SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · NEVADA COUNTY (CA)
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Nevada County seeks a qualified firm to provide youth mental health outpatient services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, supporting the county's Behavioral Health Services Act three-year plan focused on expanding service capacity, accessibility, and education.
The Nevada County Behavioral Health Department is seeking a qualified firm to provide youth mental health outpatient services to Nevada County Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the specialty mental health system of care. Nevada County is a small, rural, mountain community, home to an estimated 97,466 individuals. The county lies in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and covers 958 square miles. Only 33% of Nevada County’s population live in incorporated areas, with 17% in the Town of Truckee, 13% in the City of Grass Valley, and 3% in Nevada City, while 67% live in the outlying unincorporated areas. Over 93% of the Nevada County residents identified their race as White, while over 3% of residents combined identified their race as African American, Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander. An estimated 85.4% of the population identified as Non-Hispanic or Latino and 9.5% of the population of Nevada County identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino. Therefore, Nevada County’s one threshold language is Spanish. 23% of Nevada County’s residents are over 65 years of age as compared to the statewide average of 13.9%. As of January 2023, 28% or about 26,872 residents are Medi-Cal recipients. In alignment with Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) requirements, Nevada County is currently developing its Three-Year Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) Integrated Plan for Fiscal Years 26/27, 27/28, and 28/29. This plan will outline how Nevada County Behavioral Health will utilize its BHSA funding allocation over the next three fiscal years. As part of the requirements for the BHSA three-year planning process, NCBH engaged in a comprehensive community planning process. The community planning process identified areas of strengths and areas of growth within the local behavioral health continuum of care. Programs will be prioritized based on alignment in addressing the strengths and gaps identified in the recent community mental health needs assessment, data, staff input, available funds, and diversity of programming. In addition, programs need to address the expectations of the proposed service category as outlined in BHSA Regulations. Programs selected in this Request for Proposal will be included in the FY 26/27, 27/28, and 28/29 Three-Year BHSA Plan. The broad priorities identified by stakeholders during the community planning process were: Expanded Capacity of Services Increased workforce of case managers Increased capacity for SUD residential programs and supported housing Increased Accessibility of Services Clear definitions of qualification criteria Clear pathways to access services Solutions for transportation to services Increased Education and Outreach Program education and stigma reduction Family and Support System involvement Please refer to the full Behavioral Health Community Needs Assessment for more details on each priority. Please refer to the Behavioral Health Policy Manual for regulations referred throughout this RFP. Direct all inquiries regarding this RFP in writing to: Justin Howell, Buyer Nevada County Purchasing Division 950 Maidu Ave. Nevada City, CA 95959 Phone: (530) 557-0146 Email: justin.howell@nevadacountyca.gov Do not contact County departments or other County staff directly. Information provided by other than the above contact may be invalid and proposals which are submitted in accordance with such information may be declared non-responsive. In the event that it becomes necessary to revise any part of this RFP, written addenda will be issued. Any amendment to this RFP is valid only if in writing and issued by the Nevada County Purchasing Division. All addenda for this RFP will be distributed via Nevada County’s website: https://www.mynevadacounty.com/734/Purchasing#RFP It is the proposer’s sole responsibility to monitor this website for possible addenda to this RFP. Failure of proposer to retrieve addenda from this site shall not relieve him/her of the requirements contained therein. Additionally, failure of proposer to return signed addenda, when required, may be cause for rejection of his/her proposal.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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