Request for Proposals
Competitive application for Behavioral Health-focused Systems of Care grants
The Washington State Department of Commerce is making up to $459,800 available to implement the Behavioral Health Systems of Care grant, focusing on young adults exiting behavioral health settings.
Behavioral Health Systems of Care grant program seeks to identify young adults ages 18 to 24 at risk of homelessness exiting inpatient behavioral health settings and support them to obtain stable housing.
Funding through this grant can be used to support a variety of approaches. Activities and methods may include:
- Behavioral health services
- Civil legal aid
- Peer navigators and support
- Family reconciliation or engagement services
- Employment support
- Education support
- Case management
- Housing and financial support
- Other navigation support to secure safe and stable housing
Funding may support programs implemented by inpatient behavioral health treatment facilities, housing providers, community-based organizations, peer-led organizations, organizations that are led by and serve communities of color, governmental entities and others. This is not an exhaustive list, but provides examples of the types of entities this funding may support.
Examples of program models may include, but are not limited to:
- Peer-led interventions
- Development and implementation of a collaborative model applied across inpatient behavioral health treatment facilities
- Development and implementation of discharge planning tools tailored to serving young adults
- Partnerships between schools, housing providers and behavioral health providers
- Interventions implemented within Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) networks
- Consumer-based planning to develop and implement interventions and services
 Application timeline
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Proposals are due: 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, 2022
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Estimated funding period: Nov. 15, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Review the full list of important deadlines and estimated RFP schedule.
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