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  • Announcement (04/21/2006)

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) releases this Request for Applications (RFA) to non-profit organizations seeking grant awards to provide statewide Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) Services in any of Ohios twelve service delivery areas (SDAs). This ODJFS RFA is intended to make child care resource and referral services available to all Ohio families, to all early child care and education providers, to employers and to the community, by establishing and/or maintaining a coordinated system of locally-based CCR&R Service Organizations. CCR&R services improve coordination; promote community level planning; and support the development of services in response to community needs; and are available in the state regardless of income.

Only appropriately qualified non-profit agencies may apply for an award of a CCR&R grant by submitting an application in compliance with the requirements established in this RFA. Applicants will be selected based on a timely response to this RFA and the ability to meet the minimum qualifications established in this RFA as demonstrated in the application. ODJFS will use the selection criteria established in this RFA to identify organizations that will serve the twelve service delivery areas (SDAs). Interested vendors must submit proposals in strict accordance with the instructions provided in this RFA for award of grants. Should any one agency propose to provide CCR&R services to more than one SDA, that agency must complete and submit a separate application packet, appropriately marked, for each SDA the agency proposes to serve. Each submission will be reviewed separately, and selection for grant awards will be made by ODJFS for each SDA based on the number and quality of applications submitted for that SDA.

Disclaimer :

This RFA is released by and the subsequent grants will be issued by ODJFS. The Office for Children and Families (OCF), Bureau of Child Care and Development (BCCD), will administer the grants, and is responsible for state level supervision.

If interested vendors have a need to communicate regarding this RFA, they must contact ODJFS using one of the mechanisms provided for in RFA Section IV., Internet Question and Answer Period/RFA Clarification Opportunity, or RLB Section V., Communication Prohibitions, of this RLB. Vendor proposals must be submitted to ODJFS in strict accordance with proposal submission instructions provided in Section X., Format of Submission of the Proposal. Vendors are cautioned that communication attempts which do not comply with these instructions will not be answered, and that ODJFS will not consider any proposals submitted to any address other than the one provided in Section VI., Submission Information of this RFA.

• RFA Proper
  • Attachment A - Management Plan (To be completed and returned as Item C. of the application packet)
  • Attachment B - Project Budget Summary (To be completed and returned as Item D. of the application packet)
  • Attachment C - W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (To be completed and returned as Item E. of the application packet)
  • Attachment D - Required Grant Applicant Information and Certifications (To be completed and returned as Item F. of the application packet)
  • Attachment E - Technical Score Sheet (Vendors are encouraged to use the score sheet to evaluate the completeness, quality, and compliance of their applications. Do not return.)
  • Attachment F - Projected Funding for SFY 2007, SFY 2008 and SFY 2009
  • Attachment G - Check List (This is provided to help applicant complete a final check to ensure everything in application packet is included and in correct order. Do not return.)
  • Attachment H - Service Delivery Area (SDA) List
  • Attachment I - ODJFS Grant Agreement (Provided for applicants reference only. To be returned with application packet only IF an applicant would request a change in agreement language. If so, applicant agency is to strike language to which they would request a change, and write in their proposed revision for ODJFS consideration. All such requests for grant agreement language changes are subject to ODJFS approval.)

All submissions must be received no later than the date, time and location as specified in Section VI., Submission Information of the RFA