Cuyahoga County’s Healthy Human Service and Aging Committee moved a resolution Dec. 3 to extend and add funding to the county’s fatherhood master services contract. Resolution R20250340 would extend the contract period through March 31, 2027 and add $971,812.50, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Marcos Cortez, representing the Department of Health and Human Services, told the committee the amendment is the first to the fatherhood master contract and ‘‘there are no changes to the scope or to the vendors.’’ He said the extension was requested to ensure invoices can be paid through the contracting transition.

Al Grimes, director of the Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative, described the program’s services — including job training, supervised visitation and hospital-based programs — and said the initiative serves a wide swath of the county. ‘‘We have a major initiative that serves 208 schools and 25,000 fathers,’’ Grimes said, emphasizing the program’s focus on keeping fathers engaged and improving outcomes for children.

Council members asked about measurable outcomes and how the additional funds would be used to meet goals. Grimes said each funded program includes goals and objectives — enrollments, placements and graduations for workforce programs, and set class counts for parenting curricula — and that evaluations attached to the contract amendments show performance against those objectives.

After questions and brief praise from council members for program work, Councilman Schlepper moved to advance R20250340 to the full council under second-reading suspension; Castleberry seconded and the committee approved the motion by voice vote.

The item will next appear before the full Cuyahoga County Council for consideration.