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CUMBERLAND COUNTY AREA
AUTHORITY
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
(RFP)
ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT TEAM (ACTT)
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Cumberland County area Authority is seeking to contract
with an organization/agency with documented experience
providing services to adults with Severe and Persistent
Mental Illness who may also have a co-occurring diagnosis
of Substance Abuse or Developmental Disabilities. The
targeted population has a pattern of frequent use of
Crises Services, repeated hospitalizations or
incarceration, have failed to engage in conventional
services, and have been determined to have complicated
needs.
The
service is operated through an Assertive Community
Treatment Team (ACTT). This service is provided by an
interdisciplinary team that ensures service availability
24 hours a day and is prepared to carry out a range of
functions wherever and whenever needed for the consumers
served by that team.
Service
objectives for this population include:
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Preventing or reducing symptoms or behaviors that may
result in need for recurrent use of inpatient services
or incarceration; AND
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Increasing the skills and behaviors that enhance the
individual’s ability to remain in the community
The
service must comply with all the applicable rules of
licensure and operation including but not limited to APSM
30-1: Rules for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities
and Substance Abuse Services, Section .5700-Assertive
Community Treatment Service (ACTT).
ACTT is a
combination day/night and periodic outpatient service
model. The service is Medicaid billable. The current
Medicaid rate for this service is $827.55 per month.
Letters of
intent and written questions regarding the RFP should be
directed to the person named below no later then January
5, 2005. A question and answer session for those
providers submitting letters of intent by the deadline
noted will be held at 109 Bradford Avenue, Fayetteville,
NC from 10:00 am – 11:30 am on January 11, 2005. A summary
of responses to written questions will be provided to
those submitting letters of intent.
A copy of
the FRP will be forwarded to all individuals submitting a
letter of intent.
The
completed RFP must be submitted no later than 5:00 pm,
January 18 2005 to the person named below.
DENSIE LUCAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY AREA AUTHORITY
PO BOX 3069
FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28302
TELEPHONE: 910-323-0601-EXT 6128
EMAIL:
dlucas@mail.ccmentalhealth.org
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