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Community Reinvestment RFP

Community Reinvestment Initiative to Support Whole Health Programs for Adults and Children

In November 2011, Magellan Health Services of Arizona announced that it was accepting community reinvestment funding applications for innovative programs in Maricopa County that will integrate physical healthcare services with general mental health services, for adults, and behavioral health services for children, to provide a whole health approach to health care for those challenged with mental illness. While significant attention has been paid to the life-span disparity and poor health outcomes of adults with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI), integrated care is an important initiative across all behavioral health populations, and Magellan seeks to enhance coordination, improve outcomes and lower costs through these initiatives.

Through these community reinvestment awards, Magellan will support provider organizations with programs and models of care that strengthen the whole health of adults and children, with a focus on improving the prevention, early intervention and self-management of chronic conditions. Magellan looked for innovative and creative proposals that incorporate the cornerstones of its health and wellness initiative: early and enhanced collaboration, shared governance and accountability, voice and participation, and prevention and early intervention.

As part of this community reinvestment initiative, Magellan is awarding $3 million total, which includes four competitive awards of $750,000 each: three awards to organizations serving adults receiving general mental health and/or substance abuse treatment services, and one award to an organization serving children, adolescents or young adults ages five to 18.

Proposals were reviewed for the ability to be sustained beyond the one-year funding period, as Magellan's goal is to reinvest in sustainable programs that have long-term, positive and strategic impact to the system of care in central Arizona. Additionally, Magellan looked for proposals that included reliable and valid nationally recognized tools for measurement and evaluation of behavioral health, physical health and the link between the two. 

Update: Awardees Selected

Magellan Health Services of Arizona is very pleased with the number and the quality of proposals we received for the Living Healthy Working Well - Community Reinvestment Request for Proposals (RFP) that was issued in November 2011. After conducting an extensive and detailed review of the children and adult proposals received, Magellan has selected the following RFP awardees:

Adult General Mental Health/Substance Abuse:

• Jewish Family & Children's Service (JFCS)
• TERROS
• Valle del Sol

Child/Youth:

• Valle del Sol

Magellan would like to thank all of the agencies that submitted a proposal for their time and dedication to improving the overall health of the people they serve.