Funding available for providers in Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston counties

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 02/23/2024 08:00 AM PST

February 23, 2024

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Funding opportunity for Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston counties providers

The Health Care Authority (HCA) is sending this bulletin on behalf of the Department of Health (DOH).

Currently there is a gap in contracted providers for services to people living with HIV in Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston counties.

Department of Health’s (DOH) Office of Infectious Disease (OID) has funding available and encourages any agency interested in providing services to complete the attached requirements document and budget forms and submit them to ID.RFARyanWhite@doh.wa.gov by February 27, 2024.

This is not a competitive process that requires scoring, committee review or a narrative application. DOH and OID have the authority in this circumstance to select providers as deemed appropriate and the requirements document will assist us in this decision.

Project title

Provider Recruitment to serve People Living with HIV in Lewis, Mason, Pierce and Thurston Counties with Ryan White and Housing Opportunity for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) services.

Number of individuals to be serves and prevalent HIV cases by county

Lewis County: 31 active clients / 74 prevalent cases
Mason County: 24 active clients / 78 prevalent cases
Thurston County: 163 active clients / 347 prevalent cases
Pierce County: 410 active clients / 1,633 prevalent cases

Documents for completion

Due date and submission information

Send the required documents to ID.RFARyanWhite@doh.wa.gov.

Due date: On or before 5 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

Expected time for contract: July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, with the option of 4 one-year extensions.

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Functioning as both the state's largest health care purchaser and its behavioral health authority, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is a leader in ensuring Washington residents have the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

There are three pillars of our work: Apple Health (Medicaid); the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) programs; and behavioral health and recovery. Under these pillars, HCA purchases health care, including behavioral health treatment for more than 2.7 million Washington residents and provides behavioral health prevention, crisis, and recovery supports to all Washington residents.

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