Parenting Education Fiscal Agent

1.1 PURPOSE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The Department of Social Services, Child Protection Services primarily supports child welfare-related prevention services through parenting education. There is an existing statewide network of parenting education providers which offer a variety of evidence-based programs including: Common Sense Parenting for School Aged Children, Common Sense Parenting for Toddlers and Preschoolers, Positive Indian Parenting, and are introducing Inside Out Dad. The Division of Child Protection Services is seeking an experienced and qualified agency to act as a fiscal agent and monitor data collection related to the delivery of parenting education classes funded by the Community Based Child Abuse Prevention Grant through CPS. In federal fiscal year 2025, 650 total responses were provided on the parent education survey, across nineteen different instruction/parenting education sites. See Exhibit A for more detail on parent input provided. Information on the parenting education program offered through CPS is included at the following link: https://dss.sd.gov/childprotection/parentingprogram.aspx. 1.2 ISSUING OFFICE AND RFP REFERENCE NUMBER The Department of Social Services, Child Protection Services, is the issuing office for this document and all subsequent addenda relating to it, on behalf of the State of South Dakota, Department of Social Services. The reference number for the transaction is RFP19577. This number must be referred to on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation relating to the RFP. 1.3 LETTER OF INTENT All interested offerors are requested to submit a non-binding Letter of Intent to respond to this RFP. While preferred, a Letter of Intent is not mandatory to submit a proposal. Be sure to reference the RFP number in your letter. The Letter of Intent must be submitted to Kirsten Blachford via email at Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us no later than March 5th, 2026. Please place the following in the subject line of your email: “Letter of Intent for RFP19577”. 1.4 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) RFP Publication 02/26/2026 Letter of Intent to Respond Due 03/05/2026 Offeror Questions Due Responses to Offeror Questions 03/12/2026 03/19/2026 Request for SFTP folder 04/02/2026 Proposal Submission 04/03/2026 Anticipated Award Decision/Contract Negotiation 04/29/2026 1.5 SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL All proposals must be completed and received in the Department of Social Services by the date and time indicated in the Schedule of Activities. Proposals received after the deadline will be late and ineligible for consideration. Proposals must be submitted as PDFs via Secured File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Offerors must request an SFTP folder no later than the date indicated in the Schedule of Activities by emailing Kirsten Blachford at Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us . https://dss.sd.gov/childprotection/parentingprogram.aspx. mailto: Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us mailto: Kirsten.Blachford@state.sd.us Page 3 of 8 The subject line should read “RFP19577 SFTP Request”. The email should contain the name and the email of the person who will be responsible for uploading the document(s). Please note, offeror will need to work with their own technical support staff to set up an SFTP compatible software on offeror’s end. While the State of South Dakota can answer questions, State of South Dakota is not responsible for the software required. All proposals may be signed in ink or digitally by an officer of the offeror legally authorized to bind the offeror to the proposal and sealed in the form intended by the respondent. Proposals that are not properly signed may be rejected. No proposal may be accepted from, or any contract or purchase order awarded to any person, firm or corporation that is in arrears upon any obligations to the State of South Dakota,