Human Services presents contracts, amendments and vouchers covering adult family homes and CCS providers

Human Services staff summarized contracts and amendments included in the meeting packet: 2024 amendments to cover additional placements at adult family homes and new or amended CCS contracts, plus proposed service contracts for 2025.

Officials said amendments include additional payments to local adult family homes (Ice Lake Family Care and Windy Ranch) to cover placements. Several CCS provider contracts were listed: initial contract amounts cited at $5,000 with at least one amendment for Triplets Counseling increasing by $15,000. Staff characterized the CCS contracts as reimbursable services and indicated they remain within budget.

The packet also included internal transfer line items (example: a $271.03 transfer and smaller internal charges such as $20.86 for the highway department and $50 for IT), and two voucher packets: one small packet for $20.25 and another including 2024 expenditures. Staff noted that end-of-year timing requires tracking across both fiscal years.

Staff discussed shore services funded through the ADRC (for example, Straight Edge Carpentry providing mowing and snow removal) and noted some other operational charges such as vehicle tires, Tai Chi class reimbursements shared with neighboring counties, and drug-testing charges tied to public assistance renewals performed by a contracted provider (Gundersen Health Systems).

No formal vote to approve contracts or amendments was recorded in the transcript during the informational review; staff said some contracts were given signature authority to be executed administratively.