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County adds preschool therapists to provider list and renews existing contracts at current rates
Summary
Public Health requested adding two named clinicians — Monica Stewart (occupational therapy) and Michelle Feldman (speech therapy) — and an agency to provide OT/PT/speech and 1:1 aides at the standard rate of $70 per session; the board approved adding the providers and renewing existing preschool contracts for 2026 with no rate increases.
Public Health staff (speaker 2) asked the board to add three preschool service contracts to the county list: Monica Stewart for occupational therapy, Michelle Feldman for speech therapy, and an agency to provide OT/PT/speech and one‑to‑one aide services. The staff member said the standard rate is $70 per session and $35 for a renewal group session.
"So for Monica Stewart, she would provide occupational therapy, and Michelle Feldman is speech therapist," the staff member said, noting that the county is adding them to the approved provider list with no rate increases. The board moved and approved adding the new providers.
The staff member also presented the remaining preschool provider contract renewals for 2026, again noting no increases; the board approved those renewals by voice vote. The transcript records the rates and the approvals but does not specify individual contract dollar totals beyond the per‑session rate.
