RFI for Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Scaling Effective Early Childhood Systems Development Grant Service

The Hawaii Department of Health in Honolulu is seeking information to identify providers for the Health Resources and Services Administration Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Scaling Effective Early Childhood Systems development grant. The agency needs to implement evidence-based strategies that improve access to quality care for prenatal to five families and promote healthy development. The selected provider must have a community-based reach to address family access to healthcare, integrate family screening of physical and mental health needs, and connect parents to services that enable the best care for their children. The scope of work requires the provider to build resilience in young children by promoting preventive care and healthy child development while tracking progress on child health outcomes. The agency requires support for evidence-based programs through screening, referral, and care coordination connections to improve prenatal to five health system integration. The provider must also establish a two-generational approach to provide comprehensive social-emotional support and intentional resources that can improve the impacts of toxic stress. Additionally, the provider will contribute to evaluation activities focusing on family-level data collection to inform project efficacy and build capacity for sustainability scaling. Eligible respondents must be onshore United States organizations. The performance of the work can occur either onsite in Honolulu, Hawaii, or offsite. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and the anticipated contract period will be for one year.