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Board signs agreements for juvenile treatment services, refers large intergovernmental agreements to budget session
Summary
The board authorized contracts for local juvenile treatment and mental-health services and moved two larger intergovernmental agreements (DHS and Oregon Youth Authority) to the budget-session for additional review because of their multi-year duration and dollar amounts.
Josephine County approved a set of contracts to support juvenile treatment and mental-health services and set separate IGA items for further review at the county’s budget-session.
Contracts approved on consent The board authorized the county director to execute a contract with Grants Pass Treatment Center to provide treatment services for participants in a family-treatment program (the meeting packet listed total payments of $13,505). Commissioners voted to authorize execution of the contract on the record (roll-call recorded as Smith — yes; Barnett — yes; Black — yes).
Separately, the board approved an amendment (Amendment No. 2) to a contract with Minds in Motion to provide on-site mental-health services for youth in custody. The amendment sets compensation at $100 per hour and a not-to-exceed total of $48,000 over two years; the board approved that amendment on the record (roll-call recorded as Smith — yes; Barnett — yes; Black — yes). Staff said the vendor provides face-to-face assessments, on-call crisis work and routine counseling for youth in the juvenile facility.
Larger intergovernmental agreements referred to budget-session Two larger intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) were discussed and moved to the county’s WBS (budget-session) for additional review because of their duration and dollar amounts: - Oregon Department of Human Services IGA to allow referrals into the county’s residential BRS program (transcript citation: not to exceed $884,406.67). Staff said referrals have been infrequent historically but want the agreement in place should DHS refer youth. - Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) IGA to allow referrals into a 30-day extended-detention program run by the county; staff described it as a lower-cost alternative to state placement and said the IGA would be for two years not to exceed $401,545.
Why it matters The contracts and IGAs fund local treatment and diversion programming that can reduce out-of-home placements for youth and provide crisis mental-health intervention. Commissioners agreed the multi-year IGAs and their dollar amounts merited additional staff presentation at the WBS before final approval.
