Description
Alabama Department of Mental Health is seeking a qualified consulting firm to provide up to 2,750 hours of system‑transformation consulting services. The work focuses on expanding and sustaining supportive housing, implementing evidence‑based assertive community treatment (ACT), improving entitlement processes for mental‑health and substance‑use services, enhancing children’s mental‑health programs, and developing a Medicaid 1115 waiver for substance‑use treatment. The consultant will produce research summaries, policy recommendations, implementation plans, training materials, and data‑collection frameworks, and will perform ad‑hoc analyses as directed.
• Develop and implement strategic plans for six core service areas (housing, ACT, entitlements, children’s services, 1115 waiver, and related training).
• Provide research‑based best‑practice materials and policy recommendations tailored to Alabama’s Medicaid and mental‑health systems.
• Create outcome‑measurement, data‑collection, and reporting mechanisms, and deliver ongoing status reports and a final comprehensive report.
• Collaborate with state agencies, local providers, and consumer groups to ensure stakeholder alignment and successful implementation.
• All work must be completed under a contract beginning October 1, 2026, with a total effort of 2,750 consulting hours.