Peer Outreach Services

The agency is seeking a vendor to provide peer outreach services to engage highly vulnerable populations, specifically individuals experiencing homelessness and those with a history of justice system involvement. The agency will provide two full-time peer outreach specialists for this initiative. The selected vendor must provide appropriate levels of programmatic, clinical, and administrative supervision to these specialists. The scope of work requires conducting field-based outreach and supporting participant engagement and retention in services. The specialists must assist participants with housing navigation, behavioral health and substance use treatment, primary and specialty medical care, and benefits enrollment such as Medi-Cal, SSI/SSDI, and CalFresh. Additionally, the work covers assisting with legal, reentry, and re-stabilization services while modeling and applying trauma-informed, harm reduction, and culturally responsive practices. The project requires collaboration with staff to support care planning, follow-up, and warm handoffs to provide flexible, client-centered support resources designed to reduce immediate barriers to engagement and stabilization. Eligible bidders must be onshore USA organizations. The performance of the work will take place offsite, and the agency is looking for budget proposals to determine the cost. The agency has scheduled a pre-bid meeting for June 15, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions no later than June 16, 2026.