The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to serve as a consultant to support the strategic financial, operational, and structural development of Ohio’s statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. This engagement will support OhioMHAS in refining its strategic finance design, integrating and implementing critical crisis components—including 988, adult mobile crisis services, Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS), and crisis stabilization settings—to ensure a comprehensive, sustainable, and accessible system of behavioral health crisis care. The qualified contractor will assist OhioMHAS in the design and forecasting of innovative funding strategies; conduct actuarially sound financial modeling; develop phased implementation recommendations and workforce development options; include marketing and branding guidelines, recommend procurement and provider readiness approaches; and provide analysis of Administrative Services Organization (ASO) models used by other states to inform Ohio’s administrative and operational infrastructure. This work will directly support the transformation of Ohio’s behavioral health crisis response system to a personcentered, outcomes-driven, and financially sustainable system of care.
