The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health (OMH) announces the availability of funds for the development of twenty-six (26) Adult Critical Time Intervention Teams (CTI Teams) statewide. These CTI Teams will serve individuals during a critical transition time who have mental illness and who have not been successfully engaged in services during or after critical times in transition.

CTI Teams will be modeled on Critical Time Intervention (CTI), an evidence-based approach that is a time-limited, phase-based care management service. CTI promotes community integration, self-advocacy, and access to ongoing support by helping individuals develop and utilize strong ties to their professional and non-professional support systems during and after transition periods. CTI includes assertive outreach and engagement with individuals in higher-level of care settings as well as in the community with a focus on addressing key social care needs at the individual level. CTI places emphasis on helping individuals build skills and strengthen linkages to ongoing sources of support that will remain in place after the time-limited CTI intervention ends.

The development of these twenty-six (26) Adult CTI Teams represents a commitment by the NYS OMH to better meet the needs of vulnerable populations by providing this evidence-based approach to transitions in care.

Notice: Notification of intent to apply should be made to the Local Governmental Unit (county director of community services) for each county to be served under the program application, as defined in Section 41 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law.

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.