Specifications include, but are not limited to: Through this Request for Proposals (“RFP”), the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation (“RIHousing”) seeks proposals from qualified firms to support the colocation of healthcare services in affordable housing by creating tools that will aid in building and sustaining partnerships for supportive housing. The deliverables for this project are: 1) Creation of a supportive housing toolkit; 2) Updated funding application and tenant selection plan language; and 3) Planning and execution of an in-person summit. The population served by Supportive Housing (“SH”) includes: Households experiencing homelessness; the elderly; extremely low-income households; households fleeing domestic violence; families engaged with the Department of Children, Youth and Families, and families engaged with Foster Care Community Partnerships; people with substance use disorder; households with co-occurring and complex medical conditions; and households with a history of criminal justice system involvement. The intention is for residents to live in SH long term, and as part of their tenancy they receive services that address the complex needs many are facing that could affect and impact their SH retention. Successful supportive housing relies on partnerships between housing entities and healthcare entities as service providers. There is not enough SH. Residents of SH tend to have most of their rent payment subsidized, therefore there are high operating costs to these developments. Strong partnerships ensure longer term program sustainability and success, ensuring residents are able to pay their portion of rent, stay healthy and continue to be safely housed.
