Pathways – LifeHouse Program

2026-11-03

The Department of Social Services desires to establish a single feasible source contract with Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri to provide a LifeHouse Program that promotes and facilitates adoptions , maternity homes , material support and other assistance to individuals facing an unintended pregnancy to help those individuals give birth to their unborn children . House Bill 11 . 287 requires the following : “ For a grant to an organization located in a city with more than thirty - six thousand five hundred but fewer than forty thousand inhabitants that promotes and facilitates adoptions , maternity homes , material support and other assistance to individuals facing an unintended pregnancy to help those individuals give birth to their unborn children .” Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri is the only organization located in a city with more than thirty - six thousand five hundred but fewer than forty thousand inhabitants that promotes and facilitates adoptions , maternity homes , material support and other assistance to individuals facing an unintended pregnancy to help those individuals give birth to their unborn children . According to RSMo 34 . 044 , a single feasible source can be utilized when the product / service requirement is proprietary and only available from a single provider . As a result , this represents a proprietary requirement that meets the criteria as a single feasible source under RSMo 34 . 044 and the State is pursuing this acquisition as a Single Feasible Source .

Missouri

2026-04-29