Reintegration/Foster Care/Adoption Services
Through this Request for Proposal and contracting process, SRS seeks to continue the quality of the Child Welfare service system, provide for safety and stability in placement, and achieve timely permanencies for children. The Reintegration/Foster Care/Adoption Contractor works with families who have children in the custody of the Secretary and who are placed outside of the home. The contractor provides placement services for the child and case management services to the child and family while the child is in out-of-home placement through a 12-month aftercare period.
The Contractor assists the family with reintegration of the child(ren) into their home. When children are not able to return home, the Contractor is responsible for achieving an alternative permanency for the child. The child may have an identified family such as the resource family, relative, or kin who is willing to become their legal family, either through adoption or permanent custodianship. In these instances the Contractor is expected to work with the child and family to achieve permanency and provide the pre-placement, and post-placement services. When the child has no identified family resource, the Contractor shall conduct a child specific recruitment effort and register the child on the adoption exchange to maximize the childs opportunity for permanency. In these instances, The Adoption Exchange is accessed to seek possible matches for children who need adoptive resources. The Adoption Exchange is the website that lists all children who are available for adoption and do not have an identified family to adopt them. The Contractor engages Other Planned Permanent Living Arrangements for youth for whom another permanency is not currently available, and the contractor provides services to help the youth attain skills to successfully achieve self-sufficiency.
