Tender: Disability-Focused Placement Services for Children and Youth in Care — Alberta Children and Family Services

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Alberta Children and Family Services is seeking information from organizations on delivering disability-focused placement services for children and youth in the care of the Director under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act across Alberta. The RFI requests information on existing and potential service capacity, service delivery and placement models (including community group care, medical complexity, campus-based, intensive complex needs, respite and short-term placements, and other innovative approaches), staffing structures, clinical, therapeutic, behavioural, developmental and medical supports, culturally responsive and Indigenous-informed practices, approaches to placement stability and permanency, outcomes and quality assurance, estimated service costs and contracting approaches, organizational readiness and future capacity, and barriers or system considerations that may affect establishment, expansion or sustainability of services; respondents may describe current programs, proposed models or emerging practices and the information gathered will inform CFS service design, capacity planning and potential procurement, noting this RFI is for information-gathering only and does not constitute a procurement or commitment to contract.