Mahoning County approves Job and Family Services amendments totaling $850,000 and a $25,000 TANF transfer
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Summary
The county commissioners approved amendments to contracts administered by Job and Family Services, including a $120,000 extension for permanent housing services and a $700,000 home services program continuation; commissioners also approved an intercounty TANF transfer of $25,000 with Summit County.
Mahoning County commissioners on Sept. 25 approved several amendments and budget transfers from the Department of Job and Family Services intended to extend housing and youth services and to shift federal TANF administrative funds. During the meeting, Audrey Morales presented the items and identified the dollar amounts and recipients.
The board approved Amendment No. 1 with Beatitude House to extend permanent housing services in the amount of $120,000, and Amendment No. 1 with MyCAT to continue the home services program at $700,000, both listed as non-general-fund expenditures. Commissioners also approved Amendment No. 2 with YMCA of Youngstown for youth development programs for $30,000.
The commissioners approved a resolution authorizing an intercounty agreement with Summit County and accepting an intercounty transfer request of $25,000 in Title 20 TANF funds; the resolution also released $25,000 in TANF administrative plans. Morales explained the items on behalf of Job and Family Services and noted they were presented as non-general-fund actions.
The action also included approval of the biennial Prevention, Retention, and Contingency (PRC) plan for Job and Family Services; the commissioners recorded that the PRC plan was part of the suite of JFS items presented that day. The meeting record shows the motions to approve these items were made, seconded and carried in the roll-call votes recorded during the consent portion of the agenda.
Audrey Morales additionally commented later in the meeting about a mobile mammogram event arranged for JFS employees; while that announcement was not part of the funding actions, Morales said it was “a nice gesture” and applauded staff and union efforts to promote employee health.
Discussion: No public debate or dissent on these items is recorded in the transcript. The transcript indicates the items were presented as routine contract amendments and the motions carried by affirmative roll call. No implementation schedule or additional conditions for the amended contracts were specified in the meeting record.
What happens next: The approved amendments and the TANF transfer authorization were entered into the county’s contract and budget records per the motion recorded at the meeting.