TARGETED FUNDING Parenting Education Home Visitation Program

Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County (CSCSLC) is issuing this Targeted Funding Opportunity (TFO) to identify qualified Providers who are capable of implementing a Parenting Education Home Visitation Program for the provision of services identified in the Scope of Work section of this TFO. Funding available for this priority is up to $200,000 for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. No program will be funded for 100% of expenses. Applying agencies will need to demonstrate buy in to the program. Program funding is on a monthly reimbursement basis. Additionally, funded programs will be required to submit quarterly outcome and demographic reports as detailed in the program contract. The mission of the Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County is to improve the quality of life for all children in St. Lucie County. In order to achieve its mission, Children’s Services Council will advocate for children by developing resources and planning, coordinating and funding services for children in a fiscally responsible manner with family, community, government and service providers.

Scope of Work

Parenting Education Home Visitation programs provide educational skill building activities and information to enhance parent-child relationships and to build family resiliency and capability for functioning under stress by addressing risk factors such as poor parental supervision and high family conflict. These programs also serve to prevent child abuse and neglect for families at risk of involvement or further involvement with the Department of Children and Families. The proposed program must be evidence-based showing proven efficacy. Registries that cite these programs include: Blueprints; California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare; National Registry of Effective Prevention Programs; Promising Practices Network; and What Works, Wisconsin.

How to Apply

Proposals must be submitted via CSC’s online grants management system: e-CImpact: https://agency.e-cimpact.com/login.aspx?org=CSCSLC

Timeline: May 1, 2018…………………………………………………………………………Release of Request for Proposals June 15, 2018………………………………………………………………………………..Proposal deadline by noon July 12, 2018 (Council mtg)..………………………Funding Recommendations presented to Council July 26, 2019………………………………………………………………Request for Reconsideration Deadline August 9, 2018 (Council mtg)……………………………..Council Vote on Funding recommendations

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Application Organization Overview • Name of Organization • Executive Director • Agency Address • Telephone • Fax • Email

Program Summary • Program Name • Program Director • Program Primary Address • Priority Need Area • Program Abstract • Amount Requested from Funder for FY 2018/19 • Total Proposed Program Budget for 2018/19

Organizational Background • Please provide the mission and vision of your organization • Please provide the history of your organization including any experience in working with

children and families in St. Lucie County or other communities. • Provide a description of current programs and activities (if any). Please emphasize major

achievements. • Please describe your formal and informal relationships with other organizations

Program Approach • Describe the level of prevention services proposed based on the framework for

prevention of child maltreatment: Primary Prevention, Secondary Prevention, or Tertiary Prevention.

• Describe curricula and home-visitation practices that will be used during home visits. • Describe the approach/strategy to reach and engage families (including but not limited to high-

risk families) and include all referral sources. • Describe the capacity of your agency to serve families beginning October 1, 2018. • Describe the agency’s process for ensuring the evidence based program is

implemented and sustained with fidelity to the model. • Please detail the roles of other service providers working collaboratively and/or

providing referrals to services. Please indicate if the collaborative roles have been formalized.

• Hours of Operation by Month

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Target Population • Provide the projected number of families to be served. • Provide detail geographic area of St. Lucie County to be served, the ages of children and

parents/caregivers to be served. (chart) • Detail how will participants will be selected to participate.

Marketing and Outreach • Please detail the marketing and outreach plan for the following audiences: Community at

large; population to be served; and existing complementary service providers

Outcome/Activity Matrix: activities, frequency, responsible parties, expected outcomes. Examples of objectives:

• Reduced family conflict • Decreased child behavior problems • Improved family relationships • Reduced child abuse/neglect • Maintain results up to 12-months following completion of services • Retention/completion rate of families engaged in services

Program Evaluation Describe how the program evaluates family risk and protective factors related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Provide the evaluation methods and procedures that the program will use to track the clients served. Include the process used to collect and review data to report on outcomes as well as the required quality measures listed below. Required Quality Measures

• Number of participants successfully completing required number of sessions (Retention) • Average number of sessions attended by all participants (Engagement) • Observation of service delivery/activity-specific fidelity checklists • Number and percentage of parents/caregivers satisfied with program (Satisfaction Surveys)

Promotion of Partnership • Please detail how your program will promote your partnership with the Children’s

Services Council. Please include detail on how you will promote that partnership both internally (clients, staff, volunteers and board) and externally (funding partners and members of the community)

Contract Requirements • Please describe your Agency's capacity to meet the contractual requirements which

include ability to process monthly reimbursement funding requests, collect program data, and report on a quarterly basis.

Program and Agency Budget • Total Program Budget • Total Program Expenses • Budget Narrative

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