The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Short-Term Housing and Housing Resource Navigation for Trueblood and Trueblood Diversion Program Class Members.
DCHS invests in diversion programs with the intention of reducing contact with the criminal legal system, helping connect people to social services instead of cycling through jail and hospitals, and addressing community safety through alternative approaches. A Trueblood Class Member is defined as any individual who is now or has a history of waiting in jail for either court-ordered evaluation of competency to stand trial or court-ordered admission for inpatient competency restoration services.
Approximately $17.8 million is available to support short-term housing and housing resource navigation for Trueblood Class Members including those engaged with the Trueblood diversion programs in King County for the period from 2025-2030. Applications are due April 18, 2025, by 2:00PM pacific standard time.
Housing is key for health and wellbeing as well as stability for anyone, including people with behavioral health conditions. This RFP seeks to fund one or more organization(s) to design, develop, and implement a program to provide immediately available high support short-term housing, such as an enhanced shelter or transitional housing environment, and housing resource navigation support to the Trueblood Class Member population.
View the full RFP and apply here
Background
There is a need within both the regional homelessness and diversion service continuum for immediate, temporary high support housing options as well as targeted, increased housing resource navigation service for our Trueblood Class Members. This could be at time of diversion from criminal prosecution, discharge from custody or hospitalization, or discharge from crisis stabilization. Paring high support housing environments, such as enhanced shelter or transitional housing, with housing resource navigation not only enhances the success of such housing resource navigation efforts, but also promotes stability, safety, and recovery in the community and prevents subsequent contact with law enforcement and the crisis system.
This funding will also support engagement with behavioral health treatment providers, health care providers, other social services to develop a community-based support network, and engagement with long-term housing resource navigation. These investments can prevent subsequent contacts with law enforcement and the crisis system and reduce involvement in the competency continuum.
Eligible Organizations must have experience serving Trueblood Class Members
The short-term housing and housing resource navigation support programs funded through this RFP must serve current, past, and potential Trueblood Class Members, who currently reside in King County. Eligible proposers must have experience serving Trueblood Class members (individuals diverting from criminal prosecution to behavioral health treatment or discharged from crisis stabilization centers, or providing similar high-support services to individuals with significant mental health challenges. Applicants must also have experience with developing and operating a housing environment and delivering housing resource navigation services.
Available Funding
Approximately $17.8 million is available to support short-term housing and housing resource navigation for Trueblood Class Members including those engaged with the Trueblood diversion programs in King County for the period from 2025-2030. Of the total available funding, $5 million is available for immediate use, while $12.8 million is pending approval. See the full RFP for details.
BHRD receives funding from the Washington State Health Care Authority and Phase V funding from contempt fine funds granted by the Federal Court and distributed through Seattle Foundation. Please see the full RFP for the specific breakdown of funds.
RFP Timeline
| RFP Release | March 21, 2025 |
| Pre-Proposal Information Session See Section C for more information. | Wednesday April 2, 2025, 11am to 12:30pm PST Microsoft Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 277 902 177 162 Passcode: rZ63Fh6a |
| Final day to submit questions | April 9, 2025 |
| Proposal due | April 18, 2025 by 2:00pm |
| Responses reviewed | April 2025 |
| Interviews with Proposer(s) (if applicable) King County reserves the right to conduct interviews as needed to make award determinations. | April 2025 |
| Notification of selected and non-selected Proposer(s) | Late April/Early May 2025 |
| Anticipated program/contract start date | May/June 2025 |
Join the information session on April 2, 2025, to learn more
A pre-proposal information session is scheduled to be held via Microsoft Teams.
April 2, 2025 at 11:00am to 12:30pm PST:
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Apply by April 18, 2025
Submit a proposal through Zoomgrants at: https://www.zoomgrants.com/zgf/Trueblood_Short-term_Housing_RFP.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please submit questions in writing prior to the date and time indicated in the RFP schedule through the Contact Admin tab in ZoomGrants or by emailing the RFP Lead, Nikki Nguyen, at nnguyen@kingcounty.gov.
For full RFP details and to apply, visit ZoomGrants.