Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. What considerations are there when implementing drop-off to deflection programs and how should these considerations be addressed? What are the risks/benefits of drop-off during daytime hours only vs. 24/7? 2. What coordination would be needed to create community-based pathways to those services from within the center to meet the behavioral health needs of clients with substance use, mental health or dual-diagnosis disorders? 3. Based upon the targeted population, what types of screening and assessments would you provide? o How does that assessment become part of an individual's documentation to support referral and service authorization? o Where does that data reside? o Who has access to this data? 4. What services would be needed onsite and what staffing model is envisioned for those services for phase 1 and phase 2, respectively? What would be associated costs? 5. What additional services do you think are needed to address the needs of individual within this center? 6. Would it be feasible to include a 10-bed observation/sobering area within the center as part of phase 1 by Sept. 1? If so, what would be needed to do so? If it is not feasible, how long would it take and what steps and staffing model would be needed to bring that service online? o Define the population of involuntary POH for intoxication or voluntary. o What does a plan look like to start with a voluntary program and shift to an involuntary program? o If so, what would be needed to do so? if it is not feasible, how long would it take and what steps and staffing model would be needed to bring that services online? 7. If sobering is not offered, what other services do you think clients could benefit from in a 24/7 setting?
