MH253010 - Health-led Community Behavioral Health Crisis Response: Daniel's Law Pilot Program RFP Grant

The MH253010 grant from the New York State Office of Mental Health aims to fund the development of community behavioral health crisis response pilot programs in urban, suburban, and rural areas. These programs will prioritize health-led responses, utilizing community experts to support individuals in crisis. The initiative seeks to create trauma-informed, culturally humble approaches that emphasize racial equity and harm reduction, addressing a critical need for effective crisis intervention in New York State.

MH253010 - Health-led Community Behavioral Health Crisis Response: Daniel's Law Pilot Program RFP
The Office of Mental Health announces funding for the expansion and/or creation of community behavioral health crisis response pilot programs. The programs must be consistent with the Daniel's Law Task Force Behavioral Health Crisis Response Program. This procurement seeks to establish at least three (3) pilot programs:

• One urban area programOne suburban area programOne rural area program

The intention of these pilots is to create a crisis response system that prioritizes a health-led response through the utilization of community experts with lived experience to inform a safe, compassionate response for individuals and families in crisis. This crisis response system will include a health-led response team component. The DLTF identified a critical need in NYS for trauma-informed, community-based crisis response approaches that prioritize racial equity, cultural humility, and harm reduction for New Yorkers across their lifespans. A health-led response to a behavioral health crisis is the standard being proposed nationwide, with law enforcement collaboration only in situations threatening violence.