Starbridge Services Inc. is accepting proposals to establish a contract agreement as a Core Community Partner in 4 regions (Hudson Valley, Capital Region, Northern NY, and Western NY) under the Parent Training and Information Center (PTIC) program.
Our model of collaborating with Core Community Partners across the state ensures that New York families and professionals receive accurate, high quality and relevant services from those who are familiar with local needs and resources.
We will contract with one organization in each of the four regions with the capacity to implement services in five areas:
- Digital Information and Resource Sharing;
- In-Person Trainings and Webinars to parents, professionals and youth;
- Information, Referral and Individual Technical Assistance to parents, professionals and youth;
- Family empowerment series/parent mentor training; and
- Partnerships with Community Based Organizations.
All interested organizations must have a 501c(3) nonprofit status. Preference will be given to parent-based organizations.
Starbridge Services Inc.’s Parent Training and Information Center (PTIC) program is federally funded through the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The overall goal of the PTIC will be to increase parents’ capacity to help their children with disabilities improve their early learning, school-aged and post-secondary outcomes and to increase the capacity of youth to be effective self-advocates. PTICs serve families of children of all ages and all disabilities to help them better understand their children’s disabilities and education needs, communicate more effectively with school and related professionals, understand their rights and responsibilities under IDEA, and obtain appropriate services for their children. There is expanded focus on supporting families whose children face educational barriers based on status as underserved, low-income, limited-English proficiency, family support, and even internet access making sure that families are supported to be better able to navigate special education systems. Starbridge Services Inc.’s service area is all of New York State except the five boroughs of NYC and Long Island, with a priority on serving unserved and underserved communities, particularly urban and rural populations.
The contract will be for a five-year period, commencing October 1, 2025, contingent upon Starbridge Services Inc receiving funding from the US Department of Education and upon a satisfactory annual review of program.
Funding amounts and deliverables per region in Attachment B per contract year (Oct. 1 – Sept. 30).
Questions about the RFP may be submitted by e-mail only to jhutkowski@starbridgeinc.org.