Specifications include, but are not limited to: Proposer shall provide SMHS through the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) FSP service model to a minimum of one hundred (100) actively enrolled Kings County adult and older adult Mental Health Plan clients, ages eighteen (18) and over, who are (in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5600.3 and California Code of Regulations Section 3620.05): 1. Medi-Cal plan members or otherwise uninsured; 2. Have a severe and persistent mental illness (SMI); 3. Are currently open to or eligible to be open to SMHS through the Kings County Mental Health Plan; and 4. Meet one or more of the following criteria: a. If 18 to 25 years of age: i. They are unserved or underserved and of the following: 1. Homeless or at risk of homelessness. 2. Aging out of the child and youth mental health system. 3. Aging out of the juvenile justice system. 4. Involved in the criminal justice system. 5. At risk of involuntary hospitalization or institutionalization. 6. Have experienced a first episode of serious mental illness. b. If 26 to 59 years of age: i. must meet the criteria in either (1) or (2) below. 1. They are unserved and one of the following: a. Homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. b. Involved in the criminal justice system. c. Frequent users of hospital and/or emergency room services as the primary resource for mental health treatment. 2. They are underserved and at risk of one of the following: a. Homelessness. b. Involvement in the criminal justice system. c. Institutionalization. c. If 60 years of age and older: i. must meet the criteria in either (1) or (2) below. 1. They are unserved and one of the following: a. Experiencing a reduction in personal and/or community functioning. b. Homeless. c. At risk of becoming homeless. d. At risk of becoming institutionalized. e. At risk of out-of-home care. f. At risk of becoming frequent users of hospital and/or emergency room services as the primary resource for mental health treatment. 2. They are underserved and at risk of one of the following: a. Homelessness. b. Institutionalization. c. Nursing home or out-of-home care. d. Frequent users of hospital and/or emergency room services as the primary resource for mental health treatment. e. Involvement in the criminal justice system.
