DPBHS contracts with providers to deliver effective, accessible, and culturally sensitive services for Delaware’s children and families. The objective of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to improve accessibility to and the array of local, high quality, community-based and residential mental health, substance use, and co-occurring treatment services of varying intensities to produce the best outcomes possible for youth and their families. DPBHS is interested in responses which include an array of services developed by a single provider or through established partnerships among providers allowing flexible service delivery, varying levels of intensity, and the use of treatment support services to meet the unique needs of each child and family. The proposed services must be geographically accessible to a child’s family and community with the intent to support family involvement in treatment. DPBHS is particularly interested in expanding treatment access in Kent and Sussex counties. Proposed services must include specific references to the segment(s) of the populations to be served including exclusion criteria if applicable. DPBHS is particularly interested in adding providers who can deliver services directly to families whose primary language is Spanish or Creole. Treatment services must meet the needs and schedules of families and be available in evenings, weekends, and holidays. Community based services are primarily provided outside of school hours. Successful bidders are expected to have emergency coverage outside normal operating hours. DPBHS is particularly interested in contracting with providers who offer integrated treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders as well as co-occurring behavioral health and intellectual and/or other developmental disabilities. Bidders proposing to deliver substance use specific treatment must indicate the ASAM level corresponding to each service proposed. DPBHS is interested in providers interested in delivery of therapeutic summer camp programming. DPBHS is also interested in providers who serve youth with problem sexual behavior. DPBHS seeks proposals that incorporate the use of evidence-based and innovative approaches to treatment service delivery, which are supported by empirical literature and align with the system of care and trauma informed approaches. The submitted responses must demonstrate the bidder’s ability and experience with evidence-based clinical interventions and practices that have been shown to effectively meet the diverse physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral needs of the children and their family in their local community. Bidders must identify the specific evidencebased clinical intervention(s) and practice(s) to be used in the proposed llevel of service(s), as well as how staff is trained in the interventions and how skills are sustained.
