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DFPS is pleased to announce the next big step in the redesign of the Texas foster care system – the release of the Request for Application (RFA) for the next Community-Based Care areas. This RFA is to select the contractors that will oversee foster and kinship care placement, case management, and reunification services in the Metroplex East area (DFPS Region 3E), the Piney Woods area (Region 4), the Deep East area (Region 5), and the Permian & Concho area (Region 9). This will result in over half the state being served by Community-Based Care.
You can read and download the RFA online, which includes the procurement schedule.
DFPS recognizes that children and youth are too often placed outside of their communities, leaving behind family, friends, schools, churches, homes, and support systems. Through Community-Based Care, DFPS seeks to:
- Promote positive outcomes for children, youth, and families.
- Improve the overall process and quality of care.
- Align incentives with process and quality indicators to encourage developing services where they are needed.
- Focus on the needs of the children in these communities with the help of each Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC).
You will find more on Community-Based Care on the DFPS website.
If you have any questions related to the RFA, please feel free to direct them to the procurement manager, Ross Hoffpauir.
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