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Crawford County staff seek approval for multiple FY25‑26 human services contracts; MATP allocation announced
Summary
At the Sept. 17 work session, county Human Services staff asked commissioners to approve a slate of fiscal‑year 2025‑26 contracts for behavioral‑health and intellectual‑disability providers, to ratify several subscription and contract items for children’s services, and reported an initial MATP allocation of $864,396.
Human Services staff asked Crawford County commissioners at the Sept. 17 work session to approve multiple fiscal‑year 2025‑26 contracts with behavioral‑health and intellectual‑disability providers and to accept the county’s initial MATP allocation of $864,396.
The request covered a series of provider contracts that Human Services said are for the same services and rates as the prior fiscal year in most cases, plus subscription and administrative items used by county programs. Human Services staff described one contract as intended to reimburse a “boundary spanner” position that coordinates services between behavioral health and criminal justice systems and said the county recently expanded that coordination to include the county jail.
The county reported the Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP) initial allocation for FY25‑26 as $864,396. Human Services staff said that is lower than last year’s initial allocation and noted the reduction compared with the FY24‑25 figure reported in the packet. Staff also said the county is switching to a single standard professional contract per provider for grant‑funded programs to ensure consistency across required regulations.
Staff listed a range of providers for renewal or continuation of contracts, including Adelphi Village; Youth Advocate Programs; Community Rising Therapy; Next Steps Therapy; Northwest Bridal County, IU 5; PA Connecting Communities; Positive Steps Therapy; United Community Independence Programs; Therapy House; and multiple individual professional contractors and vendors. For respite services, staff said the hourly rate will increase to $34.36 per hour to match ODP rates effective July 1, 2024; other provider rates were described as unchanged from FY24‑25.
Human Services also requested ratification of a subscription for the county’s children’s‑interview‑center database (NCA Track), which staff said is a budgeted, grant‑funded item; and presented a needs‑based plan and budget amendment certification statement for the county children and youth program for FY24‑25.
The packet included other funding details and small vendor items for Human Services. Commissioners asked no follow‑up questions during the work session. Staff requested approval for the full set of contracts and allocations; no formal vote or tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.
The actions, if approved by the commissioners at a later public vote or during the next session, would maintain continuity of services for eligible individuals with mental‑health diagnoses or criminal‑justice involvement and continue grant‑funded program operations.
