Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF), Division of Family Services (DFS), is requesting proposals for the purpose of awarding contracts to public or private agencies to provide therapeutic foster care services for difficult to place children and youth (ages 6 to 18) in foster care, whose complex needs are not adequately addressed in the existing community-based resources available. Successful bidders will be located in the State or Delaware or within a reasonable (1- 2 hours car ride) distance of the State line. These children and youth include two separate sub-groups for the purposes of this Request for Funding Proposals (RFP): - Children’s complex needs typically involve co-occurring developmental delays or disabilities, coupled with behavioral health issues. - Teens’ complex needs may span the spectrum from developmental delays and disabilities, coupled with behavioral health issues, at one end to histories of more severe acting out behavior at the other end.
