Professiona Development Provider for Keystone STARS Early Childhood

Posted by on April 04, 2011

Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is soliciting responses for a Request for Proposal (RFP), for the FY 2011-2012 delivery of Professional Development and Technical Assistance services for the Southeast Regional Key (SERK).   It is anticipated that the contract for these services will be effective July 1, 2011.

Please find the RFP posted here as a PDF document.

http://www.seregionalkey.org/downloads/SERK_PD-TA%20RFP%20FY2012.pdf

The Keystone STARS program is designed to support and encourage quality in child care settings by providing the following incentives and supports to participating licensed child care facilities:
– Grants to facilities for quality improvements
– Financial awards to facility staff who increase their qualifications
– Increases in subsidy rates for high performing facilities
– Support from STARS Specialists
– Targeted site-specific Technical Assistance
– School Age Care Technical Assistance
– Wide range of college credit bearing and Pennsylvania Quality Assurance System (PQAS) Professional Development
– Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
– Child Care Health Consultation
– Regulatory Referral Technical Assistance
– Infant Toddler Specialists Services

The SERK at PHMC provides these resources via internal staff as well as through contracts with expert organizations in the community. The purpose of this Request for Proposal is to identify expert organizations to provide professional development and technical assistance services in Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012).