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Community partners urge county to fund and free up space for non‑Medicaid programs
Summary
Community organizations and committee members asked the County Board to recognize and support community partners that are not Medicaid vendors, seeking funding, flexible county space, and inclusion in budget priorities to expand services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Several community partners and committee members urged the county to recognize and support organizations that provide services outside the Medicaid vendor model, saying those groups need funding and access to space to expand programming.
"These are community based organizations that are not receiving public funding who are serving this community," the chair said, stressing that county leaders should know community partners supplement DHS services. Members called for concise language and a statement to present to the County Board and discussed seeking staff help to estimate the operational cost of opening satellite programs at community integration sites.
Speakers emphasized that supports should include both traditional licensed programs and non‑Medicaid community partners, and that creative use of county‑owned space (community centers, pools) could expand programming without large new headcount. The committee agreed to prepare a brief for the Board and to request staff analysis of likely operational costs for proposed satellite programs.
