Preventive Visitation Services
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TIMELINE
Issue RFP: April 20th, 2026
RFP Informational Meeting: May 6th, 2026
Deadline for questions: May 5th, 2026
Proposals Due: May 20th, 2026
Selection Made by: October 2026
Expected implementation date: January 1st, 2027
QUESTION DEADLINE
Issuing Agency
Erie County Department Of Social Services
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DESCRIPTION
The government authority in Buffalo, New York seeks a vendor to provide preventive visitation services to families involved in agency investigations or family court proceedings. These services aim to create positive experiences for children, supporting family and foster care well-being and functioning.
The provider will facilitate supervised and guided interactions between parents, relatives, and children in a spectrum of settings, with the goal of promoting child safety, permanency, and well-being in alignment with Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) objectives. Services must be provided to all referred families, irrespective of the reasons for the child's care placement.
The scope includes regular visits ranging from high-need, secured settings to unsupervised visits in the family home, progressing towards placement discharge. The vendor is expected to support parents or relatives through training opportunities, care coordination, access to medical or mental health resources, and transportation for visitation. Facilitation of healthy interactions among the child’s support network—including parents, siblings, step-parents, and foster parents—is required, along with accommodation for large sibling groups.
The contract will be for one year, and a pre-bid meeting is scheduled for May 6, 2026.
Source attribution
This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.