Independent Living Skills Program

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to define the County's minimum requirements, solicit proposals, and gain adequate information by which the County may evaluate the services offered by Proposers that fall within the scope of service as further described in this RFP. The County of Solano, Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS), Child Welfare Services (CWS) hereinafter referred to as the “County,” intends to secure a contract with a qualified proposer to provide an Independent Living Program (ILP) for eligible foster and former foster youths residing in Solano County in accordance with the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (Public Law 106 - 169 ). This program provides comprehensive core services, which increase participants’ self-sufficiency as they transition to adult life from the foster care system by focusing on the individualized objectives of their Transitional Independent Living Plan (TILP). The County is looking for an innovative program to prepare the current generation of youth who live in Solano County to be independent. Young people today can expect to live lives that will be quite unlike those of any previous generations. Many factors, such as the advances in technology, rising inequalities, and cost of obtaining a higher education, contribute to the new challenges our current generation of youth face. California’s Independent Living Program (ILP) was established over twenty (20) years ago to address the individualized needs of foster youth in transitioning to adulthood. While the population of young people being served remains the same, the landscape of how these services can, and should be, delivered has shifted. It is essential that the youth we serve obtain skills needed to transition into adulthood, and in order to do so successfully, agencies working with young people need to ensure they stay relevant and keep in touch with the actual challenges young people face.