Some $4.34 million in contracts for various behavioral health services were approved by the Four County ADAMhs Board at its April 9 meeting. The eight contracts are for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Contracts approved Thursday are with the following providers: Arrowhead Behavioral Health, $100,000; Center for Child and Family Advocacy, $246,000; Health Partners of Western Ohio, $540,000; and Maumee Valley Guidance Center, $1,477,550.
Also: New Home Development Company, $520,500; Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio, $1,241,765; Northwest Ohio Community Action Commission’s PATH Center, $102,000; and Williams County Health Department, serving as the fiscal agent for the Defiance, Fulton, Henry and Williams county health departments, $115,000.
All of the contracts were for the same amount of money as the current fiscal year with two exceptions.
Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio will receive $21,765 more next year. The increase represents the ADAMhs Board’s share of funding to support the administrative cost of a critical incident and stress management (CISM) team that will serve the four-county area.
And, Northwest Ohio Community Action Commission will receive an additional $7,000 next year to assist with housing coordination.
Additional contracts for the new fiscal year will be presented for board approval over the next two months. The board also increased its funding for adult long-term residential placements for the current fiscal year by $20,000.
Two national opioid settlement agreements were approved by the Four County ADAMhs Board. One agreement is with Sandoz Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and the other is with six smaller companies. Less than $5,000 of the settlement money is directed to the Four County ADAMhs Board.
Board CEO Tonie Long reported that the board will receive some $376,046 in additional state funding through a one-year pilot program designed to improve adult mobile crisis services.
She said the funds will be allocated to OhioGuidestones, the local provider responsible for mental health crisis services.
Long also noted that board staff continues to make progress toward completing the Culture of Quality certification program. The current focus, updating cybersecurity standards, will be completed by July 1.