The Oregon Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare division, identified by code 7915a58f, is dedicated to ensuring the safety, stability, and well-being of vulnerable children and youth across the state. Its core mission centers on expanding access to community-based and residential services that support at-risk populations, particularly through mobile child-caring agencies and qualified residential treatment programs for children aged 10 to 18.
ODHS Child Welfare is a government agency with procurement activity across contracts, awards, and contractors. It currently has 8 open contract opportunities.
Spending trends, top contractors, industry breakdown, and recent contract activity.
AI Mission Profile
The Oregon Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare division, identified by code 7915a58f, is dedicated to ensuring the safety, stability, and well-being of vulnerable children and youth across the state. Its core mission centers on expanding access to community-based and residential services tha...
The Oregon Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare division, identified by code 7915a58f, is dedicated to ensuring the safety, stability, and well-being of vulnerable children and youth across the state. Its core mission centers on expanding access to community-based and residential services that support at-risk populations, particularly through mobile child-caring agencies and qualified residential treatment programs for children aged 10 to 18. Strategic priorities include strengthening foster care supports, enhancing trauma-informed care delivery, and increasing the capacity of specialized residential programs that address mental health and substance use needs. The agency prioritizes interventions that keep children in the least restrictive environments possible while ensuring clinical and developmental continuity.
Procurement activities consistently target services that deliver direct, outsourced child welfare interventions, primarily through competitive solicitations such as requests for proposals and requests for applications. Contracts are structured to engage external providers capable of delivering mobile, scalable, and clinically rigorous care outside traditional institutional settings. The agency relies on open, non-set-aside procurement vehicles to ensure broad vendor participation and service responsiveness.
The agency’s primary procurement focus is on NAICS 624110 (Child and Youth Services) and NAICS 623220 (Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities), reflecting its emphasis on both community-based outreach and intensive residential treatment. No set-asides are currently employed in its contracting practices, indicating a preference for competitive, performance-based awards open to all qualified entities. Vendor relationships are built on demonstrated capacity to meet state-mandated outcomes, compliance with child welfare standards, and ability to scale services across diverse geographic regions.
As a division of the Oregon Department of Human Services, this agency operates statewide with no fixed physical location, relying on a decentralized network of contracted service providers. It utilizes standard state procurement mechanisms including RFPs and RFAs to acquire critical child welfare services, prioritizing flexibility, accountability, and clinical effectiveness in all vendor engagements.
Recent ODHS Child Welfare Contracts
The latest contract opportunities posted by ODHS Child Welfare, including active solicitations and recent awards.
