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DCHS - VSHSL Caregiver Community Building for Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities RFP CLOSED Deadline 3/9/2020
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About: The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is pleased to release this Request for Proposal for Caregiver Community Building for Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities with funding from the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services (VSHSL) and guidance from the VSHSL Implementation Plan.
This social engagement strategy (VSHSL Strategy SE 2A) seeks to increase the number of caregivers who can sustain health and social engagement while providing unpaid care to loved ones.
Parents, friends and family of children and adults with disabilities are often called upon to do the essential but difficult work providing unpaid care for a loved one. Government benefits or financial assistance provided directly to a person for being a caregiver are not considered pay within this definition. This strategy funds programs that can recognize caregivers’ unique strengths and burdens, help combat isolation among caregivers, and offer brief but invaluable respite that is necessary for caregiving to be sustainable long-term.
Acknowledging the unique and long-term needs of persons with disabilities and their caregivers, the goal of this strategy is to increase the number of caregivers who can sustain health and community while providing unpaid care to loved ones.
Successful proposals will promote the inclusion, equitable access, advocacy and self-determination of persons with disabilities and their caregivers. This RFP is designed to allow applicants to identify what opportunities for community building are needed and encourages creative and broad solutions. Successful proposals will therefore promote flexibility in order to meet the self-identified needs of caregivers and persons with disabilities. Funded programming will also address the root causes of inequitable access to resources and information and will center and amplify the experiences of marginalized communities. The funding is open to, and encourages supports for, persons with disabilities of all kinds.
Successful applicants will provide programming to support community building for caregivers of persons with disabilities by addressing the following: community building activitities and transportation and accessability needs.
Please refer to the Library tab for the full RFP and associated attachments.
Available Funding: Up to $998,300 in Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy funds
Investment Period: May 1, 2020 - Dec. 31, 2023 (subject to change)
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, 1 - 2 p.m.
King County Chinook Building, Room #115
Join by Skype Join by phone: 206-263-8114, Conference ID: 9568917
The meeting room at the King County Chinook Building is wheelchair-accessible. If you need any other accommodations to participate in the bidders conference, please use the Contact Admin tab to put in your request by February 5, 2020.
Questions: Submit questions through the Contact Admin tab. Final day to submit questions is Feb. 28, 2019.
Proposals Due: Proposals must be submitted through ZoomGrants no later than 11:59 p.m. on Mar 9, 2020.
Notifcation of Award Decisions: April 2020
Anticipated Contract Start Date (subject to change): May 1, 2020
The dates listed above are subject to change. The full RFP and associated attachments are available for download under the Library tab. Applicants are advised to review these documents in their entirety for guidance on the purpose, requested program models, application questions and deadlines. Applicants are responsible for regularly checking ZoomGrants for any updates, clarifications, or amendments that may be uploaded.
This request is open to nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County. Small nonprofits, people of color-led organizations, Native and Indigenous community-led organizations, organizations led by LGBTQ+ leaders serving LGBTQ+ communities, other culturally specific organizations and small community-based organizations are encouraged to submit proposals.
Currently serve or meaningfully engage with persons with disabilities and their caregivers in King County or have a clear plan to build capacity to provide the eligible services outlined in the scope of work.
Currently provide, or have a willingness to provide, culturally-specific supports or meaningfully partner with culturally-specific providers or equivalent community-based entities.
Please submit your proposal via ZoomGrants. Complete proposals must include the following:
Responses to Summary Questions (See Attachment A for reference)
Responses to Narrative Questions (See Attachment B for reference)
Completed and uploaded Budget (See Attachment C for reference)
VSHSL SE 2A Caregiver Community Building for Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities RFP VSHSLSE2A-CaregiverCommunityBuilding-RFP.docx 1/29/2020 12:43:14 PM DOCX
Attachment A - Summary Questions Attachment-A_Summary-Questions.docx 1/29/2020 12:43:23 PM DOCX
Attachment B - Narrative Questions Attachment-B_Narrative-Questions.docx 1/29/2020 12:43:30 PM DOCX
Attachment C - Budget Attachment-C_Budget.xlsx 1/29/2020 12:43:37 PM XLSX
Attachment D - Technical Assistance Attachment-D_Technical-Assistance.docx 1/29/2020 12:43:46 PM DOCX
Attachment E - King County DCHS 2019-2020 Services Boilerplate Attachment-E_King-County-DCHS-2019-2020-Services-Boilerplate.pdf 1/29/2020 12:43:56 PM PDF
Attachment F - General Terms Attachment-F_General-Terms.docx 1/29/2020 12:44:06 PM DOCX
FAQ Bidders Conference 2.12.20 SE2A-QuestionandAnswer-BiddersConference2122020.docx 2/14/2020 11:35:54 AM DOCX
SE 2A Bidders Conference 2.12.20 LINK 2/14/2020 3:11:06 PM LINK
FAQ as of February 20, 2020 SE2A-QuestionandAnswer-21220-22020.docx 2/20/2020 12:12:22 PM DOCX
Summary Questions Part 1 (not scored) Summary Questions Part 2 (Not Scored) Narrative Questions (scored) Organizational Equity Chart (Required) Required Documents (scored) Activity Log
Summary Questions Part 1 (not scored) (answers are saved automatically when you move to another field)
The following questions help King County’s Department of Community and Human Services understand the characteristics of organizations that are applying for this RFP. These questions will not be used in the RFP scoring.
Please list the ENTIRE amount you are requesting over the 2020-2023 award period.
Summary Questions Part 2 (Not Scored) (answers are saved automatically when you move to another field)
Ask a Summary Questions Part 2 (Not Scored) Question
1. In which Council District(s) do you propose to deliver services? Check all that apply.
Follow this link to view a map of King County Council Districts or search by address: https://www.kingcounty.gov/council/councilmembers/find_district.aspx
2. Please list the city and zip code of where your organization’s headquarters is located.
3. Please list all cities and zip codes for any proposed service locations, such as satellite offices, schools, community centers etc. (For outreach services, please submit the core locations of service intent by zip code.)
4. How would these funds support your organization? Check all that apply.
Enable the creation of a new program
Stabilize an existing service at its current capacity
Enable an existing program to use a new model of service delivery
Enable an existing program to serve additional clients
Enable an existing program to better serve a specific sub-population
Enable an existing program to serve individuals in a wider geographic area
Support planning or needs assessment
5. If you answered 'Other" to Question 4, please briefly explain.
The following questions will help us determine if you are eligible for technical assistance or capacity building funds. These questions will not be used in the RFP scoring.
6. What was your organization's annual operating budget the past fiscal year? If you are a satellite office of a larger organization, please provide the budget for your stand-alone, fiscally-separate entity.
7. How many full-time equivalents (FTE) does your organization employ? Please calculate FTE by converting hours worked by part-time employees into full-time equivalent hours (e.g., two employees working 20 hours per week equals one FTE).
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (TA/CB) Funds
TA/CB funds may be available for small entities. To qualify, organizations must 1) have fewer than 20 full-time equivalent staff and 2) an operating budget of less than $4 million in the fiscal year prior to the year of application. Capacity building funds are generally intended to pay for one-time costs associated with building the capacity of small organizations and are not designed to support on-going needs. Examples of use for capacity building funds might include, but are not limited to, tools to improve internal processes of your organization to better leverage VSHSL funding toward the stability and/or growth of your organization such as human resources, accounting or fiscal operations, leadership development, continuity planning and evaluation capacity. If you are eligible and would like to utilize potential TA/CB funds, please answer the questions below.
8. Describe your organizational needs and how capcity building funds could help support your organization's capacity to provide or better provide the services outlined or to better leverage VSHSL funding as requested in the RFP.
(IMPORTANT: Please be sure to reflect TA/CB needs as a line item(s) in your submitted budget proposal.)
9. Describe how the TA/CB funds listed as a line item(s) in your budget proposal will enable you to better provide services outlined in your proposal and enable you to leverage VSHSL funding to grow your organization.
Please use examples when possible.
The following questions will help us understand more about the kinds of supports your organizations may need.
10. Describe your agency's ability to meet program expenses in advance of reimbursement.
11. Will you require monthly or quarterly reimbursement?
12. Could your organization float expenses for up to two months?
Submit Summary Questions Part 2 (Not Scored)
Narrative Questions (scored) (answers are saved automatically when you move to another field)
Below are the narrative questions. Please be sure to also review "Attachment-B Narrative Questions" for reference. Note that ZoomGrants imposes word limits, so answers should be complete while concise. Please answer all questions in the Narrative Questions tabs in ZoomGrants. All of the following questions will be rated based on the criteria in Section IX A., SELECTION PROCESS: Rating Criteria of the RFP.
Organizational Background and Experience (20 Points)
1. Please provide a high-level overview of your organization’s mission, vision and services.
2. Describe your organization’s experience and expertise serving persons with disabilities and their caregivers.
Program Model (40 Points)
3. Please describe your proposed program model and how you will incorporate the program requirements outlined in Section II. C. 1., STRATEGY: The Request: Scope of Work.
4. How is your proposed program model responsive and flexible in addressing the self-identified needs of the community of caregivers and persons with disabilities?
5. Describe how your proposed program model will provide culturally and linguistically relevant services to the populations you propose serving.
6. Describe your organization’s experience with providing translation and interpretation services. List the languages other than English for which your agency has fluent staff able to provide services. If you do not have multi-lingual staff please describe your agency’s language access plan or intent to develop one.
Equity and Social Justice (20 Points)
7. How does your agency recruit, support, and retain staff, board and leadership who reflect the culture(s) and identity(ies) of the individuals and families reaching out for support?
8. Please complete the organizational equity chart in the Organizational Equity Chart tab in ZoomGrants to reflect the make-up of your staff, leadership and board. If you would like to provide contextual info about the info submitted in your Organizational. Equity Chart, please do so here (not required).
Budget and Fiscal (15 Points)
9. Please confirm you provided a detailed proposed 12-month budget. We expect applicants to estimate and develop a budget covering each of the proposed salaries, expenses, and administrative costs necessary to conduct these assessments.
See the budget template (Attachment C - Budget) in the Zoomgrants Library. You can upload a proposed budget using the provided template or a substantively similar version. (10 points)
Yes, I have completed and uploaded a proposed budget to the Required Documents tab.
No, I have not completed and uploaded a budget to the Required Documents tab.
10. If your organization has ever contracted, managed or accounted for public funds, please describe that experience. If not, please indicate N/A and respond to the next question.
11. If you responded to the previous question, indicate N/A to this question and move on to the next question. If your organization has not ever contracted, managed or accounted for public funds, please describe how you intend to manage public funds should you be awarded VSHSL funds.
Please include in your answer if your organization would seek a fiscal agent and/or if your organization would seek technical assistance (neither is required).
12. Describe any audit findings or concerns during the last 24 months as well as the resolution of each (this can be a financial statement audit, federal single audit, monitoring site visit by King County or another federal, state or local agency).
If there was a summary report of the outcome produced for any audit, please upload this report to the Documents tab in ZoomGrants.
13. Describe your financial management system. How do you establish and maintain general accounting principles, sound accounting systems and internal controls?
If your organization is new or in its early stages, describe how you intend to structure these systems, what in-house experience exists, and what, if any, assistance you are seeking.
Data Collection and Evaluation (5 Points)
14. How would your organization define success for this proposed program and/or service model? How do or will you use data to identify trends, achievements, disparities in outcomes, or other gaps in performance? What data management systems does your org have in place? What technical assistance might you need to enhance your ability to do this?
Organizational Equity Chart (Required) (answers are saved automatically when you move to another field)
Organizational Equity Chart Show/Hide Instructions
Please use the following chart to reflect the make-up of your staff, leadership and board. We ask that you are mindful of using the language people use to identify themselves. If your staff, leadership or board are not comfortable, for any reason, in providing this information please reflect that in the field marked “unknown.”
Leadership body is defined as authorized decisions makers within your organization who together make strategic decisions about your organization and provide oversight and guidance. This may vary based on organization size and type. Examples might include executive director, CEO, COO, program managers, steering committee, collective members, executive team, etc. We do not prioritize any particular structure but do want to know who is in leadership of your organization.
Staff should include all full and part-time paid employees.
Board Members are defined as formal members of a 501 ©3 governing board. Disregard if you are applying as a fiscally sponsored entity.
A note on gender: There are several ways that this chart asks for information related to gender including a specific category for gender and a section asking about people who identify as transgender. People who identify as transgender should be included in all of the categories that apply based on how each person self-identifies.
Category Leadership Body Staff Board Members
Grand Totals (the total number of leaders, staff and board being counted)
Black, African American, Afro-Caribbean Or Other African
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Queer
People with Disabilities (includes physical, mental, and emotional disabilities)
Veterans, Servicemembers and/or their Family Members
Required Documents (scored)
Please upload a completed Budget. See library for Attachment C - Budget.
Please complete and upload Attachment C - Budget
Download template: Attachment C - Budget Required