New Funding Opportunity: $2.3M available for Community Behavioral Health Rental Assistance

The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is pleased to release the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Community Behavioral Health Rental Assistance.

Up to $2.3 million is available through Washington State Department of Commerce funding. Applications are due on March 23, 2023, by 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

CBRA provides long-term or bridge rental subsidies for people with behavioral health conditions who have recently been discharged from state or community psychiatric stays and their households. When partnered with programs offering supportive housing services, highly-vulnerable persons with complex behavioral health needs have opportunities to live independently in the communities of their choice.

This RFP seeks an organization to administer CBRA to households already enrolled in CBRA as well as to new households, as capacity and budget allows.

View the full RFP and apply via ZoomGrants here: https://zoomgrants.com/zgf/CBRA

Overview

CBRA partners rental subsidies with programs offering supportive housing services in order to support the opportunity for individuals with behavioral health conditions and their Households to live independently in the communities of their choice.

The permanent supportive housing will include permanent or long-term eligibility, so long as the household remains eligible, and will have support services available, although participation is voluntary.

Focus Populations

CBRA is focused on serving a priority population defined as households meeting eligibility criteria for the program who are also discharging, needing to discharge, or who have discharged from a state psychiatric hospital or community psychiatric bed within the past 12 months.

Eligible households must also meet the income criteria for CBRA.

1. Criteria One: Household income is at or below 50% of area median income as defined by HUD; and
2. Criteria Two: At least one adult Household member has a documented Behavioral Health Condition; and
3. Criteria Three: The same adult Household member is eligible for a Long-Term Support Services Program; and
4. Criteria Four: The same adult Household member has a documented need for long-term housing subsidy with no other suitable resource that can meet the long-term subsidy need.

Available Funding

Up to $2.3 million is available through Washington State Department of Commerce funding. See the full RFP for more details: https://zoomgrants.com/zgf/CBRA

Apply by March 23, 2023

Submit your application through ZoomGrants no later than 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on March 23, 2023, here: https://zoomgrants.com/zgf/CBRA

RFP Timeline

RFP Release	February 21, 2023
Pre-Proposal Conference See Section VI.C. for conference information .	February 27, 2023, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Final day to submit questions via ZoomGrants	March 9, 2023
Proposals due	March 23, 2023 by 2:00 p.m.
Responses reviewed	March 24, 2023 through April 7, 2023
Interviews with Proposers (if applicable) King County reserves the right to conduct interviews as needed to make award determinations.	April 2023
Notification of selected and non-selected Proposers	April 2023
Anticipated program/contract start date	May 2023

Questions?

You may submit questions in writing through the Contact Admin tab in ZoomGrants or by emailing the RFP lead directly.

RFP Lead: Joanna Armstrong DCHScontracts@kingcounty.gov