Pierce County Fire Protection District 6 Opengov #26-002-BH-YBH

Youth behavioral health promotion, prevention, and early-intervention services

Pierce County Human Services is seeking providers for youth behavioral health promotion, prevention, and early intervention. - Buyer: Pierce County, Human Services Department, including its Research and Data Analysis team. - Services: Support youth age 25 or younger through activities such as social-emotional skill building, peer support and mentoring, family engagement, screening and referral, care navigation, and violence or substance-use prevention and early intervention. Providers should identify the population served, service frequency and duration, measurable outcomes, and data-reporting approach. - Funding: Approximately $750,000 is available, with about 10 awards anticipated. Individual awards are capped at $100,000 in Behavioral Health Tax funds. Other eligible funding sources must be pursued and billed before County funds; indirect costs are limited to 15%. - Eligibility and service requirements: Applicants must have submitted a responsive proposal to at least one of the qualifying County procurements, advanced to evaluation, and received no funding from those procurements. Providers need qualified staff and must meet applicable business registration, financial-risk, background-check, and mandatory-reporter requirements. - Data and client protections: Submit participant and service-interaction data monthly in County-standardized formats and offer each client a satisfaction survey at least quarterly. Handle protected health information securely and comply with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, and County reporting requirements. The County may match identifiable data through OnPoint with the Washington State Health Care Authority’s All Payer Claims Database; aggregate results may be published. - Performance: Report pre- and post-service behavioral-health functioning and at least one proposal-specific SMART measure. Monthly performance reporting and County compliance monitoring may apply. - Systems and named organizations: No product OEMs or commercial service vendors are identified. OpenGov is named as the electronic proposal portal; OnPoint is named for data matching. The Washington State Health Care Authority is referenced in connection with the All Payer Claims Database. - Term: Anticipated one-year agreement, with no renewals or extensions. A sample agreement attachment describes generic contractor services and a separate $4.25 million budget, but does not identify a specific scope that changes the youth-services solicitation.

Description

Pierce County is seeking proposals for behavioral health promotion, prevention, and early intervention services for youth aged 25 or younger. Services are intended to strengthen social-emotional skills, reduce violence and substance-use risk factors, and improve access to behavioral health care. Eligible applicants must have submitted a responsive proposal to at least one of the specified qualifying procurements, advanced to evaluation, and received no funding from them. Approximately $750,000 in total funding is anticipated, with approximately 10 entities expected to receive awards and no individual award exceeding $100,000 in BHTC Tax funds; the anticipated contract period is January 1 through December 31, 2027, with no renewals or extensions.

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