Active SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
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Riverside County seeks a provider to operate the Mead Valley Wellness Village, a 40-bed residential treatment and 15-bed sobering center for adults with substance use and mental health disorders involved in the criminal justice system. The program aims to divert offenders from incarceration, reduce recidivism, and provide integrated behavioral health services.
PURPOSE It is the purpose of Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health (RUHS-BH) to select a single agency to provide co-ed behavioral health services at the – Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center. The Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center includes a 40-bed residential facility, with a 15-bed adjacent Sobering Center, which will provide the necessary continuum of care treatment and wrap-around support that assists in the prevention of incarceration with the intent to break the cycle of re-offending and re-incarceration. The Mead Valley Wellness Village will be a fully integrated approach to treating serious mental health and substance use disorders, with the purpose of providing opportunities for diversion from incarceration and correctional facilities, reducing recidivism, and engaging members in restorative justice activities. Individuals with untreated serious mental health and/or substance use disorders have frequent contact with the criminal justice system. The advent of state led criminal justice diversion initiatives, and the lack of diversion resources and incentives have made it increasingly challenging to enroll justice-involved individuals in recovery-based services. As a result, RUHS-BH seeks to contract with a provider for the Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center that will achieve the goals of diversion and/or alternatives to incarceration for qualified offenders. These individuals often have mental health, substance abuse, and trauma-related histories and are in need of engagement, care coordination, case management, housing, and community supports to effectively treat their disorder. Due to the time-sensitive nature of this project, this facility is projected to be operational by the awarded bidder by January 1, 2027, contingent upon the date of contract award and licensing of the facility. BACKGROUND Under the California State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) guidance, Riverside County is an Opt-In County under the California Bridge to Health Reform Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver (DMC-ODS). As an Opt-in County, RUHS-BH has committed to an ambitious and comprehensive substance abuse program that offers Riverside County residents a continuum of care never before realized in Riverside County. Specifically, Riverside County Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) provides prevention, outpatient, intensive outpatient, multiple levels of residential and withdrawal management, narcotic treatment, and recovery services to Riverside County residents. The State approved Riverside County Implementation Plan can be found at: https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/provgovpart/Pages/County-Implementation-Plans. RUHS-BH will seek one qualified contractor to provide services at the Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center consistent with achieving these DMC-ODS plan objectives. TARGET POPULATION TO BE SERVED The adult populations to be served will be both male and female residents of Riverside County; individuals with a history of mental health and/or substance abuse disorder that are currently in contact with the criminal justice system, and who could benefit and need intensive community based support as an appropriate alternative to incarceration or re-incarceration. RUHS-BH shall establish referral and eligibility criteria and processes that identify and initially engage adults who appear to be eligible for diversion type services. Offenders identified as eligible for diversion by the Riverside County Superior Court and/or Riverside County Law Enforcement; Those identified by Riverside County Probation, who struggle with daily functioning due to mental health and/or SUD issues, are at high risk for criminal justice contact or incarceration, but are not currently engaged in treatment services due to lack of support or resources; Adults identified by the Mental Health Court, Adult Drug Court, Homeless Court, Family Preservation Court, and Veteran’s Court who would not typically be considered for programming due to a lack of housing or placement; Adults identified by the RUHS-BH Homeless Program, as well as other homeless or inadequately housed (e.g. living in un-healthy conditions, couch-surfing, etc.) adults, whose untreated mental health or substance abuse disorder contributes to both their homelessness and their contact with the criminal justice system; Those adults identified by Riverside County Substance Use Community Access, Referral, Evaluation, and Support Line (SU CARES), as being at-risk of incarceration without placement into mental health or substance abuse treatment; and Riverside County Outreach Teams: Behavioral Health teams include the Crisis Response Teams, Justice Outreach Team, Police Department Outreach, and RUHS Medical Center SUD Navigators. The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program (SAPT) teams include the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team (START), and the Care Coordination Teams (CCT). PROGRAM GOALS The goal of this RFP will be to solicit proposals from agencies to provide SUD treatment and related services to individuals at the Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center designated as eligible, based on medical necessity, appropriate diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR), and by ASAM criteria. Services will be provided at different levels of care as set forth in the scope of services below. Contractor is to work collaboratively with RUHS-BH to form an integrated network of care for the targeted population in need of behavioral health treatment services. Additional goals for the Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center program include the following: Minimize the unnecessary utilization of space resources, staffing resources, clinical services, and detention services in the Riverside County jails, which are expended on individuals who are arrested for low-level offenses and quality of life infractions, and are subsequently cited and quickly released. The alternative plan is to help stabilize, treat, motivate, and link these individuals to community-based services from the Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center instead of jail. Increase the community’s capacity to serve justice-involved members who have been diverted from the Riverside County jail system at the earliest stages of incarceration, from the Emergency Treatment Services (ETS), or directly from the streets. For justice-involved adults who were cited and released within 24 hours, a more dignified, member-centered alternative would be to receive treatment, support, and services at the Mead Valley SUD Residential Treatment and Sobering Center Program. This transformed approach would intervene in breaking the cycle of arrest-treatment-release and eventual re-arrest Minimize unnecessary hospitalizations and to serve as the portal for justice-involved members for stabilization, treatment, and linkage coordination. (PLEASE REFER TO RFP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS)
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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