Categories: Funding, New York State
03.11.2014
Applications for funding due May 23
The NYS Department of Health (DOH) has just released the Medicaid Redesign Team Supportive Housing Health Home Pilot Project Request for Applications (RFA). DOH is seeking applications from supportive housing providers for funds to provide rental subsidies and/or on-site or community-based services to provide housing for homeless or unstably housed Medicaid members that are enrolled in New York State’s Health Home program.
Applications are due May 23 with several additional deadlines throughout March and April. See below for an overview of this RFA.
Program Description:
The intent of the Pilot Program is to identify best practices, procedures and methods for supportive housing providers to collaborate with Health Homes to:
- Identify and locate homeless or unstably housed Health Home members.
- Provide housing as a means to facilitate access to health services and improve the health status of Health Home members.
- Coordinate the efforts of the Health Home care manager and the housing specialist to implement the Health Home member’s plan of care.
- Provide an opportunity for providers and Health Homes to develop innovative services or methods to ensure that Health Home members remain stably housed.
Use of Funds:
Funding must be used for the purposes of providing housing and/or services that facilitate the provision of housing to a Health Home member and their ability to remain stably housed. Permissible uses of funds that meet such purposes include, but are not limited to, providing support for:
- Rental subsidies and other occupancy costs.
- Services or staff that help the Health Home member remain stably housed, including program supervision, housing counselors or specialists and employment counseling.
- Services required to coordinate the Health Home member’s care plan.
- Services or staff to identify and locate the Health Home members that need housing.
- Services or staff to assist Health Homes in navigating the range of available housing options, identifying available housing opportunities and completing housing applications.
Available Funding:
The total anticipated amount available for this procurement is up to $8 million, or up to $4 million per year for two years. The maximum award made to any successful applicant will not exceed $400,000 per fiscal year. Contracts will be for a one-year term with opportunity for a 12-month renewal.
Eligible Applicants:
Eligible applicants may be nonprofit organizations with at least three years of experience in the following areas:
- Housing for homeless individuals.
- Housing for individuals with an unstable housing history.
- Housing for individuals who are at risk of homelessness.
- Housing for individuals that have the health conditions of those members eligible for Health Homes.
- Providing services and supports to help individuals that have health conditions that meet the criteria for Health Home services become and remain stably housed.
Applicants must partner with a NYS-designated Health Home to implement the terms and procedures of the RFA as included in the housing provider’s application.
Schedule of Events:
Follow this timeline to apply for this funding:
| Letter of Interest Due: | March 21, 2014 by 4pm |
| Wrren Questions Due: | March 28, 2014 by 4pm |
| Questions, Answers and Updates Posted: | April 25, 2014 (On or about) |
| Applications Due: | May 23, 2014 by 4pm |
Contact Information:
Barry Kinlan
New York State Department of Health
Division of Program Development and Management
Corning Tower [OCP-1], Room 720
Albany NY, 12237
Phone: 518-408-4825
Email: HHOpps@health.state.ny.us