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Commissioners approve contract amendments removing CARF requirement and direct clerk to advertise for adult treatment services
Summary
The board approved amendments to juvenile and adult treatment court funding contracts with the Wyoming Judicial Branch removing a CARF certification requirement and authorized a request for proposals for adult supervised treatment services; the juvenile contract remains funded for another year.
The Albany County Commissioners approved two contract amendments with the Wyoming Judicial Branch that remove a CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) certification requirement from county treatment-court contracts and approved a request for proposals (RFP) to recruit treatment providers for the adult supervised treatment program.
Heather, the county representative for treatment-court administration, told commissioners that the state has required treatment providers to be state-certified and that the CARF federal accreditation had previously been required but was a barrier for smaller providers. "They just wanna remove the CARF certification," Heather said. She explained that state certification remains required for providers under the amended contracts.
The board approved Amendment 1 for the Albany County Integrated Juvenile Drug Treatment Program in the amount of $200,602.08 for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026, and Amendment 1 for the Albany County Supervised Treatment (adult) Program in the amount of $376,977.08 for the same period. Commissioners also approved issuing an RFP to solicit treatment providers for the adult supervised treatment program; Heather said the juvenile contract remains in force for another year and the RFP targets providers for the adult program where the current contract expires.
Commissioners asked whether removing CARF reduced oversight; Heather said state certification and contract monitoring will remain in place and that the CARF requirement imposed an additional cost of roughly $7,000 every two years that had been covered previously by the state but created barriers for smaller communities.
Next steps: the clerk will advertise the RFP for adult treatment services; staff will notify state-certified providers and evaluate proposals per the RFP specifications. Contract amendments were approved by vote during the meeting.
