RFP # 1159 Kinship Caregiver Support Programs

The New York State (NYS) Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has released this Request For Proposals (RFP) to solicit applications from qualified applicants to provide Kinship Caregiver Support Programs (KCSP) to increase the state’s capacity to support and strengthen families and promote the permanency and well-being of children. Applicants must agree to provide required services to families in a minimum of two or more NYS counties and/or boroughs of New York City (NYC). Programs should be designed to meet the unique needs of kinship families, with a goal to maintain and support children residing in permanent households.

The purpose of this RFP is to fund Kinship Caregiver Support Programs (KCSPs) to build statewide services for kinship families. The goal of funds awarded through this RFP is to provide effective, evidence-based services to kinship families. Applicants may apply for funding to start a new program or continue and enhance an existing program. The NYS Fiscal Year 2024-2025 State Budget is anticipated to appropriate $1.9 million to fund KCSPs.

Each applicant may request up to $175,000 per year per application to serve a minimum of two or more NYS counties and/or boroughs of NYC. For the purpose of awards made from this RFP, OCFS will view each NYC borough as a county. Applicants may submit up to four proposals in response to this RFP and may receive a maximum of four awards. An applicant must submit separate proposals for each award being requested. If an applicant submits more than one proposal, each additional proposal submitted by the applicant must not duplicate the counties/boroughs proposed to be served in any of their other proposals submitted.

Submission of Proposals

Application submission for this RFP will occur in two steps (specific information regarding these steps is located in RFP Section 5.4 Proposal Content and RFP Section 5.5 Proposal Submittal Process):

• First, applicants will complete an online application form via this link: https://forms.office.com/g/11uAvXTJEA as instructed in RFP Section 5.5 Proposal Submittal Process. Applicants will automatically receive a confirmation email from funding@ocfs.ny.gov after they submit their completed application form.
  
  
• Second, applicants should reply to the confirmation email to attach and submit all supporting documents outlined in RFP Section 5.4 Proposal Content to complete their submission process. All required documents must be submitted to funding@ocfs.ny.gov or the application submission will be considered incomplete.
  
  
• Please use Attachment 9 – Submission Checklist to ensure all required documents are completed and submitted to OCFS via email.

Please refer to RFP SECTION 5.0 PROPOSAL CONTENT AND SUBMISSION in the RFP and other documents located on the "Documents" tab for additional information and submission requirements.