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Chester County approves several contracts and grants covering children, coroner services, court counsel and workforce programs
Summary
During the Feb. 4 meeting the board approved routine contracts and grant items: a $50,000 guardian ad litem contract for CYF, a $35,000 coroner forensic DNA testing contract for 2026, two court-administration counsel contracts ($46,800 each), Drug & Alcohol rate amendments (no county cost), multiple emergency-services grants and workforce and WIC-related grants.
The Chester County Board of Commissioners approved a package of routine contracts and grants on Feb. 4 covering legal services for children, coroner testing, court counsel, substance-use services and workforce supports.
Eve Large, director of Children, Youth & Families, presented a contract with Sherbakova Law for guardian ad litem legal services in juvenile dependency matters. Large said the contract is for $50,000 with a term beginning Jan. 1, 2026 and running through June 30, 2026. The coroner’s office presented a forensic DNA-testing contract for calendar-year 2026 in the amount of $35,000. Court Administration presented two legal-counsel contracts (Shelley Chauncey and Luongo Bellwar LLP), each for $46,800 covering Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026.
Drug & Alcohol Deputy Director Key Kinsley said the department has four rate-setting amendments tied to state processes; Kinsley said the changes carry no additional county cost and apply to non-hospital rehab providers. Emergency Services reported three grants from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to support hazardous-materials safety work, radiological emergency-response capabilities (Act 147 obligations) and GIS/maintenance needs; terms and amounts were provided by staff and presented for approval. Public Health Director Jean Franklin presented a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) farmers-market voucher grant of $6,750 to support vouchers for program participants. Jeanette Roman, director for Workforce Development, presented a Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry grant of $299,333.05 (term July 1, 2025–June 30, 2027) to support temporary assistance and youth programming.
After presentations the board voted by voice to approve the contracts and grants as presented; no commissioner requested individual items be pulled from the consent or grants lists. Several items referenced standard procurement and state grant terms; commissioners asked no substantive follow-ups on individual contract performance at the meeting.
