Specifications include, but are not limited to: The required services to be provided are as follows: Vendor will provide technical assistance and expertise on model implementation of Help Me Grow to the Department of State Health Services and up to 13 Help Me Grow Texas communities. The technical assistance will provide evidence-based and -informed strategies and practices for early childhood systems building. Help Me Grow is an evidence-based national system model that promotes collaboration among child-serving sectors to build a more efficient and effective system that promotes the optimal health development of young children. Effective early childhood state systems ensure that state policies align with effective community practices, promote, and provide implementation support for evidence-base practices, create funding mechanisms that reduce inefficiencies, work to identify system gaps, and develop or revise programs that enhance access and outcomes. Vendor shall provide the following technical assistance: A. Building Expertise in HMG Model Implementation (BEMI) B. Ongoing Consultation (dual support for both DSHS and affiliates) C. Data-information-knowledge-action-results. D. Vendor will submit a work plan on an agreed upon date to System Agency Grant Project Director/DSHS State Help Me Grow Coordinator E. Vendor will Submit all required reports using the reporting template provided by the System Agency to the System Agency's State Help Me Grow Coordinator F. Vendor will Submit Financial Status Reports (FSR) on a set schedule
