Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PHSS - Public Health & Social Services

Directors' Update: TBD

Business Meeting: Nov. 4, 2025

Summary:

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit for qualified providers to deliver coordinated entry (CE) services in Lewis County.

Lewis County Public Health & Social Services seeks to engage a qualified organization to provide CE services that include assessment, referral, diversion, and homelessness prevention for residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Publications: The Chronicle

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Kendra Garrison, Caroline Garibay, Meja Handlen

Resolution

WHEREAS, the Department of Commerce (DOC) contracts with Lewis County to provide Coordinated Entry (CE) services through the Consolidated Homeless Grant (CHG); and

WHEREAS, Lewis County maintains a CE system to ensure that individuals and families experiencing, or at imminent risk of, homelessness have a standardized point of contact for assessment and referral to housing and supportive services; and

WHEREAS, Lewis County Public Health & Social Services seeks to engage a qualified organization to provide CE services that include assessment, referral, diversion, and homelessness prevention for residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness; and

WHEREAS, publication is needed to solicit for qualified providers with experience in CE services.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Director of Public Health & Social Services is instructed to (1) issue the attached RFP, (2) create a selection committee to evaluate submittals, and (3) negotiate a contract with a qualified provider; and the BOCC Clerk of the Board is instructed to proceed with all appropriate and necessary notifications to advertise for said purpose.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 4th day of November, 2025.