1. Interconception Care Home Visiting RFP Community Forum May 13, 2015

2. 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. MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Overview of Interconception Care (ICC) Home Visiting RFP

3. 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 MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Home Visiting Model HFA Adaptations

4. 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 MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Partners for a Healthy Baby Curriculum Adaptations

5. 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 MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Home Visiting Model Program Specifics

6. MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Program Outcomes Client-LevelProgram-Level Birth Spacing Medical Home Participant Enrollment BMI Mental Health Weighted Caseload Depression Mortality Recruitment Domestic Violence Referrals Education Screening Employment Substance Use Insurance Status Grief and Coping

7. MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES 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

8. MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Application Submission Guidelines Applications Due: May 29, 2015 Submissions must be sent via email to: rfps@familyleague.orgrfps@familyleague.org Required DocumentDetailsRequired Format  Application Cover Sheet Template provided on Family League website Word  Proposal Narrative Guidance on pages 9Word  Program Budget Template available on Family League website Excel

9. MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES Due Diligence Documents Due: May 29, 2015 Submissions must be sent in a separate email to rfps@familyleague.orgrfps@familyleague.org Required DocumentDetailsRequired Format  Certificate of Good Standing with the State of Maryland May be obtained by visiting https://sdatcert1.resiusa.org/ certificate_net/ 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

10. MAKING CONNECTIONS. IMPROVING LIVES 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

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