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County approves amendments to child-placement contracts; emergency placement capacity remains small
Summary
The board approved amendments to child-placement service contracts with several providers, which preserve emergency placement capacity; Job and Family Services reported only one child currently placed in the Nutter Center and said most contracts are for backup emergency use.
The Delaware County Board of Commissioners approved first- and second-amendment contracts for child-placement service providers to ensure emergency-placement capacity and continuity of care.
Jeff Saud of Delaware County Job and Family Services asked the board to approve amendments to agreements with providers including Lutheran Homes Society (doing business as Gena Cross Family and Youth Services), Anetco Inc., the Nutter Center for Empowering Women and the Bayer Foundation. Saud said the providers are primarily used for emergency placements and that "currently, we have 1 child placed at the Nutter Center." Commissioners asked about contract usage and noted most rate changes were minimal (mostly 0% changes, one at 5%). The board approved Resolution No. 26-607 by voice vote.
Saud said the contracts ensure the county has placement options when an immediate need arises and described them as a way to avoid scrambling to find placements. No further details about the per-contract dollar amounts were provided in the meeting record.
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