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Committee advances $760,753 contract with Signature Health to expand adult drug court services
Summary
The committee voted to send to full council a resolution authorizing a contract of up to $760,753 with Signature Health to provide integrated case management and counseling for the county’s medication-assisted treatment (MAT) drug court under a SAMHSA grant. The contract term cited runs through Sept. 29, 2029.
The Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee voted to advance resolution 20250297 to the full council, authorizing a contract with Signature Health not to exceed $760,753 to expand case management and counseling services for the county’s adult drug court.
Megan Patton of the Corrections Planning Board told the committee the contract integrates case management and counseling directly on the drug court team under a SAMHSA grant. She said the MAT (medication-assisted treatment) court provides programming to 45 unduplicated participants each year who have an opioid disorder and that Signature Health staff would attend team meetings and hearings to provide clinical recommendations and continuity of care.
Patton described the arrangement as a new partnership that moves services from an external referral model to a single agency embedded on the drug court team. Case Western Reserve University will provide program evaluation.
Committee members asked about the contract term and procurement. Patton said the contract is a five-year agreement that runs to Sept. 29, 2029. She explained that the county identified Signature Health as a partner during the SAMHSA grant application process, which is why a competitive procurement exemption was requested. "In order to apply for a SAMHSA grant and be competitive, we typically identify partners at the beginning to include them in the grant application," she said.
The committee voted to move the resolution to the full council under suspension of the rules so the contract can proceed with the grant timeline.
Votes at committee: resolution 20250297 moved to full council (second reading); individual roll-call vote details were not recorded in the committee transcript.
