# Ohio Procurement Portal #DCY-C-2627-0116

Statewide management of OhioKAN kinship and adoption support services

**Posted:** October 13, 2026
**Respond By:** October 16, 2026
**Identifier:** DCY-C-2627-0116
**NAICS:** 624110

Ohio is seeking one provider to manage OhioKAN statewide for kinship caregivers and adoptive families.
- **Government buyer:** Ohio Department of Children & Youth (KID); statewide program covering multiple counties. No more specific sub-agency or office is identified.
- **Requested service:** One provider to manage OhioKAN, including training, program fidelity, quality improvement, regional coordination, statewide outreach, community partnerships, and PASSS application processing.
- **Provider capabilities:** Demonstrated knowledge of kinship and adoption needs, child welfare programs and best practices, statewide service capacity, and ability to build community partnerships. Proposals may include a provider-designed regional partner network if it meets program requirements.
- **Continuity and systems:** The annual Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) cohort must continue without interruption. The successor provider must establish or use its own DCY-approved supplemental data solution; the existing OhioKAN Information Hub and supplemental system will not transfer. Program data will transfer subject to security, privacy, and transition requirements.
- **Named organizations and products:** C.A.S.E. is referenced in connection with TAC standing. OneSpan is named only as the source of a required questionnaire form. Neither is identified as a proposed provider or product manufacturer.
- **Products and quantities:** No equipment or other products are requested. The service line item is one statewide OhioKAN program management and services requirement.
- **Period of performance:** Commencement is anticipated after selection and final agreement; the end date, duration, and option years are not stated.

### Description

The Ohio Department of Children & Youth seeks one qualified Offeror to manage OhioKAN statewide for kinship caregivers and adoptive families. The work includes training, maintaining program fidelity, leading quality improvement, managing the regional structure while conducting statewide outreach, and supporting PASSS application processing. Offerors must demonstrate knowledge of kinship and adoption needs, familiarity with child welfare programs and best practices, statewide service capacity, and the ability to build community partnerships. Proposals must be submitted through OhioBuys using the required double-envelope format.

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