Adams County commissioners approve airport lease and human-services contracts for kinship assessments and youth intervention

Adams County commissioners on Tuesday approved three separate resolutions to renew or award county agreements: a five-year lease with Front Range Flight School at the Colorado Air and Space Port and two human-services contracts with Clarvita (Maple Star) to provide safe-home studies and youth intervention services.

Jeff Kloska, director of the Colorado Air and Space Port, told the board Front Range Flight School has operated at the port for just over five years with approximately six aircraft and asked the county to renew a lease for office space on the south side of the FBO hangar. The lease will run through August 2030. The board voted 5-0 to approve the five-year renewal.

Carrie Daggett, division director for Child, Adult and Family Services at Adams County Department of Human Services, presented two contract requests for Clarvita (Maple Star). The first contract authorizes up to $300,000 in year one and an optional $300,000 in year two (total $600,000) to perform structured analysis family evaluations, also called safe-home studies, and kinship assessments. Daggett said safe-home studies are required by child-welfare rules and ensure placements meet state and local legal requirements.

The second Clarvita contract authorizes $200,000 in year one with an option for $200,000 in year two (total $400,000) to fund youth intervention services for children ages 12 to 18 with an open child-welfare assessment and at risk of deeper system involvement. Daggett said services include crisis intervention, substance-use education and counseling, mental-health treatment, school-based support and community-based interventions intended to stabilize families and divert youth from deeper child-welfare involvement.

Daggett told the board Clarvita has provided home studies and youth intervention services to the county since February 2019 and was selected through a request-for-application process in April 2025. She said both contracts will be funded from the county's child-welfare block allocation; commissioners confirmed the amounts were previously budgeted.

Each of the three items passed on unanimous 5-0 votes. The board instructed county staff to execute the agreements and continue oversight of contract performance.

Notes: Lease begins immediately (September 2025 meeting authorization) and Clarvita contracts start July 2025 for the two-year period specified in the presentation.