The Missouri Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is seeking a consultant to assist CTF staff in developing and producing a Safe Sleep video to serve as an educational tool to promote safe sleep practices and prevent infant death. The video will be utilized by Missouri birthing hospitals, child serving agencies and the general public.

BACKGROUND
The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.  CTF was created by the Missouri General Assembly in 1983 as a 501c(3) non-profit organization with the sole purpose to prevent the abuse and neglect of children.  Located within the Missouri Office of Administration, CTF is governed by a twenty-one member Board of Directors.

SCOPE OF WORK
CTF seeks a consultant who will work with CTF to:

• Develop a Safe Sleep education video that leverages detailed analysis of infant death, first-person interviews and consumer insights.
• Convene and provide expert guidance to a Safe Sleep Planning Committee of stakeholders to identify common strategies, objectives, needs and aspirations for the Safe Sleep video.
• Research and review sleep related infant deaths in Missouri to inform the video content and to better understand existing barriers, trends, gaps in education, and prevention methods.
• Develop presentations about learned information for the stakeholders and creative/production teams.
• Develop and facilitate in-person interviews with a diverse pool of families for inclusion within the video.
• Facilitate focus groups/design sprint with stakeholders and families; information gained shall inform the project and guide the messaging strategies, script, creative, etc.
• Develop final recommendations and creative brief for production team/audiovisual consultant.
• Partner with the selected production company to ensure creative brief is followed for script and shot list development.

TIMELINE
Wednesday, October 17, 2018: Proposals are due to CTF by close of business (5:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, October 24, 2018: Notice of award will be made on or before this date

GUIDANCE
Proposals shall not exceed two pages in length and will respond to the following:

• Please identify the primary individual who will work on this project.
• What are the applicant’s individual and/or agency experience and knowledge related to infant mortality, collective impact and safe sleep initiatives?
• What is the applicant’s individual and/or agency experience in developing/producing safe sleep videos, campaigns, messaging, scripts, etc.?
• Why is the applicant interested in working with CTF on the issue of child abuse and neglect prevention?
• Please provide a Scope of Work, including a related timeframe, for the requested project.
• What is the total, all-inclusive proposed budget amount to conduct the tasks outlined in the Scope of Work (assuming a contract period of October 2018-March 2019)?

Completed proposals shall be emailed to Paula Cunningham at paula.cunningham@oa.mo.gov by 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 17, 2018.  Selection shall be based on the best and lowest bid. Further inquiries may be made to Paula by email or by calling 573-751-2266/5147.  Thank you.

Child Abuse Epidemiology Consultation —

The Missouri Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is seeking a consultant to assist CTF staff in accessing, interpreting and presenting child abuse and neglect data.

BACKGROUND
The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.  CTF was created by the Missouri General Assembly in 1983 as a 501c(3) non-profit organization with the sole purpose to prevent the abuse and neglect of children.  Located within the Missouri Office of Administration, CTF is governed by a twenty-one member Board of Directors.

SCOPE OF WORK
CTF seeks a consultant who will work with CTF to:

• Increase CTF understanding of the epidemiology and etiology of child abuse;
• Develop presentations for CTF Board and staff on data on child abuse and neglect in Missouri;
• Assist CTF Board and staff in staying current on the latest data on child abuse and neglect in Missouri and nationwide; and
• Assist CTF Board and staff in incorporating data into decisions made by CTF.

TIMELINE

• September 14, 2018: Proposals are due to CTF by close of business (5:00 p.m.)
• September 21, 2018:  Notice of award will be made on or before this date

GUIDANCE
This contract will be paid based on an all-inclusive hourly rate of actual hours worked with the total expenditures not to exceed $25,000. The contract period will begin October 1, 2018 and end June 30, 2019. Renewals are possible depending on the success of the project and the needs of CTF Board and staff.

Proposals shall not exceed two pages in length and will respond to the following:

• What are the applicant’s individual and/or agency experience in working with data on child abuse and neglect and/or other public health issues?
• Please identify the primary individual who will work on this project and describe their academic background related to epidemiology and/or data.
• Please explain the applicant’s familiarity with data sources on Missouri-specific indicators of child abuse and neglect.
• Why is the applicant interested in working with CTF and/or on the issue of child abuse and neglect prevention?
• What is the all-inclusive hourly rate charged by the applicant?

Completed proposals must be emailed to Laura Malzner at laura.malzner@oa.mo.gov by 5:00 p.m. on September 14, 2018. Selection will be based on the best and lowest bid. Further inquiries may be made to Laura by email or by calling 573-751-6511/5147. Thank you.

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Find out how Missouri’s youngest residents doing.  The 2018 Missouri KIDS COUNT® Data Book provides valuable data related to child Demographics, Economic Well-Being, Family/Community and Education. This information facilitates conversations about general trends in child and family well-being. The following two resources are available and include data about Missouri & its counties that can help drive policy, inform grant writing & assist communities in improving the lives of children & families:

• 2018 Missouri KIDS COUNT Data Book.
• Annie E. Casey Foundation 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book – State Trends in Child Well-Bing

Missouri Family and Community Trust (FACT) is a nonprofit organization serving as the Annie E. Casey Foundation sponsored KIDS COUNT® organization in Missouri. Thank you for your work.