Iowa City Community School District Bidopportunities #FWBPCWP27025

Iowa HHS RFI for Statewide Child Protection Medical Assessment Training and Consultation

Iowa HHS is gathering industry input on a potential statewide network to support child abuse medical assessments in Iowa. - Government buyer: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS), Iowa; the opportunity is associated with Des Moines. No sub-agency or office is identified. - Opportunity: RFI FWBPCWP27025 for a potential Child Protection Center (CPC) or Child Advocacy Center (CAC) training and consultation service. This is an information request, not a purchase commitment. - Potential service: Recruit and maintain a geographically distributed network of qualified healthcare providers who conduct child abuse medical assessments for children referred by Agency child protection workers. - Requested input: Provider qualifications and competencies; network capacity and rural recruitment and retention; specialized training content and delivery; clinical consultation methods and response times; performance measures; operating risks and support needs; and potential start-up, staffing, training, travel, and consultation costs and payment structures. - OEMs and vendors: No specific manufacturers, vendors, or service providers are named. - Products and quantities: No products, part numbers, or quantities are requested.

Description

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services is seeking information about developing a statewide consultation service for qualified healthcare providers conducting child abuse medical assessments for children referred by Agency child protection workers. The contemplated model would partner with a Child Protection Center or Child Advocacy Center to recruit and train providers located throughout Iowa and provide ongoing clinical consultation. The RFI asks respondents for input on provider qualifications, staffing and infrastructure, training, consultation methods, performance measures, risks, and potential costs. This RFI is for information only and does not commit the Agency to a future procurement or contract.

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