The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF), Division of Family Services (DFS), is requesting proposals to provide therapeutic foster care services for difficult to place children and youth (ages 6 to 18) in foster care.
These children and youth include two separate sub-groups for the purposes of this Request for Funding Proposals (RFP):
- Children’s complex needs typically involve co-occurring developmental delays or disabilities, coupled with behavioral health issues.
- Teens’ complex needs may span the spectrum from developmental delays and disabilities, coupled with behavioral health issues, at one end to histories of more severe acting out behavior at the other end.