MH253004 - Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team Grant

The New York State Office of Mental Health announces funding for the expansion of Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Teams across Central, Hudson River, and Western New York. These teams support children and youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are at risk of institutionalization or have not responded to traditional treatments. The initiative aims to provide intensive, coordinated services for families, promoting stability and successful integration into home and community environments.

NOTE: All questions or requests for clarification concerning the RFP shall be submitted in writing to the Issuing Officer  indicated in letter of inquiry above and will be limited to addressing only those questions submitted by the deadline. No questions can be submitted or will be answered after this date.
Purpose
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH or “Office” herein after) announces the availability of funds for the expansion of a Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team in the Central, Hudson River and Western New York OMH regions.
The Youth ACT team serve children/youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), who are returning home from inpatient settings or residential services, at risk of entering such settings, or have not adequately engaged or responded to treatment in more traditional community-based services.
Youth ACT ensures the child and their family have the level of support services and access to clinical professionals they require to sustain any gains made in crisis response or high-end services. Youth ACT teams deliver intensive, highly coordinated, individualized services and skilled therapeutic interventions through an integrated, multi-disciplinary team approach to better achieve success and maintain the child in the home, school, and community. The majority of services are provided by Youth ACT staff directly (not brokered) and are delivered in the home or other community-based settings.
Funding
Two (2) awards will be made for each of the three OMH regions in order of highest score. Proposals will be ranked, and awards will be made to the applicants with the highest score in each of the OMH regions. After an award is made for a given county based on score, no further awards will be made to applications for that county.
If two (2) awards cannot be made within an OMH region based on this allocation methodology, awards will be re-allocated to other remaining regions, until each region with applicants achieving a passing score is awarded an additional Youth ACT team. This process will continue until a maximum of 6 teams are awarded.