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R -- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: CLOSED CASES STUDY SOL 98-020 DUE 011899 POC Jacqualyn L. Martin Telephone: 614-728-4918 Fax: 614-466-2815 WEB: Click here to go to the Closed Cases Study RFP Web, http://www.state.oh.us/odhs/owf/ccsrfp/. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Ohio Department of Human, CLOSED-CASES-STUDY-RFP@odhs.state.oh.us. The Ohio Department of Human Services (ODHS) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to conduct a study to determine what happens to former welfare recipients once they leave the Food Stamp Program and/or Ohio Works First. The study will involve telephone and in-home surveys of these populations, and focus groups with county staffs and community groups. The selected vendor will combine survey data from 12 sites with a statewide administrative database. The RFP is available on the internet. A vendor's tele-conference will be conducted on December 17, 1998 from 1PM to 2PM (EST). The deadline for submitting proposals is January 18, 1999. It is anticipated that the selected vendor will begin work in March 1999 and that the project period will run through August 31, 2000 contingent upon funding availability. Posted 11/27/98 (W-SN275294). (0331)

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