Specifications include, but are not limited to: The New York State Office of Mental Health is seeking proposals to contract with community-based, Peer-Run organizations to implement Intensive and Sustained Engagement Teams (INSET) in either the Western New York region or the Central New York region in New York State. Applicants can choose to provide service in one or more counties within the proposed region. The INSET program components and the administering agency responsibilities are detailed in Section 5. New York’s behavioral health system continues to look for ways to better meet the needs of vulnerable community members. Chronic and long-term mental illness, substance use, complex and compounding health and wellness issues and a lack of ongoing and consistent access to care that is supportive, trauma informed and equitable combine to create significant gaps. Intensive and Sustained Engagement Teams (INSET) are believed to be effective in reaching, engaging and helping people who are experiencing such gaps. The counties within the Western New York region are: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties. The counties within the Central New York region are: Broome, Chenango, Cayuga, Clinton, Delaware, Essex, Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Madison, Oneida, Montgomery, Fulton, Franklin, Herkimer, and Hamilton Counties.
