Specifications include, but are not limited to: This Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued by the Office of Procurement (OP) for the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to obtain pricing and a contract(s) for statewide Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) reviews. CQI reviews include, without limitation, reviews of the following: • Quality Services Peer Reviews • Child and Family Services Reviews • Intercept and Family Treatment Intensive In-Home Services Program; A. Education and Experience 1. Reviewers must have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work, human services, public administration, counseling, or a closely related field; or a juris doctor degree with experience working for a state Court Improvement Program or juvenile or family court dealing with child welfare cases. Experience may be substituted for education at the discretion of DHS. DHS reserves the right to review the selection of reviewers and may request changes. DHS approval of reviewers is required prior to services being rendered. DHS, at its sole discretion, may deny reviewers due to conflict of interest. 2. Each reviewer must complete Online Monitoring System (OMS) training as it becomes available on the CFSR portal. B. Quality Services Peer Reviews 1. The Contractor shall conduct onsite annual Quality Services Peer Reviews (QSPR) for each DCFS Service Area (Refer to Attachment H – DCFS Service Area Map). The review schedule shall be developed in collaboration with DHS with a preference of the review cycle running on the SFY. 2. The Contractor shall review a minimum of seventeen (17) cases annually in every Service Area, unless the reviews are part of a federally sponsored review, and the federal government specifies that fewer reviews be conducted and/or that reviews not be conducted in some Areas. Federally sponsored reviews include CFSRs and QSPRs conducted to continuously monitor the DCFS Program Improvement Plan performance measures. 3. The Contractor shall use the Child and Family Services Round 4 Onsite Review Instrument (OSRI) (Refer to Attachment I) when conducting the QSPRs and enter ratings into the web based CFSR Online Monitoring System (OMS).
