Best Start for Kids Public Health Seattle-King County (PHSKC) is pleased to release this Request for Proposals (RFP) for Home-Based Services as a program of Prenatal to Five Home-based Services.
Donor Name: Public Health Seattle & King County
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $33,637,813.91
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The Home-Based Services (HBS) strategy provides voluntary, relationship-based support to pregnant people and caregivers of children aged birth to five in the places they live. Home visitors deliver information, resources, and social connections to support healthy births, positive parenting, health education, child development, safe home environments, and school readiness.
Best Starts for Kids (BSK) is an initiative to improve the health and well-being of King County by investing in promotion, prevention, and early intervention for children, youth, families, and communities. Best Starts for Kids is rooted in the fundamental belief – from within King County government and across King County’s richly diverse communities – that our county is a region of considerable opportunity, and that we all benefit when each and every King County child, youth and young adult is supported to achieve their fullest potential. Lives of health, prosperity and purpose must be within reach for every King County resident. With Best Starts for Kids, they are working to assure that neither zip code nor family income constrain our young people from pursuing lives of promise and possibility.
Best Starts for Kids drives toward the following three results:
- Babies are born healthy and are provided with a strong foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing.
- King County is a place where everyone has equitable opportunities to be safe and healthy as they progress through childhood, building academic and life skills to be thriving members of their communities.
- Communities offer safe, welcoming and healthy environments that help improve outcomes for all King County children and families, regardless of where they live.
Focus Area
This RFP is part of the Home-Based Services strategy which is funded through the Investing Early area. Investing Early supports pregnant individuals, babies, very young children during their critical developmental years, and their parents with a robust system of support services and resources that meet families where they are: home, community, and in child care to increase optimal child development.
Strategy
The Home-Based Services (HBS) strategy provides voluntary, relationship-based support to pregnant people and caregivers of children aged birth to five in the places they live. Home visitors deliver information, resources, and social connections to support healthy births, positive parenting, health education, child development, safe home environments, and school readiness.
Program Requirements and Scope of Work
This RFP seeks to fund Home-Based Services for families across the County. Those interested in applying must provide one or more of the following program models. An organization can apply for different types of program models.
Nationally-Implemented Models: Proposed home visiting model under this category must meet the following program and research and evaluation characteristics.
Program Characteristics
- Program has a theory of change that connects service activities to outcomes.
- Program has a formal manual or training guide that specifies the core activities of the program and describes how to administer it OR the program has documented guidance that specifies the core activities of the program.
- Program appears in a national registry of evidence-based interventions.
Research and Evaluation Characteristics
- At least two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in typical care or practice settings have found the practice to be superior to a comparison practice in measures related to the home visiting indicators. Outcomes and Evaluation for a list of indicators.
- At least one study utilizing some form of control or comparison group12 has established the program’s efficacy in improving parenting and child wellbeing in measures related to the home visiting indicators. Outcomes and Evaluation for a list of indicators.
Community-Designed Models:
Proposed programs must meet the Foundational Principles, Model Requirements, and Core Components listed below, either directly or in partnership with another agency or program.
All proposed programs should meet and demonstrate at least 2 of the following principles:
- Support responsive relationships between children and caregivers. Responsive relationships help support child brain development, buffer impacts of toxic stress, and build resilience to overcome adversity. Proposed programs will include elements that enhance supportive relationships.
- Strengthen core life skills for children and/or caregivers. Core life skills, often called “executive function”, are essential capabilities to plan and achieve goals, adapt to changing situations, and resist impulsive behaviors. Proposed programs should include these elements.
- Promote and support early childhood development. The “early years of a child’s life are very important for his or her health and development. Healthy development means that children of all abilities, including those with special health care needs, are able to grow up where their social, emotional and educational needs are met”.
- Promote healthy birth outcomes. Structural factors contribute to significant disparities for communities of color in maternal mortality, infant mortality, and birth weight. Part of the solution is to provide expectant parents with information, resources, and emotional and physical support before, during, and after childbirth so they are better able to make healthy decisions about the birth experience and postpartum needs.
- Reduce sources of stress in the lives of children and families. Many King County families face multiple stressors, including poverty, homelessness, difficulty meeting basic needs, interpersonal and community violence, mental health challenges, and others. Sustained exposure to multiple stressors–toxic stress–negatively impacts brain development. Proposed programs will include elements that seek to reduce stress in the lives of children and families.
- Core Components: The proposal must identify and describe the core components that will be implemented in the proposed program. Core components are the most important elements that make up a program—and they make that program unique and distinct. Core components can include a range of program elements that inform how you do your work—they are not just the activities in your program. Some categories of core components: Types of activities, staffing qualifications or requirements, policy or practice guidelines, assessments and/or screenings administered, use of specific curricula.
Funding Information
- There is approximately $33,637,813.91 available for this RFP to support the Home-Based Services strategy over a period of 3 years.
- All proposals will complete a 3-year program budget which will include all costs for implementation covering proposed goals, activities, and outcomes.
Funding Priorities
In alignment with the BSK Equity and Social Justice framework and values, this RFP will prioritize organizations that:
- Serve Populations and Communities Experiencing Significant Service Gaps
- Serve Communities of Color, Low-Income Communities, and Dual Language Learners Communities
- Provide Culturally Congruent Care
- Demonstrate a History of Embeddedness in Communities in King County
- Demonstrate Experience Providing the Type of Services Proposed
- Demonstrate Readiness to Serve Families
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization Types: This announcement is open to not-for-profit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, schools and school districts, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County. Small non-profits and community based organizations are encouraged to submit proposals.
- Models: Organizations can submit separate applications for more than one or various nationally implemented models and/or community-designed models simultaneously. For example, the same organization can submit applications for a ParentChid+ Program, Early Head Start Home-based option, and a Community-Designed Model.
- Partnerships: Partnerships are eligible to apply. One organization must agree to serve as the lead and contract administrator.
For more information, visit Public Health Seattle & King County.
