Overview:

Trailhead Institute is seeking qualified vendors to support the company in annual non-profit audits including Federal Single Audit. Trailhead has completed annual audits, including a Single Audits, for the last 10 years. Examples of recent audits can be found at the links in the RFP here, in addition to recent 990s and financials statements.

Services Required: 

• Performs audit functions for Trailhead including the following:
  • Works with the Trailhead Finance Team to
    • Complete the required 990 annually
    • Complete the annual non-profit audit
    • Complete an annual Single Audit when federal expenses exceed $750,000
  • Present audit information to the Trailhead Board of Directors
  • Complete audit field work in a timely fashion
  • Assign designated staff to complete each required audits and 990s
  • Provide recommendations to the Trailhead Finance Team based on audit observations

Application review will start on April 11, 2022
Desired start date: As soon as feasible
Submission sent: Email only to tshirey@trailhead.institute

For full details on the Request for Proposals, please click here.

En Español

Overview:

ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science) through the University of Colorado School of Medicine is contracting with 2 contractors in 3 regions (6 total contracts) across the state to support the NHLBI project: The Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Risk (DECIPHER) Colorado. The three regions in Colorado where we are seeking contractors are: Lower Arkansas Valley (Lamar, La Junta, Las Animas) area, Colorado Springs (Pikes Peak) area, and Greeley/Weld and Morgan area. These contracts are estimated at 30 – 40 hours/week at a $28 – 35/hour rate (based on experience) up to the total budgeted allocation for each contract.

The aim of the DECIPHER project is broad-scale implementation of an effective school-based approach called Stop Asthma Attacks (SAA) to improve asthma disparities for children in communities with fewer resources (ages 5 to 12 years). Asthma is a leading cause of children’s hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and missed school days. This nationally funded research study aims to test the ability
of the SAA program to reduce asthma-related burden in rural/mid-sized cities and to be sustained. Asthma Navigators will build off of work completed with school nurses and schools in the fall and spring of 2022. Asthma Navigators will play a central role in the research project and delivering/implementing SAA. Asthma Navigators will work closely with school nurses and their teams to identify students with asthma, complete asthma assessments, recruit families into the program and project, provide the SAA program (at least 3 sessions with children and families providing asthma education, counseling, case management and care coordination) and work with school nurses and schools to create asthma-friendly and supportive environments. Asthma Navigators work is intended to improve health outcomes for
students with asthma and their families by supporting school nurse-led teams and families through health navigation and care coordination.

Services Required: 

• Provide Stop Asthma Attacks program to children with at-risk asthma and their family members. Includes visits to both children with asthma and their families, providing asthma education, assessing asthma control, and identifying gaps in care and asthma management.
• Assist with/provide care coordination among children with asthma, their families, their school nurses and schools, their health care providers and community resources.
• Assess and help address social determinants of health, including the use of referrals and soft hand-offs to community resources/organizations.
• Partner and collaborate with school nurses and school nurse-led health teams to support students with asthma, such as identifying students with asthma, assessing asthma control and providing tailored education and support
• Work with school nurses and their teams to understand school/school district environment and to build a supportive infrastructure for collecting information related to asthma. Will also work closely with the University-based research team.
• Organize, coordinate and deliver the asthma intervention to children/families in coordination with the school nurse and their team.
• Communicate effectively through multiple channels such as in-person visits and school events, phone calls, emails, faxes, letters.
• Attend onboarding trainings provided by University staff to learn best practices for collecting data in a consistent and rigorous manner and to understand confidentiality and protection of personal information protocols. Trainings (as well as team meetings) will be primarily conducted via Zoom. One in-person training, for which the contractor will be reimbursed for travel & accommodations, will be required.”
• Attend trainings and ongoing professional development opportunities to further competency in asthma management, specific intervention, and community health navigation.
• Participate in a community of learning and practice with project team, other asthma navigators, and key project partners.
• Collect and submit research data in a standardized manner to University staff on a scheduled basis.

Application review will be on a rolling basis until contract is filled.
Desired start date: As soon as feasible
Submission sent: Email only to anowara.begum@cuanschutz.edu

For full details on the Request for Proposals, please click here.

En Español

Overview:

Contractor is responsible for completing grant deliverables and work plan activities to end food security in the tri-county area.  Contractor will maintain positive relationships with community leaders, community partners, schools, agencies, governments, churches, libraries, health/mental health centers, volunteer work groups, and other stakeholders in the food insecurity sector in the tri-county region.  Contractor reports to the Project Director.

Services Required: 

• Plan and deliver SANA programs and activities with a particular focusing on increasing access to SNAP/WIC benefits
• Leverage existing SANA relationships and develop new ones to meet grant goals
• Execute work plans linked to grants and successfully design and deliver services and programs
• Provide community leadership and guidance to volunteers and work groups to advance efforts to end hunger
• Provide day-to-day program coordination and program delivery
• Complete SNAP and WIC enrollment training with Hunger Free Colorado
• Review and implement best practices for SNAP and WIC enrollment for the Latino/a Hispanic populations
• Facilitate community meetings, and act as liaison with community partners
• Recruit, manage, and train volunteers to support SANA programs and efforts to increase healthy food access
• Ensure program meets or exceeds grant targets tracking individual and work group efforts to outcomes; create written summaries of work to track progress and report on grant deliverables
• Develop a comprehensive community engagement strategy to inform families about the benefits of the SNAP and WIC programs
• Assist with the application processes, providing support from the beginning of the application through the interview process and benefits enrollment; assist with SNAP redeterminations
• Maintain SNAP outreach program data
• Ensure SNAP customer data is accurately entered on the PeakPro website application site; maintain client confidentiality in both online and paper application processes
• Develop strong relationships with county eligibility leadership to ensure smooth referral process and close coordination with technicians

To apply contact Maria Judith Alvarez – mariajudithalvarezq@gmail.com.

For full details on the Request for Proposals in English or Spanish, please click here.