ADAMHSCC Request for Proposals

Evaluation of Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) for Adults

Summary and Background

The mission of the ADAMHSCC is to promote and enhance the quality of life for residents of our community through a commitment to excellence in mental health, alcohol, drug, and other addiction services. As part of its legislative mandate to plan and monitor publicly funded behavioral health services, the ADAMHSCC requires an objective analysis of the efficacy of the programs it funds with public dollars.

The ADAMHSCC is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify qualified consultant(s)/service contractor(s) to provide comprehensive evaluation services for Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) case management services. This evaluation data will be used in assessing needs and planning program modifications.

CPST: CPST is currently provided by seven agencies in the ADAMHSCC-funded system. Annually, the Board allocates approximately $8.6 million to serve an estimated 8,700 unduplicated individuals receiving CPST. This evaluation would follow a sample of consumers across the Board’s SCALE Non-Medicaid funded agencies which provide the greatest volume of CPST services. This assessment would involve record review and outcomes evaluation.

The ADAMHSCC will work with the selected evaluator(s) to facilitate the working relationship with the providers of CPST services, and access to existing data for the purpose of this outcome evaluation.

Funding: The ADAMHSCC is allocating $75,000in funding. Applicants may apply for up to $75,000. It’s anticipated that one grant will be awarded.

Proposal Guidelines

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include any entity which can demonstrate staffing with relevant and sufficient experience in program evaluation and in the presentation of evaluation data and recommendations.

All required documents must be submitted electronically by email to:

Please complete and attach the face sheet, included here.

Page limits: Narratives must be no longer than 5 pages, single sided, single spaced). Font size must be twelve points with margins no less than one inch.You must use Microsoft Office Word 2003 or later for the program narrative

Proposal Narrative: Please respond to each of the following points.

Describe your agency’s qualifications and experience in working with the staff and leaders of behavioral health.Describe your experience planning, developing and implementing in-depth evaluation using both qualitative and quantitative data. Include the lead evaluator’s credentials and experience, along with that of any other project personnel. (30 pts.).

Describe the plan to work in cooperation with the ADAMHSCC Director of Quality Improvement/Evaluation and Research and other ADAMHSCC staff to implement your approved evaluation plan, including, but not limited to, accessing data, analysis and reporting. (10 pts.)

Describe your plan for accessing and aggregating data. Specific issues to be addressed regarding CPST through the analysis of this sample include:

  • frequency of CPST service delivery
  • wait times
  • locations of services (office and phone versus home visits and others in the community); activities conducted during CPST
  • average costs
  • average lengths of stay
  • use of evidenced-based-practices
  • levels of care
  • recidivism of crisis
  • clinical improvement over time;
  • improvement in symptom distress and quality of life as measured by Ohio Outcomes

Detail your plans for any additional data. State the statistical methods/tests which will be used in your data analysis. (40 pts.)

Discuss your experience with successfully producing comprehensive evaluation reports for a variety of stakeholders (e.g. funders, school staff,nonprofit agencies, community partners, etc.) via multiple methods (e.g. brochure, website, presentation, PowerPoint, etc.). (10 pts).

Outline yourtimeline for conducting the analysis and producing reports including completion dates and responsible parties. (10 pts.)

Attach a budget using the form below. Include a budget narrative which details the calculations for each line item, and justifying the need for the line item in the implementation of your program.

Line Item Budget
ADAMHSCC / Other / Total
Personnel Costs / Personnel
Fringe Benefits
Non-Personnel Costs / Consultants
Supplies
Printing/Copying
Rent/Lease Expenses
Phone/Utilities
Maintenance/Repair
Rentals
Insurance
Total

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FACESHEET (Type directly in this document)

PROVIDER INFORMATION
Agency Name:
Address:
Contact Person
Telephone #: / E-mail Address:

AUTHORIZATION

I hereby certify that my typed name below is my signature and that this RFP has been approved for submission by this Agency’s governing authority.

Executive Director / CEO / Date

Submission Deadline:October 17, 2014

Submit RFI Response by EMAIL to:

Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.