Committee forwards contract amendments for two residential providers to county board
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Summary
The Richland County Health and Human Services Committee on Sept. 4 voted to send to the county board proposed contract increases for Bakari Residential and adjustments for Roots Residential to cover recent and potential youth placements.
The Richland County Health and Human Services Committee on Sept. 4 voted to forward a resolution to the county board that would increase a contract cap for Bakari Residential and adjust the Roots Residential agreement to cover recent placement costs.
HHS staff member Britney said the county previously had a youth in care at Bakari Residential and that the placement exceeded the existing contract limit. "We are just requesting the increase to 125,000," Britney said. She added there is no one currently placed at Bakari but the change is being requested in case another placement is necessary.
Committee members also discussed Roots Residential, a CCS provider the staff identified as located in Racine, Wisconsin (the paperwork mistakenly listed Madison). Staff said the county currently has two to three individuals in Roots under the CCS program and that a recent short-term respite placement caused the contract to exceed its budgeted amount.
The committee chair moved the resolution to send the provider contract amendments to the county board for final approval; members voted to forward the item. The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the meeting transcript.
Why it matters: changes to provider contract caps affect how HHS can place youth quickly when court-ordered placements are required and how the department manages placement fund balances.
The county board will consider the increase and contract adjustments at a subsequent meeting.