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As a Managing Entity, LSF Health Systems (LSFHS) regularly conducts competitive procurements for behavioral health services that are open to non-profit organizations in our region.
Per Chapter 394 Florida Statutes, LSFHS is not required to competitively procure Network Service Providers. LSFHS posts procurement opportunities on this webpage. Please check this page regularly to view announcements about upcoming funding opportunities.
Additionally, all procurement notices are sent out via email to all active LSFHS Network Service Providers, stakeholders and anyone else who has requested to be added to our distribution list. If you are not currently on our list and would like to be added, please send your contact information to procurement@lsfnet.org.
Current Network Service Providers are evaluated on an ongoing basis through monitoring events, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), reviews, etc. Refer to the Reallocation of Funds Policy and Procedure below for more information.
Non-network providers who are interested in joining the LSFHS Network should complete the following and submit to procurement@lsfnet.org:
Policies and Procedures:
A. FACT
Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams serve individuals with serious mental illness with the goal to prevent recurrent hospitalization and incarceration, as well as improve community involvement and quality of life for participants. FACT teams are an effective model for preventing the need for more intensive services and serve as a step-down from inpatient settings. The FACT teams utilize a transdisciplinary approach to deliver comprehensive care and promote independent, integrated living for individuals with serious mental illness. FACT teams primarily provide services to participants where they live, work, or other preferred settings, and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This funding will support two additional teams serving 200 persons total in dedicated teams for Marion and Hernando Counties. Currently a single team serves an estimated 115 persons in Lake, Sumter, Hernando, Citrus, and Marion collectively. The current model has maintained waitlists for several years. County-specific teams will allow for more timely access to services in areas of significant need.
B. MDT Child Welfare Families
MDT Child Welfare Teams are designed to enable community providers to provide intensive services to families in the child welfare system with parental substance use and uncontrolled or undiagnosed mental health concerns. Creating a team-based approach in a system of care allows the early identification of risk families, coordination of immediate access to services, and support to families through their navigation of the child welfare and treatment processes. This funding will support one team serving 45 individuals in Duval County.
C. FACT Lite/Intensive Case Management
Two (2) Intensive MDT State Mental Health Treatment Facility (SMHTF) Diversion Pilot teams will be created in Duval County and Columbia County to serve adults in need of high intensity community wraparound services, but who do not necessarily meet the FACT Team criteria. These teams will serve individuals in the community who are discharged from civil state hospitals and prevent individuals from being committed to a state hospital by providing intensive care coordination for high need and high utilization individuals. This funding will support services to 200 adults total in Duval and Columbia Counties.
D. Community Action Treatment (CAT) Team
The Community Action Treatment (CAT) Team model is an integrated service delivery approach that utilizes a team of individuals to comprehensively address the needs of young persons (and their family) ages 11 up to 21 with a mental health diagnosis and complex needs such as a history of hospitalizations, involvement with juvenile justice, or school challenges. It utilizes an in-home/on-site team approach and incidental expenses funding to individualize services that assist young people and their families to improve functioning and manage their behavioral health conditions. CAT Team services are one of the most intensive and uniquely designed community-based services available to families in Florida. CAT Teams under contract with behavioral health Managing Entities can conduct any combination of the following services and supports including case management, crisis intervention, counseling, psychiatric services, tutoring, and parental supports. This funding will support four additional teams to address the current waiting list. The Northeast Region is currently carrying a waitlist of CAT service eligible children. A new team will be established in Hernando County to separate them from the current team that covers a five-county area. The Northeast Region has the state’s highest numbers of high utilizers at 190 for this population. These teams will help reduce that number.
E. Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) Team
The FIT team model is designed to provide intensive community-based services to families with parental/caregiver substance misuse in the child welfare system. An important component of the model is the cross-system collaboration between the child welfare, judicial, and behavioral health systems. FIT teams provide the following services: assessment, parenting intervention and skills training; case management; care coordination; intensive in-home therapeutic services (including individual or family counseling); and peer support. If participating parents need other services, such as residential or detoxification, and do not have insurance or other means to access them, FIT teams can purchase those services. This funding will support the creation of two new teams serving Marion County and Columbia County and its surrounding counties. These services will reduce the placement of children in out of home care, foster care, and residential treatment.
F. Forensic Multidisciplinary Teams
G. Three (3) Family Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Team
The In-Home Family Therapy Program utilizes the following Evidence Based Practices: Homebuilders, Family Functional Therapy, Multisystemic Therapy, and Parent Child Interaction Therapy. The program also uses a strength-based approach, which provides the foundation for all interventions utilized by our clinicians. Will work collaboratively with families to explore their culture, beliefs, and values and look together to identify strengths, as well as family needs. Through that process, goals for treatment are developed and can be adjusted as needed. The family and therapist also work together to identify other, non- clinical supports needed. This can include coaching parents to address ineffective behaviors and teach and model strategies to positively manage children while balancing everyday stressors like working, legal, financial, and healthcare. Many families have experienced multi-generational poverty, abuse, neglect, and trauma. They have never been exposed to the idea of happy healthy family interaction and struggle with unresolved trauma when they become parents themselves. Family support services seek to address practical needs of the family that are barriers to engaging in therapy or other needed services.
LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms by 4:00 PM, Monday, June 20, 2022 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.
LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider in Duval County for the Prevention Partnership Grant (PPG), created by s. 397.99, Florida Statute (F.S.). PPG is designed to encourage school and community substance abuse prevention partnerships and is funded through the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant.
The PPG program funds evidence-based substance use prevention programs and strategies intended to prevent or reduce substance use. Successful applications should demonstrate a clear, precise connection between local risk and protective factors that impact prevention and current need for the program or strategy selected.
Pursuant to s. 397.99(2)(a), F.S., only schools or agencies licensed for prevention in compliance with Rule 65D-30, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), acting in partnership with schools, may apply for PPG funding.
The definitions of each allowable covered service are listed below and can be found in 65E-14, F.A.C.
(v) Prevention – Indicated;
(w) Prevention – Selective;
(x) Prevention – Universal Direct;
(y) Prevention – Universal Indirect.
To ensure the implementation and administration of these programs, the Network Service Provider shall adhere to the staffing, service delivery and reporting requirements described in Rules 65E and 65D-30, F.A.C., PAM155-2, and all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Clients served must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the Managing Entity contract and 65E-14, F.A.C.
The total amount of funding is $150,000 annually for a period of three years.
LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms by 4:00 PM, Tuesday, September 21, 2021 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.
LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with Network Service Providers to provide tele-behavioral health services to children & families in public schools. The purpose and only allowable use of this funding is to provide tele-behavioral health services to children & families on-site at the school or at locations designated by the school system. Table 1 lists available funding by county.
The definitions of each allowable covered service are listed below and can be found in 65E-14, F.A.C.
To ensure the implementation and administration of these programs, the Network Service Provider shall adhere to the staffing, service delivery and reporting requirements described in Rules 65E and 65D-30, F.A.C., PAM155-2, and all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Clients served must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the Managing Entity contract and 65E-14, F.A.C.
Table 1.
LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms by 4:00 PM, Friday, May 14, 2021 to procurement@lsfnet.org. Respondents may apply to more than one county in one SOI. Funding is subject to availability of funds from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). The award recipient will be contacted directly.
LSF Health Systems seeks to contract with a Network Service Provider(s) in Duval County to provide an array of behavioral health services which include: Case Management, Day Treatment, Medical Services, and Outpatient therapy to the adult (primarily) and children populations. The service zip code is 32254 (and the surrounding areas). To ensure the implementation and administration of these programs, the Network Service Provider shall adhere to the staffing, service delivery and reporting requirements described in Rules 65E and 65D-30, F.A.C., PAM155-2, and all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Clients served must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the Managing Entity contract and 65E-14, F.A.C.
Services to be provided at minimum:
Additional services may include:
The anticipated effective date of the proposed contract is July 1, 2021. LSF Health Systems will accept Submission of Information (SOI) forms with annual budgets, at minimum, of $450,000 total by 4:00 PM, Thursday, April 15, 2021 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.
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Solicitation 2022-001 First Episode Psychosis – Volusia Team
Solicitation 2022-001 First Episode Psychosis – Volusia Team – APPENDIX A
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2022-001 First Episode Psychosis – Volusia Team
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2022-001 First Episode Psychosis – Volusia Team
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2022-001 First Episode Psychosis – Volusia Team
Solicitation 2022-002 Forensic Community Diversion Beds
Solicitation 2022-002 Forensic Residential Treatment Facility – APPENDIX A
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2022-002 Forensic Residential Treatment Facility
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2022-002 Forensic Community Diversion Beds
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2022-002 Forensic Community Diversion Beds
Solicitation 2021-001 Marion County Services
Solicitation 2021-001 Marion County Services – APPENDIX A
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2021-001 Marion County Services
Award Recipients – Solicitation 2021-001 Marion County Services
Solicitation 2018-008 Needs Assessment
Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team
Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team – APPENDIX A
Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team – APPENDIX B
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team rev
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team C3-8
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team Clay
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2018-007 Mobile Response Team ALL rev 113018
Solicitation 2018-006 Citrus County Services:
Solicitation 2018-006 Citrus County Services
Solicitation 2018-006 Citrus County Services – APPENDIX A
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-006 Citrus County Services
Award Recipient – Solicitation018-006 Citrus County Services_LBC
Solicitation 2018-005 Community Action Team Citrus and Hernando:
Solicitation 2018-005 Community Action Team Citrus and Hernando
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Move Forward List – Solicitation 2018-005 Community Action Team Template – Citrus Hernando
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2018-005 Community Action Team Template – Citrus Hernando
Solicitation 2018-004 Community Action Team Gilchrist Levy Dixie:
Solicitation 2018-004 Community Action Team Gilchrist Levy Dixie
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Move Forward List – Solicitation 2018-004 Community Action Team Template – Gilchrist Levy Dixie
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2018-004 Community Action Team Template – Gilchrist Levy Dixie
Solicitation 2018-003 Community Action Team St. Johns:
Solicitation 2018-003 Community Action Team St. Johns
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Move Forward List – Solicitation 2018-003 Community Action Team St. Johns
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2018-003 Community Action Team St. Johns
Solicitation 2018-002 Community Action Team – Bradford Baker Union Nassau:
Solicitation 2018-002 Community Action Team – Bradford Baker Union Nassau
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Move Forward List – Solicitation 2018-002 Community Action Team – Bradford Baker Union Nassau
Amended Timeline – Solicitation 2018-002-005 Community Action Teams
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2018-002 Community Action Team – Bradford Baker Union Nassau
Solicitation 2018-001 Community Action Team – Flagler and Volusia:
Solicitation 2018-001 Community Action Team – Flagler and Volusia
Responses to Written Questions – Solicitation 2018-001 Community Action Team – Flagler and Volusia
Move Forward List – Solicitation 2018-001 Community Action Team – Flagler and Volusia
Award Recipient – Solicitation 2018-001 Community Action Team – Flagler and Volusia
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