One (1) four (4) bed C.V. STAR run community crisis home for children: This RFP is for a Community Placement Plan (CPP) development for FY 2024/2025. DDS and KRC has identified a need to acquire one single family home in the Springville/Porterville area to be modified into a behavioral support home for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex behavioral and mental health conditions. The HDO will collaborate with KRC and DDS in purchasing one, four-bedroom home using the Buy-It- Once Model. The home will be a minimum 2,000 square feet or larger (with consideration for adding additional square footage) and have a lot size approximately a quarter an acre or larger. The home will include universal design, sprinkler system, consideration for ensuring line of sight, and other customizations to meet the individual's needs, such as possibly hardening of the environment. The HDO will collaborate with KRC and DDS on the possibility of acquiring a lot for a ground-up build depending on availability and including delayed egress devices on a perimeter gate. Regional Center and DDS approval will be required before the site is secured. The site and structure must be licensed by California's Community Care Licensing (CCL). The C.V. STAR home must provide for the individuals' needs for independence, choice and community integration training in order to meet the eligibility requirements for federal funding including but not limited to the following: • The provision of individualized services • Decision making by residents on day-to-day activities in the home or the community, visitors, when and what to eat, etc. • Common areas that promote interaction • Individual bedrooms that can accommodate non-ambulatory individuals • Bathroom that can accommodate non-ambulatory individuals • Access of clients who are non-ambulatory to all common areas • Private space to visit with friends and family • Private space to store personal items • Auxiliary building for day programing and education • Sports court with basketball and playground • Gazebo and patio area The HDO shall have experience developing housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, ideally experience developing housing for people with severe behavioral and mental health conditions. The HDO will be responsible for acquiring and remodeling or constructing a site suitable for the C.V. STAR home. Safety features in the home may include metal door framing, hardened walls, antiligature devices, and delayed egress on an enclosed perimeter gate.
