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Request for Proposal (YES Waiver Provider Services 2024)

Betty Hardwick Center (BHC) is the Health and Human Services designated Mental Health Authority established to plan, coordinate, develop policy, develop and allocate resources, supervise, and ensure the provision of community based mental health and developmental disability services for the residents of Taylor, Jones, Callahan, Shackelford and Stephens Counties, Texas.

BHC is seeking proposals for the provision of the following list of services funded through the Youth Empowerment Services Waiver (YES Waiver), for youth ages three (3) to eighteen (18) who would be reasonably expected to qualify for inpatient psychiatric care:

• Respite- In Home, Camp, Licensed/Registered Child Care Home, DFPS Residential Child Care, Licensed Child Care Center,
• Community Living Supports
• Non-Medical Transportation
• Supportive Employment
• Employment Assistance
• Paraprofessional Services
• Specialized Therapies – Animal Assisted Therapy, Music Therapy, Nutritional Counseling

The time and place of the delivery of each service will be determined during the arrangement of each service appointment.

The contract shall be for an initial term of one year with the option to renew annually.

The open enrollment period shall close on February 29, 2024 at 5:00(CST) or upon receipt of enough applications to meet the service capacity described in the RFA whichever comes first.

Copies of the RFA may be obtained via the Center’s website – https://bettyhardwick.org/, by written request or picked up using contact info below. Additionally, any questions regarding the RFA may be directed to:

Betty Hardwick Center

2616 S. Clack St. Abilene, Texas 79606

Contact: Dean Pye at [email protected]

Phone:  325-690-5299

Please submit: one (1) original (clearly marked) of your Application and attachments to:

Betty Hardwick Center

ATTN: Dean Pye

2616 S. Clack St., Abilene, Tx 79606

Contact Number: 325-690-5299