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The presentation summarized regional and county-specific programs, funding sources and service volumes and highlighted several developments the agency called critical to sustaining services. Catherine Dilley, chief executive officer of Midshore Behavioral Health, told the council, \"We are the regional core service agency and in a couple counties including yours, we support the local addictions authority role as well for the Midshore counties.\" Jay Howard, behavioral health coordinator, reviewed Dorchester-specific data and program activity.

Midshore listed multiple revenue sources, with a large share coming from federal grants and state funds. Staff said their crisis provider's mobile response is transitioning to Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement, a change the presenters said should help long-term viability but will require monitoring as federal and state funding priorities evolve. The organization said it is on the fourth installment of the state opioid response grant, which supports 12 substance-use crisis beds at the AF Wissett Center in Kent County and funds a six-person recovery house in Cambridge.

The presentation also described prevention and harm-reduction activities in Dorchester County: distribution of gun locks, deployment of Narcan vending machines and naloxone trainings. Midshore said it purchased four Narcan vending machines to be located across Dorchester County; each machine holds 200 doses and will be refilled by the Dorchester County Health Department as needed.

School-based services were a major emphasis. Midshore said that as a hub for the consortium on coordinated community supports it served more than 900 students in 10 Dorchester County public schools through March 2025, and that the county will remain a partner for FY26 programming. The presenters also noted regional planning and diversion work, including sequential intercept mapping, a coalition-based suicide-prevention effort and outreach tied to veterans and service members.

Presenters flagged sharp increases in housing instability in the Midshore region: Midshore's point-in-time count showed a 184% increase in total persons compared with 2024, with shelter counts up 175% and unsheltered counts up 150% across the five-county region. Jay Howard attributed the increases to broader regional trends and said Midshore is directing resources to outreach, rapid rehousing and a new \"Defeat the Heat\" cooling-station initiative for summer months.

Council members voted, by voice vote, to accept and sign the annual letter of agreement for FY26. County staff and Midshore representatives noted that final award letters for some federal and state grants were still pending; Midshore said its FY26 budget and some program details remain subject to those awards.

Council members and staff thanked Midshore staff for the report and for local partnerships, and the council formalized the FY26 letter of agreement by motion and voice vote.

The council took no further substantive action on program details beyond approving the letter of agreement; presenters left open follow-up on funding confirmations and additional school- or community-level presentations requested by local officials.

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Key outcomes:

- The council approved the consent agenda, including a correction clarifying that an airport item under consent was a grant award rather than a grant submission.

- The council approved a request from Duke True on behalf of Willis Johnson/Chesapeake Bay Dogs to use the open area between the parking lot and the basketball court at Christ Rock Park on a date in August 2025, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. (certificate of insurance to be provided prior to the event).

- The council approved awarding the bid for sports lighting at the School Street complex (three multipurpose athletic fields) to the lowest bidder. The contract amount recorded in the transcript is $674,134 and the bidder name is listed as Bridal Services Inc. County staff indicated an installation timeline of about 8–10 weeks with construction targeted for spring.

- The council approved Addendum No. 4 to a Cabin Creek Road construction agreement for Cabin Creek LLC, a change that excludes remaining lots in the subdivision from a sales prohibition until required road construction is complete. County staff noted that occupancy and construction permits cannot be obtained until roads are completed, inspected and approved.

- The council accepted the Dorchester County Public Schools FY26 categorical budget and executed the FY26 annual budget certification statement based on the county's FY26 budget allocation; the county's operating allocation was described as roughly $26,000,000 and capital expenses were listed as $0 in the submitted categorical budget after the Board of Education revised the item that originally included a $590,000 capital request (that capital item was removed by the board prior to county acceptance).

- The council approved a combined list of legislative initiatives to send to MACo (Maryland Association of Counties) for consideration for the 2026 General Assembly session. The council asked MACo to consider up to four primary issues for focused advocacy; the combined list included items such as pausing or suspending portions of the state's renewable-energy blueprint to allow counties to catch up financially, reconsidering solar preemption, improving transportation and drainage infrastructure, and battery storage safety and decommissioning concerns. Council members also asked that continued juvenile-justice reforms be added to the list.

All motions were adopted by voice vote; the transcript records unanimous \"ayes have it\" outcomes but does not provide numeric roll-call results.

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Dorchester council hears Midshore Behavioral Health annual report and approves FY26 letter of agreement

Votes at a glance: Dorchester County Council actions June 17, 2025