CLOSED: Request for Proposals for Emergency Department Based Peer Support Specialist
Dan Hammock
As part of establishing a coordinated continuum of care, the County is interested in contracting with a qualified agency to perform peer support services for individuals in the emergency department. These individuals will have identified as having a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and will engage with the peer support specialist to establish connections from the hospital to harm reduction, treatment, social services, and other recovery services for people who use drugs.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Through the Embedding Peers in the Emergency Department project grant, Grays Harbor County is soliciting requests for proposals for the purpose of providing care coordination services to identified individuals in the emergency department at Summit Pacific Medical Center (SPMC).
Submittals accepted until May 4, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
Read the full RFP here.
Questions and Answers
Q. For the 8-month duration, are you looking at having a multi-person rotation so that a peer is always at the medical center 24/7, regardless of current need? Or embedded office hours of 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday, with after-hours on-call capability when the need arises?
A. We have not completely finalized the staffing structure for the peers at this time, however, we are working with Summit to determine the hours that would be most impactful with a goal of having daily coverage for specified hours (likely 8-to-12-hour shifts depending on what is identified to be best).