SOLICITATIONS:

ARCHIVE SOLICITATIONS
Solicitation 2024-004 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Alachua:
Solicitation 2024-004 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Alachua
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2024-004 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Alachua
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2024-004 Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team – Alachua
APPENDIX A
Exhibit C and D – Projected Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 28 – FIT – FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 28 – FIT Client Information Form – FY 23-24
Administrative Documents
CF 1123 – Lobbying fillable
AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Employment Screening Affidavit (May 2017 secured)
Certification Debarment and Suspension
CF 1110 – SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES fillable
Administrative Document Attestation Form
Solicitation 2024-003 Intermediate Level FACT – Nassau:
Solicitation 2024-003 Intermediate Level FACT – Nassau
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2024-003 Intermediate Level FACT – Nassau
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2024-003 Intermediate Level FACT – Nassau
APPENDIX A
Exhibit C and D – Projected Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 49 – Intermediate Level FACT (FACT-IL) Team Model f/k/a Linking, Advocating, Treating, Transitioning, Empowering & Recovery Support (LATTERS) Teams, Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), Tier 2 Variation FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 49 – Intermediate Level FACT (FACT-IL) Team Model f/k/a Linking, Advocating, Treating, Transitioning, Empowering & Recovery Support (LATTERS) Teams, Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), Tier 2 Variation Monthly LATTERS Outcome Measures Report FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 49 – Intermediate Level FACT (FACT-IL) Team Model f/k/a Linking, Advocating, Treating, Transitioning, Empowering & Recovery Support (LATTERS) Teams, Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), Tier 2 Variation Quarterly LATTERS Report FY 24-25
Administrative Documents
CF 1123 – Lobbying fillable
AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Employment Screening Affidavit (May 2017 secured)
Certification Debarment and Suspension
CF 1110 – SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES fillable
Administrative Document Attestation Form
Solicitation 2024-002 Children’s Short Term Residential Treatment (SRT) Program:
Solicitation 2024-002 Childrens SRT Program
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2024-002 Childrens SRT Program
Award Recipients – Solicitation 2024-002 Childrens SRT Program
APPENDIX A
Exhibit C and D – Projected Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
Exhibit B – Performance Outcome Measures – FY 24-25
2024 Baker Act Manual
Administrative Documents
CF 1123 – Lobbying fillable
AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Employment Screening Affidavit (May 2017 secured)
Certification Debarment and Suspension
CF 1110 – SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES fillable
Administrative Document Attestation Form
Solicitation 2024-001 Substance Use Residential Beds:
Solicitation 2024-001 Substance Use Residential Beds
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2024-001 Substance Use Residential Beds Revised
Award Recipients – Solicitation 2024-001 Substance Use Residential Beds
APPENDIX A
Exhibit C and D – Projected Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
Incorporated Document 54 – Opioid Settlement FY23-24
CFOP for the Opioid Settlement Trust Fund – DRAFT
Administrative Documents
CF 1123 – Lobbying fillable
AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Employment Screening Affidavit (May 2017 secured)
Certification Debarment and Suspension
CF 1110 – SCRUTINIZED COMPANIES fillable
Administrative Document Attestation Form

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION (SOI) REQUESTS:

ARCHIVE SOI REQUESTS
LSF Health Systems (LSFHS) is seeking Submission of information (SOI) requests for specialty programming in the following areas. All funding amounts listed below are subject to change and dependent on the availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Children’s Care Coordination Services in Circuit 4
LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Circuit 4 to provide children’s care coordination services in the circuit, which includes one Care Coordinator.
Care Coordination serves to assist individuals who are not effectively connected with the services and supports they need to transition successfully from higher levels of care to effective community-based care. Care Coordination is designed to:
Improve transitions from acute and restrictive to less restrictive community-based levels of care;
Decrease avoidable hospitalizations, inpatient care, incarcerations, and homelessness; and
Focus on an individual’s wellness, physical health, and community integration.
Reducing entry into the child welfare system, and increase knowledge of, and access to, community-based services and supports
The program must follow the requirements reference on Incorporated Document 31 – Care Coordination – FY 24-25.
Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is to begin on April 1, 2025. The specific area of need is in Circuit 4 . Preference will be given to a proposal that can minimize start up time for beginning services.
LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with Fiscal Year 24-25 budgets, at maximum, of $75,000, annually total by 4:00 PM, Friday, March 28, 2025, to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Grant – Putnam
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the recipient of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant called Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH). These funds are dedicated to fund services for people with serious mental health illnesses experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. The program requires a match of no less than $1 for every $3 of federal funds received. LSFHS, as the Managing Entity, acts as a supportive resource and technical advisor to awardees, who are any local public or not for profit organization, called PATH providers.
PATH grants are distributed annually to 50 states and offer an array of essential services that include Outreach, Screening and Diagnostic treatment, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, Community Mental Health, Substance Use disorder treatment, Referrals to primary health care, job training, educational training, and Housing services as specified in Section 322(b)(10) of the Public Health Service Act. All the listed services can be offered or a focus on providing one or two of the listed services can be provided. Required data is collected through the HMIS and PDX systems, in addition to the LSFHS Data System.
For more information on PATH, please refer to the following:
Incorporated Document 24 – PATH – FY 24-25
https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/path
DCF Florida PATH Program Manual: https://www.myflfamilies.com/sites/default/files/2022-12/Florida%20PATH%20Program%20Manual%202021.pdf
The program must follow the requirements referenced in Incorporated Document 24 – PATH.
Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25
The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is May 1, 2025. The specific area of need is Putnam County. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with two (2) budgets:
Annual budget, at maximum, of $134,186.75 total
Prorated budget for start-up needs for the remainder of the fiscal year 2024-2025
by 4:00 PM, Friday, April 18, 2025 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Recovery Housing

Recovery Housing and Housing Supports will assist adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with a substance use disorder, prioritizing individuals with an opioid use disorder, either active or in remission. Housing supports are intended to provide the stability necessary to support ongoing participation in treatment services for Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder (OUD/SUD). Successful proposals will address how housing and related supports will be used to support a treatment plan.

The Recovery Housing program must follow the requirement outlined in the following documents:
LSFHS Incorporated Document 45 – Supported Housing: Incorporated Document 45 – Supported Housing FY 23-24

Preference will be given to a proposal that can minimize start up time for beginning services.

This program will be funded by the Opioid Settlement Funds. Opioid Settlement Trust Funds will be administered according to the Department of Children and Families Operating Procedure (CFOP) for the Opioid Settlement Trust Fund, or the latest version thereof, and as described on the Florida Opioid Settlement website, which can be found at the following link: https://floridaopioidsettlement.com.

Receipt of Opioid Settlement funds is an express acknowledgement of the obligation to report data on services funded by the Settlement. Recipients shall provide data to the Department of Children and Families (Department) through the Opioid Data Management System (ODMS) as prescribed by the Department. Proposals must address willingness to comply with all of the Opioid Settlement requirements mentioned above.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is to begin on February 1, 2025. The specific area of need are the following Circuits:
Circuit 3 & 8: Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, Columbia, Hamilton, Baker, Union, Bradford, Alachua, Gilchrist, Levy
Circuit 4: Clay, Duval, Nassau
Circuit 5: Marion, Lake, Sumter, Citrus, Hernando
Circuit 7: Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Volusia

LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of $237,500 per Circuit listed total by 4:00 PM, Friday, April 11, 2025, to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Hospital Bridge in Bradford, Columbia, and Putnam Counties

Hospital Bridge programs work with emergency departments (EDs) and community-based providers to link individuals with opioid misuse or use disorders, identified in EDs, with treatment and support services. The goals of bridge programs are:
Reduce numbers and rates of overdose-related deaths.
Prevent substance misuse.
Increase access to the most effective treatment and recovery support services for substance use disorders.

Each community will have unique needs to consider when developing hospital bridge program policies and procedures. However, there are consistent factors to be in place across all hospital bridge programs.

Communication between hospital Emergency Departments (ED), Managing Entities (ME), and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) providers must be consistent and are crucial when having discussions regarding medication doses and continued MAT maintenance.

Team Roles:
Emergency Room Physician – Screens/assesses individuals for opioid use disorder, connects individuals to peers, induction of medication, dispenses naloxone.
Peer – Provides education regarding MAT appointment process, supports individuals through the referral process, schedules an appointment with a local MAT provider.
MAT Provider – Provides accessible appointments, continues medication maintenance and other necessary treatments and recovery support services.
ME – Provides access to funds supporting treatment services including MAT and recovery supports and ensures rapid linkage to ongoing community-based MAT services

Process:
An individual enters the ED having overdosed or experienced medical needs due to suspected opioid misuse.
The ED physician assesses if the individual is a candidate for MAT or other treatment for substance use disorder.
If MAT is an appropriate option, the ED physician initiates a conversation to gage interest offering to start the first induction before the individual is discharged. The physician will explain the available Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medication.
The individual is connected to a peer either onsite, via phone, or video conference to help navigate the referral process to a local MAT or other SUD treatment The peer schedules an appointment with a local MAT provider, explains the transition process, provides general support during the entire process, and assists in a warm hand-off to a local MAT provider. If the individual declines MAT, the peer provides community resources and support until discharge.
Best Practice: A naloxone kit is dispensed prior to discharge from the hospital for all individuals entering an ED for opioid misuse, regardless of whether or not they agree to MAT.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is to begin on February 1, 2025. The specific area of need is Bradford, Columbia, and Putnam counties. Preference will be given to a proposal that can minimize start up time for beginning services.

This program will be funded by the Opioid Settlement Funds. Opioid Settlement Trust Funds will be administered according to the Department of Children and Families Operating Procedure (CFOP) for the Opioid Settlement Trust Fund, or the latest version thereof, and as described on the Florida Opioid Settlement website, which can be found at the following link: https://floridaopioidsettlement.com.

Receipt of Opioid Settlement funds is an express acknowledgement of the obligation to report data on services funded by the Settlement. Recipients shall provide data to the Department of Children and Families (Department) through the Opioid Data Management System (ODMS) as prescribed by the Department. Proposals must address willingness to comply with all of the Opioid Settlement requirements mentioned above.

LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with Fiscal Year 24-25 budgets, at maximum, of $250,000 per county listed total by 9:00 AM, Friday, February 14, 2025, to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is non-recurring, will decrease in future fiscal years, and subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Behavioral Health Network (BNet)

BNet is a statewide network of behavioral health service providers who serve children ages 5 to 19 years of age who meet all the following criteria:
Have a serious emotional disturbance or serious mental health or substance use disorder,
Are not eligible for Medicaid,
Are eligible for the KidCare subsidy program under Title XXI of the United States Public Health Services Act and,
Are enrolled in the Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Title XXI Health Plan
The goal of the BNet program is to treat the entire spectrum of behavioral health disorders and provide both children and their parents with intense behavioral health planning and treatment services for the duration of the child’s enrollment. The needs of the child are the primary focus for treatment. BNet Service Providers address these needs through:
In-home and outpatient individual and family counseling,
Targeted case management,
Psychiatry services and medication management including direct access to the network service provider’s pharmacy with no co-payments, and
Advocacy and provision for wrap-around services to meet each child’s social, educational, nutritional, and physical activity needs.

The Bnet Program must follow the requirement outlined in the following documents:
LSFHS Incorporated Document 18 – BNet: Incorporated Document 18 – BNET – FY 23-24
The payment methodology for the program is a capitated/bundle rate of $1,258.52 per child, per month. DCF dictates the rate and trends show an increase every fiscal year.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is to begin on February 15, 2025, with time for transition based on negotiations. The specific area of need is counties in Circuit 3 – Hamilton, Suwannee, Columbia, Lafayette, Dixie; and Circuit 8 – Baker, Union, Bradford, Alachua, Gilchrist, Levy.

LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of $134,067.96 total by 9:00 AM, Friday, February 15, 2025 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Grant

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the recipient of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant called Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH). These funds are dedicated to fund services for people with serious mental health illnesses experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. The program requires a match of no less than $1 for every $3 of federal funds received. LSFHS, as the Managing Entity, acts as a supportive resource and technical advisor to awardees, who are any local public or not for profit organization, called PATH providers
PATH grants are distributed annually to 50 states and offer an array of essential services that include Outreach, Screening and Diagnostic treatment, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, Community Mental Health, Substance Use disorder treatment, Referrals to primary health care, job training, educational training, and Housing services as specified in Section 322(b)(10) of the Public Health Service Act. All the listed services can be offered or a focus on providing one or two of the listed services can be provided. Required data is collected through the HMIS and PDX systems, in addition to the LSFHS Data System.

For more information on PATH, please refer to the following:
LSFHS Incorporated Document 24 – PATH: https://www.lsfhealthsystems.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ID-24-PATH-FY-24-25.pdf
https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/path
DCF Florida PATH Program Manual: https://www.myflfamilies.com/sites/default/files/2022-12/Florida%20PATH%20Program%20Manual%202021.pdf

The program must follow the requirements referenced in Incorporated Document 24 – PATH.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.
Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25
Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is January 1, 2025. The specific area of need is counties in Circuit 4 – Duval, Nassau, and Clay Counties. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of $185,733.75 total by 4:00 PM, Friday, November 22, 2024 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Care Coordination Services in Circuits 5 and 7:

LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Circuits 5 and 7 to provide children’s care coordination services in each circuit (2), which includes one Care Coordinator per circuit.

Care Coordination serves to assist individuals who are not effectively connected with the services and supports they need to transition successfully from higher levels of care to effective community-based care. Care coordination is designed to:

• Improve transitions from acute and restrictive to less restrictive community-based levels of care;

• Decrease avoidable hospitalizations, inpatient care, incarcerations, and homelessness; and

• Focus on an individual’s wellness, physical health, and community integration.

• Reducing entry into the child welfare system, and Increase knowledge of, and access to, community-based services and supports

The program must follow the requirements reference on Incorporated Document 31 – Care Coordination – FY 23-24.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25

Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is August 15, 2024. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of  $68,000 per team total by 4:00 PM, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Substance use and mental health treatment for families with child welfare involvement:

LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Circuit 5, to specifically include Lake and Sumter counties to provide services focused to prioritize the treatment of substance use disorders of parents and children with child welfare involvement.

LSF Health Systems will accept a broad scope of service models, however preference will be given to evidence-based models to address the needs of child welfare involved families. Services must include:

Referral and behavioral assessment process that addresses the needs of child welfare. This process must include centralized referral route and point of contact.
A process to obtain required releases of information, Information to be shared with the behavioral health providers at time of referral.
Established timeframes for assessments to be shared with child welfare and communication protocol to facilitate timely information sharing and concurrent planning between all parties involved in the family’s care.
Service delivery practices that ensure the coordination of care among child welfare, Network Service Providers, and other stakeholders in the case.
A plan to provide child welfare-specific behavioral health services for families in the child welfare system. Network Service Providers with a child welfare focus will complete assessment, outreach, engagement, integrate parenting interventions and maximize retention in treatment for families involved in the child welfare system.
A plan to ensure continuity of care in the community following child welfare involvement.
A process to share data, measure mutual outcomes and mechanisms to track referrals to services, entry to services, length of stay and completion outcomes for families.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25

Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is August 15, 2024. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of $250,000 total by 4:00 PM, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.

Substance use residential beds:

LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) to provide residential treatment beds for individuals with substance use disorders in Circuits 3/8, 4, 5, and 7.

The program must follow the requirements set forth by 65E-14, Florida Administrative Code:

(dd) Residential Level I.

Description – These licensed services provide a structured, live-in, non-hospital setting with supervision on a twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week basis. For adult mental health, Residential Treatment Facilities Level IA and IB, as defined in Rule 65E-4.016, F.A.C., are reported under this Covered Service. For children with serious emotional disturbances, Level 1 services are the most intensive and restrictive level of residential therapeutic intervention provided in a non-hospital or non-crisis stabilization setting. Residential Treatment Centers, as defined in Rule 65E-9.002, F.A.C. are reported under this Covered Service. For substance use treatment, Residential Level 1, as defined in Rule 65D-30.007, F.A.C., provides a range of assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and ancillary services in an intensive therapeutic environment, with an emphasis on treatment, and may include formal school and adult education programs.

(ee) Residential Level II.

Description – Level II facilities are licensed, structured rehabilitation-oriented group facilities that have twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, supervision. Level II facilities house persons who have significant deficits in independent living skills and need extensive support and supervision. For adults with a mental illness, Residential Treatment Facilities Level II, as defined in Rule 65E-4.016, F.A.C., are reported under this Covered Service. For children with serious emotional disturbances, Level II services provide intensive therapeutic behavioral and treatment interventions. Therapeutic Foster Homes are reported under this Covered Service. For substance use treatment, Level II, as defined in Rule 65D-30.007, F.A.C., services provide a range of assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and ancillary services in a less intensive therapeutic environment with an emphasis on rehabilitation and may include formal school and adult educational programs.

Proposals must include both Exhibit G and Exhibit C and D.

Exhibit G – SOI – Fillable – FY 24-25

Exhibit C and D – Proj Operating and Capital Budget – FY 24-25

The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is August 15, 2024. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at maximum, of $2,119,044 total by 4:00 PM, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.