Smart Start Request for Proposals (RFP) - Legal Advertisement
The Stokes Partnership for Children, Inc. wants to fund acceptable
programs, which relate to young children (birth through age five) for
fiscal year 2010-2011. Programs should help ensure that all of Stokes
County’s young children enter kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
Proposals will be accepted in the areas of family support, health, and
early care and education. Stokes Partnership for Children has defined
three primary goal areas and objectives:
- Every child experiences high quality early learning
environments.
- All families are stable and maintain nurturing home
environments.
- All children ages birth to five are engaged in routine (preventive)
health care.
Funding priority will be given to programs that will result in any one
of the following (ranked in order of importance) but other proposals will
be considered especially as they relate to the above primary goal areas
and objectives:
- Early Care and Education – Increase child care teacher education.
- Early Care and Education – Increase child care teacher compensation
based on education levels.
- Early Care and Education, Child Placements - Every child has access
to a high quality early childhood education. Every regulated program has
a 4 or 5 star rating OR is nationally accredited.
- **Health – At least 70% to 80% Medicaid-eligible children are enrolled
in Health Check and have accessed well child care. **Special emphasis
will be placed on this goal for 2010-2011.
- Health - Early intervention for children with or at risk for special
needs/disabilities (with special emphasis on families and educators
involved).
Contractors must have demonstrated competency in performing services
defined in this RFP. Specifically, the contractors must demonstrate a
successful history of providing similar services. The contractors should
describe all project experience in North Carolina or other states with
similar program operations.
The availability of Smart Start funds is contingent on the final budget
adopted by the NC General Assembly for the 2010–2011 fiscal year.
For details, contact Stokes Partnership for Children at (336) 985-2676.
Applications will be available October 5, 2009, and may be downloaded at
www.stokespfc.com or available by
request by calling 336-985-2676 or by email request at
buildingfoundations@stokespfc.com.
Individuals, organizations or agencies interested in seeking Smart Start
funding should obtain details and attend one mandatory grant workshop, to
be held at Stokes Partnership for Children, either on Tuesday, October 14,
2008 at 6:00 p.m. or Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. Please call
to register. All proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 11, 2009.
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The Stokes Partnership for Children is currently accepting Request for Proposals
for fiscal year 2010-2011. If you are interested in contracting with the Stokes
Partnership for Children please complete the Request for Proposal packet below.
All proposals must be received
no later than
5:00 pm, Friday, December 11, 2009.
Please submit one original, 12 copies, each three hole punched.
Please provide one copy on CD.
Grant workshops have
been scheduled for: Tuesday, October 13th, 6:00 pm
&
Wednesday, October 14th, 9:00 am
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Both workshops will be in the conference room
of the Stokes Partnership for Children office in King, N.C.
If you or your organization would like to submit a proposal,
attendance to one of the grant workshops is required.
Please contact our office to register for the grant workshop you would like to attend.
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Please download our 2010-11 Request for Proposal Packet.
If you have any questions or need any additional information
please contact the Partnership at any time.
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