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Crawford County Human Services seeks approval for consultant MOU and multiple provider contracts
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County Human Services requested approval Sept. 3 for a one-year consultant memorandum, changes to behavioral health administrative funding, and a slate of FY2025–26 residential and mental-health contracts, officials said.
Crawford County Human Services requested that the county commissioners approve a memorandum of understanding with consultant Dennis Marceli and a series of residential and mental-health contracts for fiscal year 2025–26 during the commission report session Sept. 3.
The MOU with consultant Dennis Marceli would run from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, carry a maximum cost of $15,000 and, according to county staff, would be paid from crisis grant funding with no county general-fund cost.
Sue, a Human Services representative, asked commissioners to approve a modification to the administrative services agreement with Northwest Behavioral Health Partnership that would allow the partnership to release the county’s total yearly administrative funding early if the county needs it for budgetary constraints. County staff described the change as a contingency measure tied to uncertainty in state funding.
Staff also presented multiple FY2025–26 provider contracts and requested approvals, including: a residential-detention and therapeutic-residence contract with George Junior Republic in Pennsylvania for adolescent complex cases; a residential and shelter-care contract with Clock Tower Schools; and a mental-health contract with Hand in Hand Mental Health Services covering the Prospect Street home, the challenge center psych-rehabilitation program and the SEED program. Staff said the Hand in Hand contract needed ratification.
A revised FY2025–26 contract with the Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission was presented with an 11/30/2025 end date. County staff said Mercer County would not sign a full-year contract because of a pending separation of crisis services and a related request for proposals; all other contract language and total crisis-service funding remain unchanged from the original fiscal-year contract.
Sue additionally listed ongoing contracts and professional service agreements to be approved at the same rates as the prior year: MHID and early intervention (EI) contracts; Erie Homes for Children and Adults for in‑home and community supports; the Care Center for long-term structured residential services; and professional evaluator and therapy contracts with Alferi Pediatric Physical Therapy, Maria Ivan Norman and Sonia Ekstrom.
No formal vote was recorded in the meeting transcript; staff presented the items and requested approval.
The county official presenting the items said the MOU would be funded with crisis grant dollars and emphasized the administrative-modification option was to manage possible shortfalls if state funding is delayed or reduced.
