Safe Option Support (SOS) Program: CTI Teams

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued to solicit applications for funding to support 7 Safe Option Support (SOS) Critical Time Intervention (CTI) Teams to operate in New York City (NYC).

All teams will be awarded in New York County (Manhattan). SOS CTI Teams will use an evidence-based CTI approach to provide intensive outreach, engagement, and care coordination services to the estimated 4500 street homeless individuals in NYC identified by State and City partners including outreach teams, law enforcement, hospitals, and others in close contact with the individual in need.

SOS CTI teams will be compromised of licensed clinicians, care managers, peer specialists, and registered nurses. Services will be provided for up to 12 months, pre- and post- housing placement, with an intensive initial outreach and engagement period that includes multiple visits per week. Members will learn self-management and daily living skills on the road to self-efficacy and recovery. The Teams' outreach will facilitate connection to treatment and support services.

All proposals to this RFP must be submitted through the SFS. No hard copy or electronic (email) submissions will be accepted. Instructions for this can be found in Section 2.9 of the RFP.

All not-for-profit applicants must be Prequalified by the due date and time for this RFP.

Please see RFP for full details and funding info: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/rfp/