
Becoming a Home Development Contractor - Related Files
Files needed for prospective Home Development Contractors
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We thank you for your interest. The vetting process is now closed, effective December 1st, 2022, at 5:00pm. The Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Unit will no longer accept applications for the upcoming FY 2024 contract cycle. Please continue to check the website for future contract opportunities.
The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is the agency responsible for the delivery of health, human/social and related regulatory services for the state of Georgia. The major service divisions within DHS are the Division of Aging Services (DAS), Division of Child Support Services (DCSS), and Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS). In partnership with local communities, DHS assists individuals and families in achieving safe, healthy, independent and self-sufficient lives. Many DHS programs have seen record numbers of enrollment in this recent economic downturn. Please refer to DHS website at dhs.georgia.gov for more information about the Department, its responsibilities/functions and organizational structure, etc.
The Division of Family and Children Services, Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Unit (CRRU) is charged with promoting, developing, and supporting quality Foster and Kinship and Adoptive Home Development services for Georgia’s children and foster families. Over the years, the unit has impacted the number of children placed through; (a) Increased home placements of children who were in the custody of DFCS; and (b) Increased collaboration with non-profit and for-profit organizations to serve children and families with fostering services.
Home Development (HD) contractors provide pre-service training to prospective caregivers, and complete DFCS foster, adoptive, kinship and Interstate Compact Placement of Children (ICPC) home studies which will increase the state’s approved caregiver placement resources.
Qualified contractors should be able to either facilitate state approved pre-service training (group and one-on-one) or assess prospective DFCS and ICPC families through the written Family Evaluation.
All HD contracts are for referral-based services and may not exceed $24,999.99 in billing during any contract year. This threshold does not apply to non-profit organizations.
Qualified contractors are required to have commercial/general liability insurance, auto insurance, criminal background check and must submit to a financial review prior to full acceptance as a contractor with the agency.
The services would be contracted on one (1) year terms beginning July 1 through June 30. At the sole discretion of DFCS, the contract will be awarded on or before July 1. All interested and current providers must apply by December 1st.
Only contractors who have satisfied all requirements and successfully completed the vetting process will be considered for an HD contract.
1. Each form/document must be in PDF or Word format and attached individually.
2. Each document must follow the specified naming convention (Example: First name_Last Name.W9 or Agency Name.W9) A sample of the naming conventions can be found here:
Home Development Forms | File Naming Convention |
Home Development Contractor Application | .HDapp |
Contractor Information Form | .CIF |
Criminal Records Check Letter | .CRC |
Department of Revenue Tax Form | .taxform |
Security and Immigration | .SECIM |
Certificate of Insurance | .COI |
W-9 | .W9 |
Vendor Management Form | .VMF |
Independent Contractor Determination | .17pt |
Verifications | File Naming Convention |
Driver's License | .DL |
Subcontractor Log | .Sublog |
Impact Certificate | .impcert |
Safe Certificate | .safecert |
Resume | .res |
Degree/Transcript | .edu |
Writing Sample | .writ |
Training Hour Certificates | .trng |
Files needed for prospective Home Development Contractors
If you require any additional information about becoming a Home Development Provider, please email [email protected]