Issue Date: August 14, 2025
Response Due Date: Friday, September 19, 2025

Integrated Services for Behavioral Health is seeking proposals from qualified consultants, firms or institutions of higher education to support an evaluation of our organizational and community impact. Our goal is to evaluate the impact of our services on individual, family, and community indicators of well-being. This project will include multi-method data collection and analysis, culminating in the production of high-quality materials suitable for distribution to diverse stakeholder audiences.

Background: Integrated Services for Behavioral Health is a well-established community mental health, substance use disorder treatment and housing organization, serving 22 counties across Southeast and Central Ohio. Our home and community-based model is strengths-based, trauma-informed, and emphasizes ensuring those we serve can meet their basic needs, as a foundation to healing.

Scope of Work
The selected partner will:

• Evaluate the social and economic impact of our services
• Use mixed-methods approaches, which may include:
  • Literature review
  • Survey design, deployment, and analysis
  • Analysis of internal program and administrative data
  • Stakeholder interviews (e.g., clients, staff, partners)
• Assess outcomes related to individual and family well-being, public health, public safety, and health-related social needs.
• Support ISBH to enhance data collection efforts to inform current and future impact analysis.
• Develop a final report detailing findings.
• Produce companion materials for broad dissemination, including:
  • Executive summaries
  • Infographics and data visualizations
  • One-pagers for stakeholders, funders, and the public
  • Content adaptable across print, web, and social media platforms

Proposal Requirements
Interested respondents should submit:

• A brief narrative describing your approach and methodology
• Team qualifications and relevant project experience
• Estimated timeline and budget
• At least two examples of similar evaluation or communication deliverables

Submission
Please submit your proposal to Rose Frech by 5:00 PM PST on September 19th. Direct all inquiries to Rose Frech at rfrech@isbh.org