Madison council adopts revised 2026 Crisis Intervention and Prevention RFP emphasizing youth, lived experience

The Madison Common Council on Aug. 5 unanimously adopted a substitute to release Legistar 89,042, the 2026 Crisis Intervention and Prevention Services request for proposals, which condenses prior priority areas, emphasizes noncredentialed staff with lived experience and requires specific youth-focused outcome measures.

City Community Development Department manager Yolanda Shelton Morris told the council the RFP moves from three priority areas to two — “crisis intervention support services” and “prevention services and activities” — and brings recovery and stabilization work under the prevention category. She said the RFP removes the specific program label “case management” to broaden eligibility to agencies that provide similar services without a formal certification and to “emphasize the importance of noncredentialed staff with lived experience and…