The ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, (hereinafter referred to as “the Department”) seeks a qualified vendor to develop a statewide Adoption Resource Center to provide Pre/Post Adoption Services to families and children in the adoption process who have adopted through the Alabama Department of Human Resources. Services must include information and referral services; a library; support groups; educational opportunities; counseling; an annual permanency conference; and an annual adoption summer camp. The selected vendor must recruit, train and complete approved home studies for seventy-five (75) adoptive homes per year for the term of the contract. All proposed adoptive homes must meet adoptive home minimum standards, all requirements per this document and must obtain final approval from the SDHR Office of Adoption. The selected vendor will receive up to $5,000 per approved adoptive home that is trained, matched, and finalizes an adoption from foster care. A more complete description of the services sought for this project is provided in Section 3, Scope of Project. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation must comply with the instructions and procedures contained herein.
