Commissioners review and approve multiple foster-care contracts and subgrant amendments

County administration presented a set of contracts for child and foster-care services for calendar year 2020 with individual not-to-exceed amounts and asked the commissioners to approve them. Contracts named included Midwestern Children's Home ($19,260), Utopia Beginnings LLC (not to exceed $648,240), Kelly Youth Services Inc. (amount formatting unclear in transcript), 2nd Chance Dayton Group Home LLC ($318,280) and additional providers with amounts listed in the packet.

Administration also presented three subgrant amendments: (1) a $30,000 increase to a Jobs Now-related subgrant (new not-to-exceed amount $82,805.36) effective through 09/30/2020; (2) an amendment to the Getting Ahead program with no change in contract amount ($97,663) and the same effective date; and (3) an amendment for Community Health Alliance reflecting scope revisions with no contract-amount change and a remaining amount reported as $13,737,591.90 for year three through 09/30/2020.

The commissioners asked limited clarifying questions and moved to approve the contracts and amendments as presented.