Department of Human Services the Department is providing this notice of intent to release a request for proposal RFP on or around December 1, 2011, for the purpose of procuring technology solutions to determine eligibility and calculate benefits for federal and State assistance programs. The procurement is necessary due to the expansion of Medicaid services due to the Affordable Care Act.
It is the Department's intent to procure an integrated system that will make eligibility determinations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP called Food Assistance in Medicaid programs, Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP, and TANF cash Assistance called Family Investment Program FIP