Outreach

Non-Profit partners to provide temporary shelter and services that homeless New Yorkers need to achieve and maintain housing permanency in the five boroughs. Outreach teams currently provide street outreach, case management and housing placement services to homeless individuals on the street, in the subway system, and in public places, many of whom may have severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Outreach teams are a referral source into Safe Havens and Stabilization Beds. Outreach Teams are divided into six catchment areas in New York City: (1) Manhattan, (2) the Bronx, (3) Staten Island, (4) Brooklyn, (5) Queens and (6) the subway system. This RFP is for the first five catchment areas listed above. A single primary contractor would be designated by DHS as the single point of accountability for individuals experiencing homelessness that are on the street and those perceived to be street homeless in each catchment area. The outreach teams would also work closely with drop-in centers, safe havens, stabilization bed providers, shelters, other outreach teams, community partners and other external stakeholders throughout the city. Moving a client to permanent housing, a Drop-in Center, stabilization bed, safe haven, or shelter, is a targeted outcome and a potentially life-saving result for someone living on the