Mental Health Services

The San Luis Obispo County government authority is seeking a vendor to provide functional family therapy services to youth aged eleven to eighteen. The target population includes youth referred for behavioral or emotional problems who are involved with or referred by county systems. The agency is trying to solve these behavioral and emotional challenges through a structured, family-based intervention program. The scope of work requires implementing all aspects of the Functional Family Therapy program, including staffing, training, supervision, and fidelity monitoring. The selected provider must deliver twelve to fourteen sessions over approximately three to five months, with weekly face-to-face sessions lasting a minimum of one and a half hours each. Services must occur in coordination with families at convenient times and locations, including evenings and weekends. The program scope also covers family-based assessments of relational dynamics and risk or protective factors, engagement and motivation strategies, and family therapy interventions to improve communication and functioning. The provider must allocate additional time for collateral contacts and case planning. Administrative requirements include collecting and maintaining data on participants, services delivered, and outcomes, as well as submitting monthly reports on service hours and expenditures per family. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency allows the performance of the work to occur offsite. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or online, and the agency is looking for proposal submissions to determine the budget. The agency requires all questions regarding this opportunity to be submitted no later than July 1, 2026. The source document does not specify further evaluation criteria or additional key dates.