HCHV Offender Re-Entry Substance Abuse 654-C59044 Ridge House Base Year = 10/1/2014 - 09/30/15

A. PURPOSE



The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) requires contractors to provide services as part of its community based Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Contract Substance Abuse Prisoner Re-Entry Program. The goal of the HCHV program is to remove homeless Veterans from the street or habitation unfit for Veterans and place them in community-based, residential environments with sufficient supportive services to meet their needs and ultimately, facilitate the improvement of their overall health status and housing situation. Contractor shall provide housing and support services to incarcerated Veterans reentering the community or Veterans who have been involved in the legal system.



B. BACKGROUND



Through the HCHV program, VA provides outreach and case management services to Veterans and facilitates their access to a broad range of medical, mental health, and rehabilitative services provided by the VA. The purpose of this solicitation is to obtain offers from Contractors within the VASNHCS catchment who can provide housing, care, treatment and rehabilitative services to Homeless Veterans who have a history of incarceration or involvement with the legal system, dealing with addictive disorders, or co-occurring mental health and addictive disorders, in a community-based residential treatment facility. The Contractor will be required to provide a therapeutic and rehabilitative milieu and attendant services targeting the underlying substance use disorders impacting veteran stability and housing status, as determined by VA HCHV Staff. Contractors shall not be required to provide detoxification or other hospital level treatment or services.