Total Award Amount: $3,000,000

Application Due Date: August 9, 2024

Statement of Need:

Adults struggling with behavioral health or substance abuse disorder or intellectual disabilities who transition from secure therapeutic communities, institutional settings, or other more restrictive settings, often need additional interventions and supervision for employment, identifying natural community supports, medication compliance, learning to live independently, etc. Arkansas Medicaid will develop a new service called Therapeutic Communities Level 3 with a service goal being securing independence in the community.

Required Grant Activities:

This funding will be awarded to construct or renovate physical infrastructure that supports living for adults across Arkansas.

Program Description:

This grant allows Medicaid providers to purchase, renovate, or build homes or apartment complexes for adults receiving transitional services that are preparing them to live independently in the community. (50-60 beds).

Applicant Qualifications:

Applicants selected for the project, must, at a minimum, meet the below requirements:

• Must be enrolled as a Medicaid provider OR must demonstrate a viable pathway to enrolling as a Medicaid provider within the grant period.
• Must be enrolled/certified as a Community Support System Provider (CSSP).
• Must be in network with a minimum of one PASSE.
• Must have capacity to begin project work by October 1, 2024. A workplan will be required.
• As part of this project, all grant recipients will be required to participate in evaluation activities and provide data as requested by the Department.

Grant Usage Requirements:

• Grant funds may only be used to supplement, expand, or start a new program.
• Project work must begin after legislative approval of the grant, tentative start date of October 1, 2024. Expenses incurred prior to this date are not eligible for grant funding.
• Project work must be completed by September 2026.  Project expenses incurred after this date are not eligible for grant funding. Incomplete construction by September 2026 will result in provider’s repayment of ARPA grant funding.
• Grantee must agree to participate in all program evaluations, report required program metrics, and provide all data as requested to the department, within established grant timelines.
• Grant funding will be paid on a reimbursement basis. Grantees will begin grant work and will provide monthly progress reports to Arkansas Department of Human Services. The grantee will be paid a portion of the grant amount based on the successful completion of the monthly report (which may include invoices used to verify grant expenses). Upon successful completion of all monthly reports, the grantee will receive their entire grant award.

Ineligible Activities:

• Grant funds may not be used to supplant pre-existing functions.
• Grant funds may not be used for prospective payments. A prospective payment is a method of reimbursement in which Medicaid payments are made based on a predetermined, fixed amount.

How to Apply:

All of the following items must be submitted online through email only between July 18, 2024— August 9, 2024, 5:00 PM CT. Submit packets to Hunter Ballard at hunter.ballard@dhs.arkansas.gov.

Late and/or incomplete application packets will not be considered. The grant review committee reserves the right to deem an application ineligible if it does not include all required documents.

Required Application Items:

• Cover Letter & Attestation
• Grant Application Narrative
• Business Plan
• Budget Plan
• Sustainability Narrative

Contact Information:

If you have any questions or concerns about the application process, please reach out to the Department through the program contact:

Hunter Ballard- Medicaid Specialty Populations
hunter.ballard@dhs.arkansas.gov