RFA for Disaster Human Service Vendors

The State of Oregon, acting by and through the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Office of Resilience and Emergency Management (OREM), is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) to establish multiple Price Agreements for Disaster Human Services Support. Applicants may qualify for one or more of three Tracks and may select only the Services they are prepared to provide. The three Tracks are: (1) Community Human Services Support; (2) Human Services Network Coordination; and (3) Individual Assistance Implementation and Disaster Case Management. Flexible Funds and Training and Capacity Building are capabilities that may be authorized in connection with one or more Tracks.

Examples of eligible applicants may include community-based organizations (CBOs), nonprofit and community organizations, businesses, Tribal entities, and governmental entities.

Track 1 - Community Human Services Support includes direct community and household-facing assistance such as Resource Navigation, Referrals, Outreach, basic Casework, emergency assistance, resource distribution, impact-assessment support, and support delivered through Resilience Hubs, resource centers, shelters, or other community locations. Basic Casework may address household needs and follow-up but does not by itself constitute professional Disaster Case Management.

Track 2 - Human Services Network Coordination supports the broader human services ecosystem serving an affected community or region. Services may include network coordination, organization and asset mapping, coordinated intake and Referral, resource coordination, identification of gaps and duplication, information sharing, and continuity from response through recovery.

Track 3 - Individual Assistance Implementation and Disaster Case Management includes specialized household recovery services and implementation of Individual Assistance authorized by ODHS. Services may include Disaster Case Management, assessment and Recovery Planning, sustained case coordination, navigation and advocacy, administration of authorized household assistance or benefits, and related documentation and accountability.

Applicants may also select optional Flexible Funding and Training and Capacity Building capabilities associated with one or more Tracks for which the Applicant is qualified. Flexible Funding is funding to address emergency assistance and unmet needs for people impacted. Training and Capacity Building include training, coaching, mentoring, facilitation, exercises, consultation, and technical assistance that helps another community or organization build or strengthen the same disaster human services functions the Applicant is qualified to perform.

Applicants will identify a Primary Service Area and may identify willingness to provide authorized Services outside that area.

**Schedule of Events** (all times are Pacific Time; all dates are subject to change)

• Applications will be accepted continuously until the Closing Date listed on Page 1.
• Application review and approval: approximately 60 calendar days after the date an Application is received.
• Price Agreement negotiations: after Agency approval of an Application.
• Price Agreement award notice: upon completion of Price Agreement negotiations between Agency and Applicant.

Applicants shall direct all communications related to any provision of this RFA only to the SPC, whether about the technical requirements of the RFA, contractual requirements, the RFA process, or any other provision.

ODHS anticipates awarding multiple Price Agreements under this RFA. The initial Price Agreement term is anticipated to extend through June 30, 2028, with any extensions subject to applicable procurement authority and written amendment. A Price Agreement does not guarantee any minimum or maximum amount of Services or funding. Services will be ordered only as needed through an executed SRO.

Agency will determine responsibility of an Applicant prior to award and execution of a Price Agreement; the *Responsibility Inquiry* (Attachment E) is part of this RFA.