Interconception Care Home Visiting RFP

Community ForumMay 13, 2015

• Family League and the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) are working to provide citywide home visiting services to women who have had a fetal or infant loss (interconception care home visiting).

• The services are to be provided by a peer-trained home visitor, trained in a model adapted from an evidence-based home visiting program.

• These services will expand the continuum of home visiting services that are available to families in Baltimore City. They will also be considered a core component of the B’more for Healthy Babies Initiative.

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Overview of Interconception Care (ICC)Home Visiting RFP

• Adaptations enable the peer home visitor to focus on the following:• Promotion of Adequate Birth Spacing• Cultivation of Self-Efficacy and Social Support• Promotion of Healthy Adaptation to Loss

• Staffing and Caseload Ratios are the same

• Eleven (11) of the 12 elements of HFA are applicable

• Supplemental home visitor training will include topics such as grief and bereavement, goal setting, motivational interviewing, boundaries and self-care, and family planning/birth spacing counseling

• Accreditation IS NOT REQUIRED

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Home Visiting ModelHFA Adaptations

Topics are:

• Health and Nutrition• Emotional Wellbeing• Relationships and Social Support• Family Planning, STDs• Substance Use• Career and Financial Development• Include the father of the baby/partner

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Partners for a Healthy Baby CurriculumAdaptations

• The target population for home visiting services and support are women who have experienced a fetal or infant loss.

• Health Care Access Maryland (HCAM) is the primary source for referrals.

• Through this RFP, we expect to serve 30 women over the course of the first year.

• Staffing pattern includes:• 1 Family Assessment Worker• 2 Family Support Workers• Supervisory Support

• Caseload ratio for Family Support Workers is 15:1

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Home Visiting ModelProgram Specifics

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Program Outcomes

Client-Level Program-Level

• Birth Spacing • Medical Home • Participant Enrollment

• BMI • Mental Health • Weighted Caseload

• Depression • Mortality • Recruitment

• Domestic Violence • Referrals • Referrals

• Education • Screening

• Employment • Substance Use

• Insurance Status • Grief and Coping

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Grant Terms

• Grant Period: July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016, renewable for 1 additional year

• Availability of Funding: $150,000 - $200,000

• Number of Awards: 1

• Match Requirements: None

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Application Submission Guidelines

• Applications Due: May 29, 2015• Submissions must be sent via email to: rfps@familyleague.org

Required Document Details Required Format

Application Cover Sheet • Template provided on Family League website

Word

Proposal Narrative • Guidance on pages 9 Word Program Budget • Template available on Family

League websiteExcel

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Due Diligence Documents

• Due: May 29, 2015 • Submissions must be sent in a separate email to rfps@familyleague.org

Required Document Details Required Format

Certificate of Good Standing with the State of Maryland

• May be obtained by visiting https://sdatcert1.resiusa.org/certificate_net/

PDF of hard copy Certificate

Audited Financial Statement

• Dated June, 2014 or more recent

PDF of hard copy audit

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Key Dates

APPLICATIONS DUE: May 29, 2015

INTERVIEWS: Week of June 12 – 17, 2015

AWARDS ANNOUNCED: June 22, 2015 (on or about)

CONTRACT START DATE: July 1, 2015

HV TEAM IN PLACE: July 15, 2015

TRAINING: July – August, 2015

SERVICE DELIVERY: September, 2015

Questions and Answers