Specifications include, but are not limited to: The County of Riverside Purchasing Department on behalf of Department of Public Social Services (DPSS), hereafter referred to as COUNTY, is seeking proposals from interested, qualified and experienced Bidders to provide Parenting Education Services for DPSS clients as well as Riverside County families at risk of entering the Child Welfare System. The Parenting Education Program is intended to provide evidence-based/evidence-informed services for parents/caregivers with children and youth who are at risk and/or have been reported for maltreatment. Trained parenting education professionals provide parents/caregivers with information, skills and principles essential for improving the parent’s/caregiver’s knowledge, parenting competence and parental stress. Successful implementation of the parenting education training is intended to improve Child Welfare outcomes related to child safety, permanency and child and family well-being.
