Family Child Care Conference Coordination

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is seeking a qualified community-based, non-profit organization to coordinate a statewide conference for Family Child Care (FCC) providers. The conference will support up to 120 FCC providers and will offer them the opportunity to stay current with research, best practices, and policy updates, while fostering networking with peers, state agencies, and community services. The goal is to strengthen early childhood development through collaboration and shared learning. The selected organization will be responsible for organizing and executing the conference, assisting participants and speakers with transportation and travel arrangements, assisting with publicity, registration, and pre-conference planning, supporting FCC providers with follow-up resources, designing and executing meeting evaluation, and providing certification of attendance to participants. • Organize and execute a conference for approximately 120 family child care providers • Assist participants and speakers with transportation and travel arrangements to Oahu • Assist with publicity, registration, and pre-conference planning • Support FCC providers with resources as a follow-up from the conference • Design and execute meeting evaluation and provide certification of attendance to participants • Issue all payments directly to other vendors and services needed to meet the scope of service identified in the contract