The RFP is soliciting applications for Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facilities and community based chemical dependency treatment services which are innovative, multifaceted, comprehensive, and coordinated, and which are adapted to the special needs of the criminal justice populations to be served in this program. The closing date for receipt of applications by the commission is 5 p.m. on May 15, 1992. The period for awards executed through this RFP will be October 1, 1992-August 31, 1993. The amount of funds that will be available for the award period is not known at the time the RFP is released. The General Appropriations Act does not provide for an increase of state funds for this purpose for Fiscal Year 1993.
Eligible providers are private nonprofit or public organizations that provide treatment services.
The RFP contains additional provider eligibility requirements. The workshop will be devoted to discussion of RFP requirements, technical assistance with application preparation, and discussion of sites where the TDCJ will house the Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facilities portion of the program. Therefore, the workshop will be the single opportunity for applicants to ask questions, and all questions asked and answered will be in the presence of all attending. Issued in Austin, Texas, on April 3, 1992. Texas Education Agency Notice of Contract Award Description.