Foster Youth Intensive Placement Services Open Enrollment

The County of Sacramento Department of Child, Family and Adult Services, Child Protective Services (DCFAS-CPS) is seeking proposals from eligible providers to deliver Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC) services, including Emergency Enhanced-Intensive Services Foster Care (Emergency E-ISFC), Enhanced-Intensive Services Foster Care (E-ISFC), Enhanced-Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (E-STRTP), and Temporary Shelter Care Facility (TSCF) services. The goal of these services is to provide emergency short-term placement care services in home-based settings for children and youth, aged 0-17, experiencing placement insecurity and/or disruption. The selected providers will be required to meet the minimum qualifications outlined in the RFP, including having a current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with Sacramento County, current approval from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to operate an Intensive Services Foster Care program, and providing home-based shelter care services in Sacramento County. The providers will also be required to provide a range of services, including intake and assessment, case management, counseling, and support services. • The services will be provided to children and youth, aged 0-17, who are in need of emergency short-term placement care services. • The providers will be required to have a minimum of one fully trained E-ISFC caregiver prepared to accept children/youth at any given time. • The providers will be required to respond to all calls from CPS for E-ISFC/Emergency E-ISFC referrals within 30 minutes. • The providers will be required to accept the physical care and custody of the child/youth referred for E-ISFC/Emergency E-ISFC services within 2 hours of receipt of the referral. • The providers will be required to provide CPS with an identified management-level point of contact and one back up point of contact for E-ISFC/Emergency E-ISFC services at all times.