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- 111765 Z6
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- Douglas County, Nebraska
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This document is a Request for Qualification (RFQ) issued by the State of Nebraska, Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on behalf of the Nebraska Board of Parole (NBOP) for Transitional Living Housing, including Mental Health Programming, for Parole clients. The RFQ seeks a qualified contractor to provide up to 18 beds of transitional living with programming that includes co-occurring substance abuse and mental health treatment, case management, life skills education, and other supportive services. The program is expected to have an average length of stay of 6-8 weeks, with a maximum stay of 6 months. Alcohol and Drug Solutions PC, a private organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has submitted their qualifications and proposed approach to deliver the requested services.
The RFQ provides details on the contractor's financial standing, experience, staff qualifications, technical approach, and ability to meet project requirements. Alcohol and Drug Solutions PC has provided transitional living and mental health services since 2017 and is capable of quickly implementing the proposed program. The cost proposal will be evaluated based on the transitional living tier and programs offered, with the contractor required to have licensed mental health professionals on staff to provide the behavioral health treatment component.
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Alcohol and Drug Solutions PC
2109 S 24th St., Lincoln, NE 68502
(p) 402-601-4289 (f) 402-475-7541 https://www.alcoholanddrugsolutions.com/
RFQ Number 111765 Z6 Transitional Living Housing, including Mental Health
Programming, for Parole clients
Corporate Overview
Contractor Identification and Information
Alcohol and Drug Solutions PC was founded in 2010. The primary office and location of the Program is at 2109 S 24th Street, Lincoln, NE 68502. ADS is a s-corporation in the State of Nebraska, privately owned by Jody Gilfillan and Dameon Gilfillan. The name and form of the organization has not changed since its inception.
Financial Statements
ADS has not had any independent financial audits but would engage in one and annually if required. ADS is financially solvent and utilizes Burch and Associates for accounting and have monthly financial planning meetings.
Change of Ownership
The founders of the business continue to own ADS and do not anticipate selling the business.
Office Location
2109 S 24th Street, Lincoln, NE 68502.
Relationship with the State
Current payors include Nebraska State Probation (NSP) and Nebraska Medicaid for outpatient services rendered. ADS current and past relationships with the State include receiving vouchers from NSP for transitional living and substance abuse services. ADS also was contracted with the Division of Parole Supervision to provide pretreatment, relapse prevention, and life skills groups.
Contractor’s Employee Relations to State
No one working for or contracted with ADS is currently or was ever employed by the State of Nebraska.
Contract Performance, Summary of Contractor’s, Experience, and Proposed Personnel
ADS has experience in similar projects as it has provided substance abuse treatment for over a decade and mental health services and transitional living for the last 5 years.
ADS has operated two transitional facilities including an 18 bed men’s facility and a 5 bed women’s facility both in Lincoln, Nebraska. ADS has since moved its men’s facility to a different location and closed the women’s facility. The previous men’s facility recently met all requirements of Lincoln Building and Safety and was licensed by the State of Nebraska on April 13, 2022, as a Mental Health Substance Use facility. The facility is fully furnished and ready to take clients as soon as possible. The owners of ADS, Jody Gilfillan and Dameon Gilfillan, will be the individuals responsible for working with the State on the project and any potential contracts. They will oversee planning, implementation, overall operations, contract compliance, and ongoing operations. Jody and Dameon are both licensed professionals in the State of Nebraska. Pamela Echols will be the Clinical Director of the Program and is an independently licensed mental health practitioner.
Subcontractors
No subtractors will be utilized for the Program.
Technical Approach
Project Description
Alcohol and Drug Solutions (ADS) opened in 2010 and has been dedicated to helping individuals change their lives in a confidential, therapeutic, and safe atmosphere while providing research-based, best practice care to individuals experiencing alcohol and drug abuse and their families. ADS utilizes researched treatment methods including cognitive-behavioral, strength-based techniques, reality and solution-based counseling approaches while utilizing the 12-Step model from alcohol and drug addiction. Initially, ADS offered substance abuse evaluations, alcohol and drug education classes, Intensive Outpatient treatment, and Outpatient treatment. Upon assessment of the community's needs, the agency has expanded to offer domestic violence classes, life skills groups, pre-treatment and relapse prevention groups.
ADS has since expanded and began offering transitional living services in 2017. ADS currently owns an 18-bed licensed facility that can run transitional living housing including mental health programming. The program had previously housed and provided transitional living and programming to Nebraska State Probation (NSP) clients.
The previous program housed up to 18 males and was funded through NSP vouchers.
Changes in city zoning requirements caused the location to shut down temporarily to come into compliance with building and safety requirements. ADS has since met all local zoning requirements and has become licensed as a mental health substance use facility in the State of Nebraska.
Scope of Work
The new Program will be able to provide transitional living, mental health, and substance use programming for up to 18 parolee clients. The Program will assist in providing a monitored environment for parolees to live independently while seeking employment, stable income, and permanent housing. The Program will work collaboratively with the Nebraska Board of Parole and Division of Parole to coordinate services, provide reporting, and ensure other requirements of the parolee are being met. The average length of stay will average from 6 to 8 weeks depending on the individual’s needs and treatment. The maximum length of stay will not exceed 6 months.
The target population will be co-occurring dual diagnosis clients effected by substance use and mental health issues.
Clients will have access to licensed mental health and substance use professionals for individual therapy. Programming will also consist of intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse and mental health therapy groups. Therapy groups will include but are not limited to cognitive behavioral therapy, illness management and recovery, social cognitive training, and metacognitive therapy. Life skills, money management/budgeting, building family relations, anger management, relapse prevention, and illness management and recovery education and groups will also be provided. Lastly, the Program will provide case management services to assist in seeking employment, obtaining resources, finding permanent housing, making necessary referrals, coordination of care, discharge planning, and help with personal business and budgeting.
Project Requirements
ADS has an understanding of the requirements of the project and current meet all standards, regulations, laws, and ordinances as adopted by local, state, and federal authorities. ADS has comprehensive policies and procedures that are accessible to all staff, contractors, and stakeholders upon request. These policies include but are not limited to fiscal management, personnel, intake process, housing supportive services, resident rights and responsibilities, resident rules, client records, and safety and emergency procedures and plans. ADS would coordinate activities of Parole with the Director of Supervision and Services and abide by all rules and regulations set forth by Parole.
ADS has personnel policies and strategies for recruitment, screening, hiring, and retention. Policies also include maintain minimum staffing ratios, on call and maintaining adequate coverage, and ensuring staff are available to assist in monitoring clients including parole clients. ADS has policies, safety and monitoring equipment, and ongoing measures to limit ingress into the transitional living facility and reporting procedures including unusual incidents that would need to be reported to the Director of Supervision and Services within a 24-hour period. ADS will maintain at minimum in a client file, intake and discharge paperwork, signed resident rules and regulations, incident reports, and grievance forms. ADS will also maintain and can provide upon request business documents required to operate in the State of Nebraska.
ADS has policies and procedures in place to ensure no other client including parole clients have authority other another client. Clients will also never have duties including security or monitoring/approving telephone calls. ADS’ owners and administrators Dameon Gilfillan and Jody Gilfillan will be point of contacts for areas of concern and mitigation planning including but not limited to staffing, cleanliness, and building code deficiencies. ADS will track and monitor length of stays with the targeted average being 6-8 weeks. Class sizes will not have minimums or maximums and will run regardless of milieu. ADS keeps and monitors data or evaluation and performance improvement.
Data and reports including but not limited to number of individuals served, average length of stay, types of programming/treatments, and demographic information can be provided upon request. ADS follows all applicable laws including 42 C.F.R Part 2 in maintaining confidentiality and dignity of clients.
Development Approach
ADS will use an incremental development approach to the project. ADS has already met many of the milestones of the project including having the infrastructure, building, curriculum, critical staff, documents, and past experience in programming. ADS incremental approach will prioritize project needs in a phased approach addressing the highest priority first. This will help reduce project risks and increase quality by addressing priority needs during planning and implementation. This approach will also allow for accommodating project needs and meeting markers while progressing the project forward.
Technical Considerations
ADS has extensive experience and skill sets to help with this project. ADS has been providing substance abuse treatment since 2010 and transitional living and mental health services since 2017. ADS will be able to combine all services together to offer transitional living and co-occurring mental health and substance use programming to parole clients. ADS has the infrastructure, staffing, and policies and procedures to run the proposed program. ADS also has the building, equipment and furnishings, and zoning/licensing requirements met to begin the program within a short period of time.
Project Work Plan
ADS has already accomplished the majority of the project work plan goals. ADS has a licensed facility and licensed mental health professionals. Curriculum, programming, forms, and policies and procedures are already created and in place. Once the project is approved, activities left would be hiring front line staff and building capacity. Staff would be hired to facilitate rehabilitation groups, monitor clients including overnight, and to assist in intensive outpatient treatment and case management services. Additional staff would be hired as client capacity increases to the maximum client load of 18 individuals.
Deliverables
ADS can provide any deliverables upon request. ADS would be ready to begin the programming and taking consumers as soon as July 1, 2022.
ATTACHMENT A, REV1, Bidder Questionnaire
RFQ 111765 Z6
Transitional Living Housing, including Mental Health Programming, for Parole clients
Bidder Name: ____Alcohol and Drug Solutions PC_____________________________________
Bidder should complete all questions in Attachment A. Cost must be reflected appropriately in cost proposal based on the transitional living tier and programs offered.
Location availability
1.1 Indicate which areas where transitional living will be available:
Response:
☐Near Omaha Regional Office X☐Near Lincoln Regional Office
1313 Farnam Street 421 South 9th Street, Suite 220
Omaha, NE 68102 Lincoln, NE 68508
☐Near Grand Island Regional Office ☐Near Hastings Regional Office
1811 West 2nd Street, Suite 225 2727 West 2nd Street, Suite 224
Grand Island, NE 68803 Hastings, NE 68901
☐Near Kearney Regional Office ☐Near Norfolk Regional Office
4009 6th Avenue, Suite 22 1700 North Victory Lane
Kearney, NE 68845 Norfolk, NE 68702
☐Near North Platte Regional Office ☐Near Scottsbluff Regional Office
200 South Silber Avenue 505-A Broadway, Suite 900
North Platte, NE 69101 Scottsbluff, NE 69361
☐OTHER (Provide location):
1.2 Provide the physical address of the Transitional Living with Programming location(s).
Response: 2109 S 24th St., Lincoln, NE 68502
General
2.1 Describe how any potential areas of concern will be identified and the mitigation plan. These areas may include but are not limited to: Staffing, cleanliness, and/or building code deficiencies.
Response: There will be ongoing strategic planning, quality assurance and compliance, and safety inspections/ improvements. Will use highly competitive recruiting, screening, and hiring processes for staffing and will have regular cleaning and maintenance completed.
2.2
Describe which of the three tiers or types of transitional housing being proposed.
Licensed Halfway House: A 24 hour structured supportive living/treatment/recovery facility generally following primary treatment licensed by the Department of Health & Human Services/Division of Public Health/Licensure Unit that serves justice-involved individuals.
Transitional Living with Programming: Supportive, temporary housing, which includes services
(i.e., employment) to facilitate transition into independent living.
Transitional Living/Safe and Sober Living without Programming: Temporary housing for individuals requiring more stability than emergency shelter with the goal of acquiring independent living.
Response: Transitional Living with Programming: Supportive, temporary housing, which includes services
2.3 Describe the number of beds that are available to the NBOP/Division of Parole Supervision.
Response: 18 beds would be available.
Programs
3.1
Describe what programming/education that is provided.
The Board of Parole defines programming as any service that involves behavioral health treatment offered by a licensed provider as part of the total cost for purposes of the Transitional Living with Programming level of housing.
Educational Programs such as, the following are not considered as behavioral health treatment;
Budgeting, Building Family Relations, Life Skills, Anger Management, Case Management Services.
If able to provide behavioral health treatments, please describe programming being offered.
If unable to provide behavioral health treatments, please state so below and on the cost proposal, provide cost reflecting no programming/education.
Response: The program is a short term transitional living dual diagnosis program treating co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions. The program will consist of a co-occurring assessment, individual substance abuse and mental health counseling, mental health groups, intensive outpatient treatment groups, and housing.
Programming will also include case management, budgeting, anger management and life skills education/groups.
3.2
Describe how many and which types of Mental Health Professionals, licensed by the State of Nebraska, and credentialed staff are available to provide Programming. If none, please state so.
Response: The clinical director of the program will be a independently licensed mental health practitioner. Other licensed staff by the State of Nebraska will include two licensed professionals including licensed clinical social worker(s), licensed drug and alcohol counselor(s) and/or mental health practitioner(s). Front line staff will be credentialed with the State of Nebraska.
Site Enhancements
4.1
Describe any enhancements or changes to the site in the past two (2) years that may provide an enhanced experience for parole clients.
Response: Fully renovated, new furniture, parking lot, handicap accessibility including adding a ramp.
Bidder Name: ____Alcohol and Drug Solutions PC_____________________________________
Bidder should complete all questions in Attachment A. Cost must be reflected appropriately in cost proposal based on the transitional living tier and programs offered.
Location availability
1.1 Indicate which areas where transitional living will be available:
Response:
☐Near Omaha Regional Office X☐Near Lincoln Regional Office
1313 Farnam Street 421 South 9th Street, Suite 220
Omaha, NE 68102 Lincoln, NE 68508
☐Near Grand Island Regional Office ☐Near Hastings Regional Office
1811 West 2nd Street, Suite 225 2727 West 2nd Street, Suite 224
Grand Island, NE 68803 Hastings, NE 68901
☐Near Kearney Regional Office ☐Near Norfolk Regional Office
4009 6th Avenue, Suite 22 1700 North Victory Lane
Kearney, NE 68845 Norfolk, NE 68702
☐Near North Platte Regional Office ☐Near Scottsbluff Regional Office
200 South Silber Avenue 505-A Broadway, Suite 900
North Platte, NE 69101 Scottsbluff, NE 69361
☐OTHER (Provide location):
1.2 Provide the physical address of the Transitional Living with Programming location(s).
Response: 2109 S 24th St., Lincoln, NE 68502
General
2.1 Describe how any potential areas of concern will be identified and the mitigation plan. These areas may include but are not limited to: Staffing, cleanliness, and/or building code deficiencies.
Response: There will be ongoing strategic planning, quality assurance and compliance, and safety inspections/ improvements. Will use highly competitive recruiting, screening, and hiring processes for staffing and will have regular cleaning and maintenance completed.
2.2
Describe which of the three tiers or types of transitional housing being proposed.
Licensed Halfway House: A 24 hour structured supportive living/treatment/recovery facility generally following primary treatment licensed by the Department of Health & Human Services/Division of Public Health/Licensure Unit that serves justice-involved individuals.
Transitional Living with Programming: Supportive, temporary housing, which includes services
Transitional Living/Safe and Sober Living without Programming: Temporary housing for individuals requiring more stability than emergency shelter with the goal of acquiring independent living.
Response: Transitional Living with Programming: Supportive, temporary housing, which includes services
2.3 Describe the number of beds that are available to the NBOP/Division of Parole Supervision.
Response: 18 beds would be available.
Programs
3.1
Describe what programming/education that is provided.
The Board of Parole defines programming as any service that involves behavioral health treatment offered by a licensed provider as part of the total cost for purposes of the Transitional Living with Programming level of housing.
Educational Programs such as, the following are not considered as behavioral health treatment;
Budgeting, Building Family Relations, Life Skills, Anger Management, Case Management Services.
If able to provide behavioral health treatments, please describe programming being offered.
If unable to provide behavioral health treatments, please state so below and on the cost proposal, provide cost reflecting no programming/education.
Response: The program is a short term transitional living dual diagnosis program treating co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions. The program will consist of a co-occurring assessment, individual substance abuse and mental health counseling, mental health groups, intensive outpatient treatment groups, and housing.
Programming will also include case management, budgeting, anger management and life skills education/groups.
3.2
Describe how many and which types of Mental Health Professionals, licensed by the State of Nebraska, and credentialed staff are available to provide Programming. If none, please state so.
Response: The clinical director of the program will be a independently licensed mental health practitioner. Other licensed staff by the State of Nebraska will include two licensed professionals including licensed clinical social worker(s), licensed drug and alcohol counselor(s) and/or mental health practitioner(s). Front line staff will be credentialed with the State of Nebraska.
Site Enhancements
4.1
Describe any enhancements or changes to the site in the past two (2) years that may provide an enhanced experience for parole clients.
Response: Fully renovated, new furniture, parking lot, handicap accessibility including adding a ramp.
| ADS Request for Qualification 111765 Z6 updated |
| ADS Request for Qualification 111765 Z6 |
| ADS Project Description and Scope of Work updated |
| ADS Cost Proposal REV1 |
| ADS Attachment A REV1 Bidder Questionnaire |
| ADS Request for Qualification 111765 Z6 updated |
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