Universal Parenting Place: Request for Qualifications

Organization/Agency Representative

First Name Last Name

Title

Organization

Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City State / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Phone Number

Please enter a valid phone number.

Email

example@example.com

In order to determine your organization's eligibility to make formal application, please answer the following questions.

1. Please state your organization's mission and guiding principles. *

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2. In 150 words or less, please describe why your organization/agency is interested in operating a Universal Parenting Place. *

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3a. Was your agency a member of the ACE Task Force of Shelby County? *

Yes No

3b. If Yes, please describe length of membership and role.

4a. Has one or more of your organization's staff completed the Building Strong Brains Tennessee training? *

Yes No

4b. If Yes, please provide the name of each staff person, title, training dates, and number and types of trainings conducted since completing the BSB training.

5a. Has your organization received a Building Strong Brains Community Innovations Grant? *

Yes No

5b. If Yes, please provide a brief (e.g., 250-300 word) project abstract that includes the dates of the grant.

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6a. Does your organization have the technical capacity to offer HIPPA-compliant telehealth counseling sessions? *

Yes No

6b. If Yes, please briefly describe your organization's use of HIPPA-compliant telehealth counseling (i.e., When was it formally established? How many staff have been trained in its use? How many telehealth sessions has your organization conducted in the past six months?).

7a. Does your organization conduct online programming or have the capacity to do so? *

Yes No

7b. If Yes, please list the online programming your organization has conducted by title, date, target audience, and number of participants per event over the last six months.

Schedule

The following schedule has been established:

Jan. 8 RFQ released

Jan. 15 Deadline for submission of questions from potential applicants

Jan. 21 Responses to all potential applicants' questions posted online

Jan. 25 Requests for qualifications closes

Jan. 29 Identification of finalists and requests for additional documentation

Feb. 8-12 Applicant interviews

A decision will be made the week of February 14.

Responses to questions. All questions regarding the RFQ must be submitted to ACE Awareness Foundation Executive Director Renée Wilson-Simmons via email at r.wilson-simmons@aceawareness.org. The foundation office is closed due to COVID-19; no responses will be provided to messages or questions left on the office voicemail. Applicants' questions will be answered via email within 24 hours of submission, and all questions and answers will be compiled into one document and posted at https://aceawareness.org/ on January 20.

Next Steps

If your organization/agency meets the qualifications requirements and becomes a finalist, you will be contacted and asked to provide financial statements and evidence of physical and technical capacities. After reviewing those documents, we will schedule interviews with organization representatives. During the interview, the following will be discussed:

Whether your organization/agency is prepared to operate at least one UPP
Your organization's commitment to the UPP's stated values (below)
How your organization will address universality
How your organization will evaluate and improve its operations over time
Your organization's level of confidence in its ability to secure funding for UPP operation beyond the one-year funding period
Whether your organization has therapists credentialed to accept health insurance or is prepared to go through the credentialing process for its clinicians

The UPP Values

Universality

Adverse childhood experiences occur in all types of homes, regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or religious affiliation. Our work is universal.

Equity

Although ACEs are universal, access to appropriate and quality prevention and mitigation services are not. Our programs and services are accessible to all types of families.

Respect

Parenting is difficult for everyone. We respect and support the efforts of all parents.

Quality

The effectiveness of ACEs prevention will depend on the quality of programs and services. Our work is informed by research and is continuously improving.

Innovation

We acknowledge that existing policies and practices have not produced the changes we seek in our community. We must adopt, test, and replicate new and fundamentally different approaches to prevention if we are to manifest our vision.

Collaboration

No single institution can successfully pursue our mission. We are committed to true collaboration and will work to build the trust necessary to bring positive change to our community.

Thank You

Your interest in serving as a UPP operator is greatly appreciated. You will be informed of your organization's status by January 29.