This Request for Grant Proposal (RFP) allows Wisconsin to grow its prevention and early intervention service array by allowing communities to implement evidence-based or evidence-informed models for services and programs or implement innovative strategies meeting the community’s specific needs. The purpose of this document is to provide interested parties with information to enable them to prepare and submit a proposal for services relating to the Prevention and Early Intervention Program services to expand prevention services aimed at reducing the contact families may have with the child welfare system and preventing the removal of children from their homes. Eligible applicants include counties, tribes, and non-profit organizations. The target population eligible for these prevention or early intervention services must fall in any of the three following populations: Parents or relatives caring for children who are at risk of contact with the child welfare system or in contact with the child welfare system and have a child at risk of removal from the home; Children who are at risk of contact with the child welfare system or are in contact with the children welfare system and are at risk of being removed from their home; or, Pregnant or parenting youth in out of home care.
