Mental Health Care Access Program Service

The District of Columbia Department of Health is seeking a vendor to establish and operate a mental health care access program. This initiative aims to assist primary care providers in identifying, screening, assessing, diagnosing, treating, and referring behavioral health conditions in children and youth. The program focuses on reducing barriers to care, particularly in rural areas and communities experiencing shortages of health professionals. The scope of work requires the selected vendor to expand the number of providers utilizing real-time behavioral health teleconsultations and care coordination services, including referral assistance. The vendor must also deliver training to primary care providers on child and youth behavioral health screening, diagnosis, and treatment. The ultimate goal is to increase the number of children and youth receiving necessary behavioral health services through provider teleconsultation and care coordination support. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires all performance of the work to occur offsite. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and specific evaluation criteria or key dates are not provided in the initial solicitation.