and (D) of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and the Family and Children First Cabinet Council.
