The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is committed to investing in community-based services that will reduce the demand for psychiatric hospitalization and long lengths of stay in inpatient settings. Based on the need for additional residential opportunities to support this mission, OMH is announcing this Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development and operation of up to 171 Treatment Apartment Program (TAP) housing units statewide.

The target population is individuals with a serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorder of substance abuse who meet one of the following criteria:

• Individuals with a serious mental illness who are being discharged from State-operated Psychiatric Centers (PC’s) or State-operated residential programs,

• Individuals with a serious mental illness who are being discharged from an Article 28 hospital or Article 31 hospital and in need of Apartment Treatment housing or for whom housing would assist in a diversion from a State PC,

• Individuals with a serious mental illness residing in New York State who have a serious mental illness and are high users of Medicaid Services and referred by Health Homes,

• Individuals with a serious mental illness experiencing street homelessness and those in temporary shelter settings,

• Individuals with a serious mental illness who are current residents of an OMH licensed Community Residence or Community Residence – Single Room Occupancy (CR-SRO) operated by a voluntary provider agency, prioritizing individuals who have a Length of Stay (LOS) greater than two (2) years, OR

• Individuals, 18 years or older, with a serious mental illness who are being discharged from a Residential Treatment Facility.

It is the expectation that awardees will work with state psychiatric centers to accept and prioritize all appropriate referrals. This expectation may be met either through direct referral, or through backfill where a community residence or CR-SRO opening is created for the psychiatric center referral.

Please note that within these target population groups, individuals with an Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order must receive priority access.

The full RFP can be found at: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/rfp/

All applicants must be Prequalified by the due date/time of the RFP.

All applications/proposals must be submitted through the Statewide Financial System.