Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Bronx
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- Deadline
- Jul 28, 2026
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
- Award amount
- Up to $1,893,039
- Focus areas
- Health Services
Who can apply
Not-For-Profit
About this grant
The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health (OMH) announces the availability of funds for the development of one (1) 68-capacity Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team in Bronx County. The Forensic ACT team will serve individuals who are justice-involved and have serious mental illness (SMI) who have not been successfully engaged by the traditional mental health treatment and rehabilitation system. ACT is a multidisciplinary, evidence-based, team approach to providing comprehensive and flexible treatment, support, and rehabilitation services. ACT teams are configured to have a low individual-to-staff ratio with professional staff including members from the fields of psychiatry, nursing, psychology, social work, substance use, employment/education, and peers/persons with lived experience. The majority of services are provided by ACT staff directly (not brokered) in the community or where the individual lives. In this way, newly acquired skills are applied in their real-world environment and situations. ACT is designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of individuals, offering support 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week. ACT is ¿assertive¿ and intentional in its engagement methods, incorporating individual choice, cultural competencies, concrete services, consistency, and persistence. Finally, ACT is structured to provide a review during daily team meetings of every individual on the ACT team¿s caseload. This level of accountability allows for immediate changes in service planning and leads to improved outcomes. ACT teams strive to develop a culturally sensitive understanding of each ACT participant and their family¿s personal preferences (i.e., preferred pronoun, spiritual practices). Additionally, ACT teams take social determinants of health into account as they are domains likely to have inherent disparities (healthcare access, housing, employment status, food security). The ACT teams provide on-going opportunities for participants to share their culture with others. ACT staff elicits and accepts participants¿ personal religious or spiritual practices and leverages this information to support self-directed recovery goals. Forensic ACT builds on the evidence-based model of ACT by making adaptations based on criminal justice involvement¿in particular, addressing risk and protective factors associated with arrest and recidivism. Forensic ACT is intended for individuals with SMI who are involved with the criminal justice system. These individuals may have co-occurring substance use and physical health disorders, trauma histories, engagement difficulties, and behavioral challenges. Their needs are often complex, and their disorders are often under-managed and further complicated by varying degrees of involvement with the criminal justice system. Similar to ACT, Forensic ACT provides services that are person-centered, community- based, and delivered by a multidisciplinary team. These services include intensive, continuous engagement. While Forensic ACT adds program enhancements to meet the needs of the population who are justice-involved with SMI, providers should always strive to meet the fidelity to the ACT model. Forensic ACT is designed to: improve clients¿ mental health outcomes and daily functioning; reduce recidivism by addressing risk and supporting protective factors associated with arrest and recidivism; divert individuals in need of treatment away from the criminal justice system; manage costs by reducing reoccurring arrest, incarceration, and hospitalization; and increase public safety. The new Forensic ACT team will provide traditional ACT services, as well as specialized services to reduce risk factors associated with arrest, recidivism, and recurring involvement with the criminal justice system, including probation, parole, and incarcerations. The expansion of Forensic ACT represents a commitment by the NYS OMH to develop specialized Forensic ACT teams that are designed to better meet the needs of the SMI population who are involved in the criminal justice system. As this expansion moves forward, there are several principles from classic ACT, as well as principles specific to Forensic ACT that inform the overall process. Please read the RFP document for full information and funding details.
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