Specifications include, but are not limited to:i. Homeless Mentally Ill Outreach & Treatment Services The Homeless Mentally Ill Outreach & Treatment Services provides extended program hours and services to people at San Francisco’s 6th Street corridor. These services provide increased street-based and drop-in access to mental health services, substance use disorder care, housing, employment, stabilization and socialization services using a low-threshold, peer-based, harm reduction and collaborative service intervention model between the hours of 5pm and 10pm, Monday through Friday. Client participation in these services is voluntary. The priority population will be adult and older adult residents of San Francisco’s 6th Street corridor/South of Market area who are experiencing homelessness or are housed and struggle with behavioral health issues, and have difficulty accessing traditional modes of service. This is a highly disenfranchised population that includes people experiencing homelessness; individuals living in SRO hotels; immigrants; veterans; people with disabilities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, 2-spirit (LGBTQQI2-S) individuals; individuals who were formerly incarcerated; and others who face homelessness and behavioral health concerns. ii. Community Building Services The Community Building Services uses a peer-based, self-help model to encourage engagement of difficult-to-reach populations. The services shall emphasize linking clients to behavioral health treatment or other wellness resources within the community. A combination of peer and clinical staff will be available to work with participants by offering support groups, access to the arts, creative writing classes, case management, peer counseling, on-site assessment and clinical services, housing assistance, one-on-one support, employment services, and socialization events that allow participants to engage with one another. The primary goals of the Community Building Services are to decrease risk behaviors and help to increase one’s quality of life. The services shall offer open-door access where everyone is invited to participate in the programming at their own pace and interest. The priority population include individuals who are multi-diagnosed, people experiencing or episodically experiencing homeless, and at-risk adult residents of the Tenderloin district.
