Opportunity Overview
Open now. New York OMH is seeking proposals for MH263034 — Teams to Promote Aging in Place in OMH Supportive Housing (TPAP). The five-year geriatric demonstration is designed to help OMH supportive-housing residents age 55 and older, as well as younger residents with complex medical conditions that necessitate homecare, remain safely in community settings while preserving individual priorities and preferences.
Funding and Rural Priority
OMH will make six awards of $300,000 annually for five years, equal to $1.5 million per award and $9 million total statewide, contingent on continued State appropriations. At least two awards will serve rural counties.
Deadline and Immediate Procurement Gates
The September 10, 2026 bidder conference has ended. OMH’s August 28 update corrected an erroneous registration link that had appeared in some applicant emails; applicants should use the corrected OMH Webex registration link. The official update does not state a timezone for the conference, so Atlas does not invent one.
Formal questions are due September 17, 2026; OMH expects to post answers on October 8; and proposals are due through the Statewide Financial System on October 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST, which is the RFP’s exact timezone wording. OMH anticipates award notification December 10, 2026 and a July 1, 2027 contract start.
Who Can Apply
Eligible lead applicants are not-for-profit agencies with 501(c) incorporation that currently provide OMH supportive housing through scattered-site or single-site programs. Other organizations may participate as partners, but the eligible OMH supportive-housing provider must submit the proposal and, if funded, assume fiscal and program responsibility.
Not-for-profit applicants must be prequalified in SFS before submission. OMH states that review of a complete prequalification application can take 5–10 business days and longer when follow-up is required, so organizations that are not current should not wait until the final week.
Mandatory Readiness Items
Applicants must notify the Local Governmental Unit for every county proposed to be served and upload proof of that notification in SFS. Required Letters of Commitment must describe partner responsibilities, significant implementation and oversight commitments, and financial arrangements. The RFP states that proposals missing the required Letters of Commitment will be rejected and not scored.
SFS Submission Controls
OMH’s applicant checklist adds several execution gates that should be completed before final submission. The Provider Contact form, Sexual Harassment Prevention Certification, and Gender Based Violence and the Workplace Certification must be completed and uploaded in SFS. The Proposal Template and all non-budget attachments must be combined into one PDF and uploaded under SFS Q1; the Budget Template must remain in Excel and be uploaded under Q2. Applicants must also enter the total funding request in the required SFS Bid Amount field. No workplan is required at application; OMH states that a workplan will be developed during contract development if an award is made.
OMH recommends beginning the SFS application at least five business days before the deadline and submitting at least 48 hours early. File type, size and naming restrictions can make attachments unreadable to reviewers, and OMH states that late or technically incomplete submissions will not receive an exception.
Care Model and Allowable Supports
Each team is expected to combine an OMH supportive-housing case manager, a local office for aging case manager, a homecare professional, and at least one certified or provisionally certified mental-health or substance-use/gambling peer professional. Grantees must also collaborate across aging, behavioral health, homecare, social determinants of health, social engagement and community-support systems.
The RFP expressly allows wrap-around funding for services and goods not covered through existing reimbursement channels when they support aging in place. Examples include mobility aids and individualized technology supports such as laptops, computers, personal devices, internet access, online communities, virtual-engagement tools, patient-portal literacy and technology-literacy assistance.
Data and Reporting
Grantees will be expected to track outcomes such as homecare assistance needs, changes in behavioral health, loneliness or social isolation, social determinants of health, behavioral-health screenings, quality of life, insurance coverage and eligibility determinations. This makes the opportunity particularly relevant to organizations that can operationalize multidisciplinary care coordination and measurable aging-in-place outcomes.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 92/100. TPAP is a high-value geriatric behavioral-health and supportive-housing opportunity because it combines five-year operating support, homecare, peer services, social determinants of health, technology access and care coordination, with at least two awards reserved for rural counties.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 15/100, conditional. The technology language is meaningful but is aimed principally at resident access, engagement and aging-in-place support. The RFP does not expressly authorize connected clinical-exam equipment. Any N9+ role would need to be tied to an applicant-led aging-in-place workflow and confirmed as allowable before budgeting. QC Healthcare Fit: 10/100, conditional. The RFP expects coordination with medical and homecare resources but does not establish a stand-alone physician-coverage purchase.
Next Action
Eligible OMH supportive-housing nonprofits should confirm SFS registration and prequalification now, treat the September 10 bidder conference as completed, notify each applicable Local Governmental Unit and retain proof, secure the required Letters of Commitment, submit questions by September 17, review the October 8 Q&A and any addenda, and complete the proposal PDF plus Excel budget well before October 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. OMH specifically advises beginning SFS work at least five business days before the deadline and submitting at least 48 hours early for troubleshooting.
Official source: New York State Office of Mental Health — MH263034 TPAP.