NIGP 95292: Transitional Living

NIGP 95292 Transitional Living, an Item code, encompasses housing and support services for homeless or at-risk individuals, particularly youth and young adults experiencing homelessness or transitioning from institutional care. State and local governments are soliciting nonprofits to provide time-limited residential placements paired with case management, emergency shelter, street outreach, mental health services, and independent living skills training, typically serving populations aged 24 and younger or adults with serious mental illness or opioid use disorder. Recent solicitations span multiple issuing bodies including city housing departments (Dallas), county behavioral health and social services agencies (Solano County, Santa Clara County, Montgomery County), state juvenile justice and family services departments (Washington, Maine), and district disability services offices (District of Columbia), reflecting broad jurisdictional engagement across municipalities, counties, and state governments.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, California, Washington, Maine, and the District of Columbia. The City of Dallas is soliciting a single nonprofit subrecipient administrator for the Youth Homeless and Housing Services Program serving unaccompanied youth through case management, emergency shelter, street outreach, and transitional living, with a total award of $211,013.00 and an application due date of February 14, 2026 (posted January 30, 2026), and an amended posting on July 16, 2026 with applications due July 31, 2026. The County of Solano Department of Health and Social Services issued an RFP for an interim shelter and housing placement program combining short-term drop-in beds and 90–120-day interim housing placements for adults with serious mental illness, with an estimated Year 1 contract value of $1.2 million and interviews scheduled for the week of July 20, 2026 (proposal due July 8, 2026). The Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families solicited qualifications for an Adolescent Transitional Living Program contract in Region 6 serving five male-identifying youth ages 16–21 with monthly bed compensation of $13,137, bid preferences of 5–10 percent for small businesses and veteran-owned businesses, and responses due August 20, 2026 (RFQ posted July 7, 2026 with mandatory pre-bid July 16, 2026). The State of Maine Department of Corrections Division of Juvenile Services requested proposals for community-based housing services including Transitional Living Programs, Master-Leasing Programs, Rapid Re-Housing, and Emergency Shelter across three Juvenile Justice Regions, with responses due April 30, 2026 (posted April 10, 2026) and a contract period of January 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028 with optional renewals through 2031. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's Office of Housing and Community Development issued an RFP for a Master Leasing Program for unhoused single adults with Opioid Use Disorder, a minimum 10-unit pilot funded through Opioid Settlement funds with a one-year budget ceiling of $639,572, proposals due June 4, 2026 (posted May 8, 2026). The County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency solicited case management and supportive services for high-risk older adults and adults with disabilities under RFP-SSA-FY26-0522, with an estimated total budget allocation of $400,000 per one-year contract term, contract negotiations scheduled for April 21–28, 2026 (proposal due March 10, 2026, posted January 26, 2026).