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Blair County approves service agreements and contract increases for human-services providers
Summary
The board approved FY26–27 purchase-of-service agreements for children-and-youth placement providers and amended contracts for Hope Drop-In Center and NAMI Blair County to reallocate underspent block‑grant funds and support expanded programming and repairs.
On July 9 the Blair County Board of Commissioners approved multiple human-services contracts and amendments intended to maintain services and cover recent facility costs.
Children & Youth: The board approved FY 2026–27 purchase-of-service and HIPAA business associate agreements with placement providers Hoffman Homes, Family Services Inc., Alternative Living Solutions and Bethany Christian Services for the period July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. An agency representative described these providers as placement and foster-care organizations and said several contracts remain in the approval pipeline (an estimated 10–15 more).
Hope Drop-In Center: Social services staff proposed and the board approved a FY25–26 contract amendment to increase funding to Hope Drop-In Center (transfers of block-grant dollars cited; a maximum contract amount of $140,000 and an amendment line of $45,000 were discussed in the presentation). The Hope Drop-In director described building repairs (mold remediation, a 70-foot wall reframe and parking-lot replacement) that required roughly $70,000 in unplanned expenditures and reduced programming capacity. Staff said the county reallocated funds from underspent contracted providers within the human services block grant to avoid returning dollars to the state.
NAMI Blair County: Commissioners approved a contract amendment increasing NAMI's contract (presentation cited a maximum of $120,000 and an incremental $30,000 amendment). Amy Burns of NAMI described expanded services — including more support groups (from roughly six to 12 per month, four of them at the county prison), family programs, a local conference with nearly 250 registrants, and outreach in schools and libraries — and said NAMI's reach grew from about 658 people (2023) to 1,744 in the most recent reporting period.
The board approved each item by voice vote. Commissioners thanked provider staff and noted the county's flexible use of the human-services block grant to preserve local programming.
