PATH selected grantees will designate a minimum of 1.0 FTE to PATH services. The proposed staff FTE(s) are required to provide the services of: outreach, and general case management PATH services may also include a limited number of optional services listed below. Collectively the optional services provided may not exceed 20% of funding: clinical assessment community mental health services habilitation and rehabilitation services housing transition services housing sustaining services substance use treatment Responders may designate a limited portion of PATH grant funding for direct assistance, not to exceed 20% of funding. HSASMI selected grantees must use the PSH EBP to provide a range of activities and supportive services that ensure people obtain and retain housing. HSASMI grantees will provide a minimum of 1.0 FTE of HSASMI services, and program activities must include two or more of the following services: general case management site-based housing services housing transition services housing sustaining services outreach services community support services Responders may designate a limited portion of HSASMI grant funding for direct assistance, not to exceed 20% of funding. In addition to the program specific services and activities identified above, all selected Respondents will assure and meet core expectations for the PATH and HSASMI programs and the STATE, including: All direct service staff will receive clinical supervision from a qualified licensed mental health professional. Services will be recovery focused, person-centered, and culturally responsive in compliance with the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) that meet National CLAS Standards. Projects utilizing promising practices and EBPs are preferred, and cultural best practices are also accepted. A promising practice needs to have at least one qualifying evaluation that uses an experimental or quasi-experimental design demonstrating effectiveness for one or more outcomes of interest. EBPs have a high level of research demonstrating effectiveness. The Minnesota Management and Budget Office maintains the Minnesota Inventory which is a list of services that meet the promising and evidence-based criteria. Selected Respondents must address one or more of the four behavioral health priorities. Equity priority will use cultural best practices in engagement and service provision for people and populations disparately represented in homelessness. Peer services priority will assure that people with lived behavioral health experience and peer certification will provide services. Veterans priority will align with the STATE’s effort to end veteran homelessness and assure that Veterans have access to services and housing. Housing linkage priority will assure that the people served by the Bridges or Bridges Regional Treatment Center (BRTC) rental assistance programs, Housing Trust Fund (HTF) rental assistance program, and Section 811 project-based rental assistance program have access to PATH or HSASMI services and supports.
