Opportunity Overview
The Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services (OYS), has issued RFI HMS-501-27-02 — Community-Based Outreach and Advocacy Services. OYS is gathering information about community-based models that can engage vulnerable or hard-to-reach youth and families, reduce barriers to services, and strengthen coordinated support across family, school, community, and juvenile-justice systems.
This is a Request for Information, not a current grant or contract award. Participation is optional, does not obligate OYS to issue a future solicitation, and is not required to participate in any later procurement.
Response Deadline
Written feedback is due September 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST). The State-issued RFI permits responses by email, fax, or mail.
Service Areas Under Review
The RFI seeks information on provider approaches that may include outreach and engagement; youth and family assessment and individualized service planning; advocacy and resource navigation; prevention and diversion; educational support; coordination with schools, juvenile justice, and other systems; monitoring and follow-through; crisis stabilization; temporary safe placement; and transportation.
Who Should Review This RFI
Hawaiʻi organizations and service providers with demonstrated capacity to deliver community-based youth and family outreach, advocacy, case-management, prevention, crisis, and cross-system coordination services may find the RFI strategically relevant. The RFI itself does not establish a current award amount or a formal applicant eligibility gate for a present funding competition.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 78/100. The RFI is strategically relevant because it may shape a future OYS procurement affecting youth, family, behavioral-health, prevention, and community-support services in Hawaiʻi.
N9+ Direct Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 10/100 conditional. The current RFI does not establish a medical-device, telehealth-equipment, clinical-technology, or direct Dr. Miltie procurement pathway. Any later healthcare or behavioral-health role would depend on the terms of a future solicitation and an eligible provider’s documented service model.
Important Submission Note
The State-issued RFI contains an internal spelling discrepancy in the listed email address for the OYS contact. Organizations planning to respond by email should verify the recipient address from the live State record before submission. Fax and mail are also identified response methods in the RFI.
Next Action
Qualified Hawaiʻi youth and family service organizations should review the complete State-issued RFI, determine whether they have useful capability and market information to provide, verify the current OYS submission contact details, and submit any written response by September 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM HST.
Official source: Hawaiʻi Awards & Notices Data System (HANDS), Opportunity 27456