Requests for Proposals (RFP) - Coordinated Entry

Lewis County invites qualified providers to apply to deliver Coordinated Entry (CE) services that ensure a streamlined, standardized, and equitable process to access, assess, prioritize, and refer people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to appropriate housing and supportive programs countywide. The selected provider(s) will maintain strong partnerships with housing and service agencies and use HMIS to support real-time coordination, performance monitoring, and system accountability.

Lewis County maintains a Coordinated Entry (CE) system to ensure people experiencing, or at imminent risk of, homelessness can access a standardized point of contact for assessment and referral to housing and supportive services.

Several key entities in our community accept referrals only through CE including the following:

• The Salvation Army
• Reliable
• Comunicativo
• Housing Resource Center

CE is the required first step to determine eligibility for these programs. Because participating programs have limited capacity and openings often depend on available funding, CE also offers information about other housing resources and can help problem solve and connect people to mainstream services. CE services include assessments and referrals for case management, diversion, and homelessness prevention for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Lewis County.

This project advances Lewis County Public Health & Social Services’ five-year housing and homelessness strategic plan to reduce the number of unhoused people in the county by improving how quickly and equitably people move from request for help to stable housing.