The Four County ADAMhs Board approved the first round of service contracts for the fiscal year starting July 1 at its April 11 board meeting. Those contracts total $5,407,846.
Contracts approved at the meeting include: Maumee Valley Guidance Center, $1,677,550; OhioGuidestone, $1,494,796; New Home Development Company, $1,020,500; and Health Partners of Western Ohio, $540,000.
Also: The Center for Child and Family Advocacy, $240,000; Williams County Health Department (acting as the fiscal agent for all four county health departments), $115,000; Arrowhead Behavioral Health, $100,000; area drug-free coalitions (Swanton, and Defiance, Fulton and Williams counties) , $100,000; Northwest Ohio Community Action’s PATH Center, $95,000; and Quadco Rehabilitation Center, $25,000.
ADAMhs Board CEO Tonie Long explained that the capital construction portion of the New Home Development contract may be reduced in the future by roughly $250,000.
New Home Development has said that it anticipates receiving additional match funding from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; however, the official notice has not yet been received.
Most of the funding (some $1.2 million) for that project in Defiance will be provided by another state agency — the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.
If the additional state funding is received, Long explained that it would replace match dollars that the ADAMhs Board had already pledged for the project.
The 10-unit supportive living housing project will be located next to a similar building on Upton Avenue near the Kroger grocery store. More service contracts for the up-coming fiscal year will be presented for board approval in May and June. The board also approved two smaller contracts for the new fiscal year.
Toledo attorney Carla B. Davis will again serve as the board’s legal representative at probate hearings at the rate of $135 per hearing and per hour for any hearing that exceeds one hour.
Amanda Waldfogel will serve as the board’s consumer advocate and support group leader for up to $3,000.
The board also approved a corrected five-year auditing contract with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP in the amount of $610,675 for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
In her report to the board, Long said that the board will be receiving more than $400,000 in additional state funding.
Specifically, the Ohio Department of Development plans to award $335,000 in additional funding to subsidize recovery housing for low- and moderate-income persons receiving behavioral health services. That money will be available after July 1.
The board will also receive $97,170 as its share of an unspent federal grant to Ohio. Those funds must be used to support recovery services and be spent by the end of September.
Long reported that three adults have received short-term mental health stabilization services as a result of a northwest Ohio regional agreement with Unison Behavioral Health in Bowling Green. The cost of those services is covered by a regional state grant. She added that a similar short-term stabilization agreement is nearly complete for youth.
Finally, the Four County ADAMhs Board is now on Facebook. Billie Jo (BJ) Horner, the board’s manager of community services, frequently updates the board’s page with information about agency services and behavioral health topics. Some of the information is posted in both English and Spanish.