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Description:
This project will embed licensed social workers within a legal defense setting to deliver intensive case management services, including housing navigation, mental health treatment referrals, substance use coordination, transportation, and community reintegration support, to homeless individuals with significant criminal justice involvement.
Purpose:
This grant opportunity will support a Justice Integrated Case Management pilot site, allowing the Office of Homeless Services (OHS) to test the replicability of the legally integrated social work model, Project RIO, which is currently administered by the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association, in a jurisdiction outside of Salt Lake County. This will build local capacity for serving justice-involved individuals experiencing homelessness and generate data to inform future statewide expansion.
Eligibility:
Minimum Requirements:
Applicant must operate as a dedicated Legal Defense Provider, including but not
1. Applicant must operate as a dedicated Legal Defense Provider, including but not limited to those that qualify as an Indigent Defense Service Provider under Utah Code ยง 78B-22-102.
2. Project must be located in the Balance of State (BOS) or Mountainland (MTL) Continuum of Care (CoC) jurisdictions.
3. Applicant must be authorized to do business in the State of Utah.
4. Coordinate with the LHC to align with other homeless initiatives.
5. Applicant does not have current, open findings from DWS-OHS.
6. Applicant is not in default on any contract or grant agreements with DWS.
7. Contractors who have had a grant agreement with DWS terminated for cause within the previous three (3) years are not eligible to apply.
8. Funded projects must be open to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or political affiliation.
9. Applicant must ensure access to services including but not limited to case management, supportive services, and basic necessities.
Eligible Projects:
1. New and existing projects are eligible to apply
2. Projects must be located in the BOS or MTL CoC jurisdictions.
3. Eligible expenses of approved projects include, but are not limited to:
-Supportive service expenses (e.g., wages and fringe benefits)
-Conference attendance and training expenses
-Essential supply expenses (i.e., equipment, phone)
-Client services (i.e., clothes, hygiene supplies)
-Travel and transportation expenses
-Contractor services
Grant Title: Justice Integrated Case Management
Solicitation #: 27-DWS-S012
Funding Source: State of Utah General Funds
Application Deadline: October 30, 2026, 10:00 A.M. MDT. Late proposals will not be accepted. Proposals must be submitted as required in the RFGA.
Grant Amount: Individual project awards are capped at $165,000.
Program Start Date: November 16, 2026
Program End Date: June 30, 2027
Pre-Proposal Meeting (virtual):
October 21, 2026
1:00-2:00 MDT
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/apy-fmru-hgo
Phone: (US) +1 419-702-0924 PIN: 602 924 948#
Contact Information: Program Manager: Libby Reynolds, emreynolds@utah.gov, 385-481-8368
Contract Analyst: Veronica Salazar, vsalazar@utah.gov, 385-408-9583
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