The McLean County Government is pleased to announce a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Services Program.
This new program will provide a variety of intensive behavioral health services to adolescents who are at risk of, or have, a history of psychiatric hospitalization. The concept for this program and its design arose out of months of planning from members of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council and various community stakeholders invested in adolescent behavioral health. This program will allow adolescents to transition from a hospital setting back to their home, school and community with more supports than are presently available. Conversely, this program will serve as a resource for those adolescents struggling in their home, school, or community systems that are at risk of hospitalization, but who could otherwise avoid admission with more intensive supports.
Through Individualized treatment planning and care coordination, this program will offer a wide variety of services to adolescents according to their need. These services may include individualized therapy, linkage to community resources and partners based on individualized needs of the youth and/or family, family therapy sessions, case management, and a comprehensive discharge and integration plan specific to each youth. The concept for this program and its design arose out of months of planning from members of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council and various community stakeholders invested in adolescent behavioral health, under the direction of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council and McLean County Government. McLean County is pleased to model collaboration through the funding structure for this grant, as well as for the design of the program. One half of the $500,000 in grant funding comes from the Intergovernmental Agreement between the County, Town of Normal and City of Bloomington allocated for public safety and mental health funding, while the other half is provided through a partnership with United Way of McLean County. The program design in this RFP also requires a collaborative model, with a cohesive team created in partnership by one lead agency and a minimum of two additional partner agencies.
Behavioral Health Coordinating Council Supervisor, Trisha Malott, states: “This program should complement the existing services in our community for adolescents and help those youth in greatest need receive additional supports to lead healthier, happier lives toward adulthood. It is a missing piece of youth services in our
community and accomplishes more of the work that the Mental Health Action Plan has been guiding for the past several years.”
Location and services for this program must be located within McLean County. The full notice of funding opportunity can be found at www.mcleancountyil.gov. ###
