Committee questions $40,000 invoicing from behavioral-health vendor providing jail counseling

Committee member (S7) flagged accounts-payable activity for McCullough Vargas (referred to as MVA) behavioral-health services, noting total invoicing for the year was about $40,000 and asking what service the vendor provides to the jail. Staff and the sheriff's office representative explained the vendor's billing had lagged and that the meeting with the vendor aimed to reconcile grant-related invoicing.

Staff member (S2) described the program as substance-use-disorder counseling for people housed in the jail and said under new opioid funding the vendor will help with warm handoffs into community care when people are released. The committee did not take further formal action; the exchange focused on clarifying the service and the grant-funded billing catch-up.