Description
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is seeking applications from qualified providers to deliver 24-hour Residential Child Care (RCC) services for the Intensive Psychiatric Transition Program (IPTP). The IPTP is designed to provide intensive psychiatric treatment and stabilization services to children in DFPS conservatorship who have a history of psychiatric hospitalizations. The selected providers will be responsible for providing a safe and structured treatment environment, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team, and coordinating with psychiatric hospitals to ensure the child's needs are met during their stay in the IPTP. The providers will also be required to develop and implement a treatment plan, provide group and individual therapy sessions, and ensure that the child's progress is continuously monitored and evaluated. The contract will be for a period of up to 60 days, with the possibility of extension. The providers will be reimbursed based on a daily rate, which will be determined by the DFPS.
Some key requirements for applicants include:
• Being a licensed General Residential Operations (GRO) provider in the state of Texas or an out-of-state provider with equivalent licensure
• Having a minimum of 12 months of experience in managing an IPTP program or its equivalent
• Having a valid HHS Child Care Regulation (CCR) license or an acceptance letter from CCR
• Complying with the DFPS Vendor Uniform Terms and Conditions and the DFPS Vendor Supplemental, Special & Programmatic Conditions for IPTP
• Providing quality assurance practices and responding to feedback from DFPS
• Developing and implementing a process to ensure performance measures and reports are complete and accurate