The Four County ADAMhs Board approved a number of contracts of $10,000 or less at its October 10 board meeting.
The largest expenditure was actually a contract amendment supporting the Williams and Henry county juvenile courts specialty docket initiative.
The funding helps pay for a variety of behavioral health treatment interventions for juveniles instead of traditional detention or incarceration.
Both courts had been awarded $25,000 contracts earlier this year; however, that amount was increased by $10,000 by the board – making the total allocation $35,000 for each court.
The other contracts include:
-$5,500 as the board’s share of the Henry County health needs assessment, which is coordinated by the Henry County Health Department.
-Several D.A.R.E. contracts: Henry County Sheriff’s Department, $5,000 for school-based substance abuse programming in most Henry County schools; City of Napoleon, $4,000 for D.A.R.E. programming in the Napoleon city schools; Fulton County prosecutor’s office, $6,500 for programming in many of the county’s schools; Village of Fayette, $1,000 for programming in the Fayette school district; and Defiance County sheriff’s department, $7,500 for programming in the county’s schools.
-$7,500 for Secure Telehealth to provide encrypted, secure video teleconferencing and telemedicine visits for patients.
The board also approved a resolution that approves the release of $28,599 that had been kept in an escrow account from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for a New Home Development Company capital project.
The funds were the net proceeds of the sale of two properties that New Home had originally purchased with state funding. The money could only be released to New Home once it had identified a new qualifying housing project.
In her report to the board, CEO Tonie Long reported that 21 area law enforcement officers had recently completed a week-long Crisis Intervention Training that the ADAMhs Board sponsored. The participants represented 11 different police departments, correction facilities and probation departments.
Long noted that this was the 15th CIT training that the board has sponsored over the last 13 years. Nearly 220 law enforcement representatives have completed the training, which is designed to help police officers safely and humanely deescalate situations involving a person who is experiencing a mental health crisis.
Long also updated the board about creating a new five year strategic plan. She explained a five hour board retreat is planned for Friday, November 1 at the ADAMhs Board office.
At that time, the board’s mission and value statements will be reviewed along with the input that board members and staff have provided concerning future plans. By the end of the retreat, goals and objectives to be included in the five year plan will be identified.
A committee of board and staff will review the suggestions and craft a draft five year plan that will be shared with the full board for review and suggestions. A revised draft will then be created for board approval shortly after the first of the year.