The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has released a $1 million request for proposals (RFP) for Kinship Caregiver Programs.  The agency is seeking to fund six to nine new projects which will increase the State’s capacity to provide critical services to children and caregivers in kinship families  Programs will be funded at approximately $125,000 each with contracts expected to run from 11/1/2009 through 10/31/2010.  Options to renew for up to four one-year periods may be available based on future funding levels and satisfactory performance.

Proposals are due by July 22, 2009.  Award announcements are anticipated by August 26th, 2009.

A link to the RFP will be made available on OCFS’s website, which will take you to the OCFS Online Bidders' List at https://ocfsws.ocfs.state.ny.us/obl/. To receive announcements of future OCFS procurement opportunities and be able to download solicitation documents, you must register on the OBL. “Questions and Answers” will also be posted there. If you choose to register, you will be prompted to provide certain demographic information about yourself and the organization or government agency you represent, and to identify the service categories in which you are interested.