Developmental Parent-Child Playgroups for Children with Exceptional Needs RFP

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County of Sacramento - First 5 Sacramento has issued request for proposal, solicitation 2026-RFP-0098.

First 5 Sacramento is seeking a program that is located, and works directly, in the community to provide developmental playgroups in community settings for children with exceptional needs ages 0 – 5 and their parents / caregivers. These will be designed with the needs of young, medically, physically and neurologically diverse children centered and will be led by adults with expertise and experience in working with children with exceptional needs and their families in interactive group settings. The groups will utilize the evidence-based Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) protocol.

A. First 5 Sacramento Strategic Planning Process & Overall Funding Approach First 5 Sacramento’s vision is that Sacramento County will have strong communities where children are safe, healthy, and reach their full potential. To this end, First 5 uses tobacco tax revenue through Proposition 10 to support early childhood development through advocacy, systems improvement, and by funding a range of essential prevention and early intervention programs for Sacramento County children ages 0 to 5 and their families. The First 5 Commission has laid out its foundational belief and core truth that racism, not race, is the root of health and early learning disparities. The Commission’s efforts focus on Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Cultural Responsiveness (REDI +CR) to ensure we, and our partners, are equitably meeting the needs of Sacramento County’s children and families. The First 5 Sacramento Commission routinely engages in a Strategic Planning process to determine community needs, assets, and gaps where the Commission may be able to have an impact in ensuring children have the best start in life. The 2024 - 2034 Strategic Plan, which was approved on April 4, 2023, identifies five priorities for investment for Fiscal Years 2024-25 through 2033-34. The entire strategic planning process was designed to center racial equity, to be highly inclusive, and to be data informed. Subsequently, Commission staff expanded on the Strategic Plan by developing a 2024 Implementation Plan, which was approved on June 5, 2023, followed by a 2027 Implementation Plan, which was approved on June 1, 2026. All of these plans are available on the Commission’s website at first5sacramento.saccounty.gov. The Implementation Plan provides a roadmap for funding. It includes detail regarding funded strategies, the primary population to be served, the funding mechanism, and the three-year allocation for each strategy. Within this roadmap, each strategy indicates a funding process. This funding opportunity is a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) that allows for the submission of proposals detailing proposed services and a budget. Competitive RFPs enable the Commission to seek out qualified proposers that can provide effective services to identified populations using evidence-based, best, and promising practices. B. Background on this Funding Opportunity The funding for this competitive RFP is focused on Strategy 2E – Developmental Playgroups for Children with Exceptional Needs: Developmental playgroups in community settings for children with exceptional needs ages 0 – 5 and their parents / caregivers. First 5 Sacramento centered parent and caregiver voices in the development of our 2024-2034 Strategic Plan. Through surveys and focus groups, parents told us that developmental playgroups specifically designed for children with exceptional needs and their parents / caregivers was a top desire. They also requested that playgroup leaders have expertise in working with young chil

Responses are due November 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM PST.

Questions must be submitted by October 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for October 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT at Zoom meeting at this link: https://saccounty-net.zoomgov.com/j/1652867353.

Commodity categories: Human Services; Human Services (Not Otherwise Classified).

1 document is attached to the notice: Developmental Playgroups for Children with Exceptional Needs Specifications Sheet.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/saccounty/projects/300887. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.

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