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Adams County approves two human‑services contracts totaling $1.35 million for youth and family services
Summary
The commissioners unanimously approved a three‑year $750,000 agreement with 3C Parent Connections and a three‑year $600,000 agreement with SOAR for mentoring, life‑skills, family‑time, home‑based services and youth mental‑health programming including animal‑assisted therapy.
The Adams County Board of Commissioners voted 5‑0 to approve two multi‑year contracts recommended by Human Services Director Katie McDougall.
McDougall told the board the county seeks three‑year agreements to expand life‑skills, mentoring and family‑support services in the community. The first contract is with 3C Parent Connections for $250,000 per year (three years, $750,000 total) to deliver child mentoring, life skills, family time and home‑based services to support caregivers with behavior modification, attachment and parenting skills. McDougall said this is a new contract for the county.
The second contract is with Seeing Our Adolescents RISE (SOAR) for $200,000 per year (three years, $600,000 total) to provide life‑skills programming, mental‑health services including animal‑assisted therapy, and youth intervention services for children ages 7–18. McDougall said SOAR will provide modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy, and that the county already contracts with other providers who deliver CBT.
Commissioners asked whether these are new providers (both presenters said yes) and how the contracts fit into the county’s broader portfolio; McDougall said the county’s approach is to expand the portfolio so services are available to more children and families. Commissioner Mollica noted the county will monitor contractor performance as part of future renewal decisions.
Both resolutions carried 5‑0. Staff said the contracts will be administered through the Department of Human Services and returned to the board for any required future budget or program reporting.
