Specifications include, but are not limited to: The DDOE is requesting proposals for a PAT Affiliate that will utilize the PAT Evidence-Based Model. The PAT EvidenceBased Model is a comprehensive home-visiting, parent education model that utilizes specific curricula through National PAT. DDOE PAT affiliates are funded solely from state funds. Affiliates will be required to provide services prenatal through age three by offering home visits, group connections, conducting child and family screenings, connecting community resources, as well as completing additional PAT outcome measurement requirements. Affiliates will be required to collect data and participate in the continuous monitoring process determined by DDOE. The PAT Program is established under the auspices of the Delaware Department of Education (14 Del. C. §4118) and shall be coordinated through one or more local school boards. The program shall address the educational needs of targeted parents of children and shall contain the following elements: • the use of individuals who are professionally trained in child development and parenting; • the provision by participating school systems of instruction in child development and parenting, on a voluntary enrollment basis, to targeted parents of children from infancy through age three • the program shall be provided in homes and other appropriate community settings in a cost-effective, accessible and convenient manner; • services shall be focused and targeted, to the extent possible, to parents of at-risk children; and, • evidence of significant local support for the project from school system administrators and local school boards and local parent and children advocacy organizations.
