The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), hereinafter the Offices, announce the availability of operational funds and state-aid for the development of 12 new Supportive Crisis Stabilization Centers (SCSCs) within the ten economic development regions of New York State.
Donor Name: New York State Office of Mental Health
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/05/2022
Details:
The Offices are seeking to develop three Centers within the New York City economic development region and nine Centers outside of New York City, one in each of the nine economic development regions. It is expected that the SCSCs will have executed contracts by February 2023 and be operational by May 2023. Development of SCSCs will be jointly certified by the NYS Office of Mental Health and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports in accordance with Article 36 of the Mental Hygiene Law (MHL) and Title 14 NYCRR Part 600. Article 36 of the NYS Mental Hygiene Law (MHL) authorizes Crisis Stabilization Centers to be jointly certified by the NYS Office of Mental Health and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports.
There are two types of Crisis Stabilization Centers (CSCs) being developed by OMH and OASAS: Supportive Crisis Stabilization Centers (SCSCs) and Intensive Crisis Stabilization Centers (ICSCs). This RFP is specific to the development of SCSCs.
- Supportive Crisis Stabilization Centers means a center that provides support and assistance to individuals with mental health and/or substance use crisis symptoms. Services are for individuals experiencing challenges in daily life that do not pose a likelihood of serious harm. Such challenges may create risk for an escalation of behavioral health symptoms that cannot reasonably be managed in the person’s home and/or community environment without on-site supports. SCSCs will provide voluntary services with an emphasis on peer support that is resilience and recovery-oriented. SCSCs will also provide, or contract to provide, behavioral health stabilization services twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. Recipients may receive services in a SCSC for up to twenty-four hours.
- Intensive Crisis Stabilization Centers means a center that provides urgent treatment to individuals experiencing an acute mental health and/or substance use crisis. ICSCs offer all services provided at a SCSC in addition to providing rapid access to services for acute symptoms to assist in diversion from a higher level of care, including medication treatment for the management of substance use and mental health symptoms. ICSCs will provide voluntary crisis treatment services, with an emphasis on peer and recovery support, in a safe and therapeutic environment. ICSCs will also provide, or contract to provide, behavioral health stabilization and referral services twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. Recipients may receive services in an ICSC for up to twenty-four hours.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are not-for-profit agencies with 501(c) (3) incorporation or Public Benefit Corporations that have experience providing mental health and substance use treatment services to persons with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
- Additionally, applicants must be currently licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by OMH, OASAS or the NYS Department of Health (DOH); in compliance with the application certification requirements of the Offices; and in good standing at the time of certification approval. For more information on the certification application and approval process, please refer to the to-bepromulgated regulations of Title 14 NYCRR Part 600.
- If you are unsure if your agency is an eligible applicant, contact the Issuing Officer. Please note that questions regarding Eligibility will not be responded to individually. All Eligibility-related questions will be responded to through the official Questions and Answers process.
For more information, visit NYSOMH.
