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Health department posts RFP for recovery residences and community behavioral-health services
Summary
The Anchorage Health Department reported an RFP for a community behavioral-health and recovery-supports provider to operate micro recovery units and outpatient SUD services; proposals are due Oct. 15 and the project is funded by opioid-remediation settlement funds.
Kimberly Rash, representing the Anchorage Health Department, told the Assembly Public Health and Safety Committee on Oct. 1 that the department has posted an RFP seeking a community behavioral-health provider to operate recovery residences and provide treatment and recovery supports at municipal sites.
The RFP, posted on BidExpress, seeks a provider to operate recovery residents in micro units, deliver outpatient substance-use-disorder (SUD) treatment and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) at municipal facilities (including the former Golden Lion), and provide optional services at other locations the municipality funds, such as low-barrier shelters and the Anchorage Safety Center.
Rash said the project is funded wholly by opioid-remediation settlement funds and proposals are due Oct. 15 at noon. The selected provider will be expected to provide harm-reduction and recovery-oriented care, peer supports, transportation and wraparound services and to partner with outreach teams including APD—s help team, AFD—s mobile crisis teams, the safety patrol and municipal mobile clinic staff.
"This initiative is part of the MOA's broader response to homelessness and substance use, aiming to rapidly expand access to transitional housing, scale up low-barrier treatment models, and improve outcomes and cost effectiveness of community health systems," Rash said.
Rash told the committee the administration expects to bring a provider selection to the Assembly in November.
