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Moyer asked commissioners to approve a renewal of the Avanco/EVango (case-management) contract for FY2025–26 for $44,685.37 to continue the department’s primary client and case documentation system. She also asked for approval of a fiscal consulting contract with Commuter Computer Aid Inc. (CAI) to provide training and process redesign for fiscal staff at a rate of $115 per hour, capped at 400 hours and a total not to exceed $46,000; Moyer said the consultant will train staff to break up job duties and improve invoicing workflows.

Both contracts were approved by voice vote after a motion and second. Moyer then presented the department’s third-quarter invoices for the current fiscal year and asked the board to approve payment. The dollar total for the third-quarter invoices was read during the meeting; the transcript reflects the request and the board approved the invoices by voice vote.

The administrator told commissioners that CAI has provided deeper training than previous firms and that prior consultants assisted the department with catching up quarterly invoicing; the new contract is intended to build staff capacity so invoicing and state reimbursements stay current.

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Deputy director of juvenile probation (name not specified in the record) explained the county previously had one contracted bed in Morgantown (about a 45-minute drive) and one in Cambria County (about a three-hour drive). Regional bed shortages, the deputy director said, left children who should have been detained in 2024 at home on house arrest or in nonsecure shelters for a combined 382 days because no secure beds were available.

The department requested that both contracted beds be moved to the Morgantown facility and that the county maintain a standing contract with the Cambria County facility as backup. The per-diem rate for the Morgantown facility was presented as $800 per day for FY2025–26; the department said that rate is about $30 below the state maximum allowable cost and follows recent staffing- and security-related rate increases the facility implemented.

The department emphasized the beds are crucial for public safety and recidivism prevention, especially for the highest-risk youth: “We were able to determine that 20 percent of the youth that we had on supervision in 2024 were categorized as either serious, violent or chronic offender,” the deputy director said.

Commissioners voted to approve the request for the two contracted beds at the Morgantown facility; the county will keep the Cambria County contract active as an option if beds are needed and available there. Meeting minutes show approval by voice vote.

The department noted that even with the change the county may still face shortages on days with multiple detention needs; staff said the county will continue regional coordination and triage to manage those periods.

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Deputy director Sue (last name not specified in record) told the board the new budget represents a $112,435 (about 4.4%) increase over FY2024–25. She said the increase is largely driven by opioid settlement funding that will provide up to $455,000 this year to support three ongoing programs: MAT maintenance at the county jail (budgeted at $100,000), a part-time correctional officer to help administer MAT, and a dedicated adult probation position budgeted at $90,000.

In addition, the commission plans to use second-wave opioid settlement funds to start new initiatives including a $25,000-per-year outreach contract with the RAISE project, a MAT induction program budgeted at $150,000 per year for the next 13 years to initiate medications during incarceration, and a $60,000 annual prevention specialist contract with CompassMark to sustain school-based prevention work.

Officials said prevention-contract funding from other sources has been flat for many years; the commission reduced some prevention contract amounts this year to reflect only the funds that are certain at budgeting time. The commission also reported a decline in available state grant funding for crisis intervention and said those intervention dollars were reduced from prior years.

The commission’s presentation noted the end of a five-year grant agreement with the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) on June 30 and that a new five-year agreement is under legal review with a proposed start date of Jan. 1, 2026. Commissioners were told that no new FY2025–26 contracts would be presented until the new grant agreement is finalized, and that current provider rates were extended for six months.

The deputy director also reported three overdose deaths in the first quarter of 2025; she said the office is awaiting second-quarter data.

Commissioners approved the FY2025–26 budget by voice vote. The commission did not request additional county general-fund support for the coming year and said most revenue in the budget is federal. Commissioners asked staff to continue monitoring provider needs and settlement-fund availability and to return with contract details once the new state grant language is finalized.

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The agency presented a suite of contracts totaling $6,361,597 — an increase of $535,975 from the prior year — covering mental health, intellectual disability and early intervention services. Holly Leahy, administrator for mental health, intellectual disabilities and early intervention, told commissioners these contracts include a larger crisis-intervention contract with WellSpan Philhaven and a new contract with Mental Health America of Lancaster for advocacy services.

Leahy said agency-funded expenses are projected at $9,084,501 while revenues are projected at $8,318,479, leaving an agency-wide shortfall. The MHID/ID projected deficit is $766,023; when combined with the county match requirement of $363,736 the total shortfall the agency is tracking is $1,129,759. To cover the immediate shortfall and the required match, the agency asked the board to continue the $600,000 contribution it has received in recent years.

Leahy emphasized that part of the revenue change reflects one-time HealthChoices reinvestment funds and other temporary sources. “These funds are not permanent,” she said, adding county officials should expect fewer HealthChoices dollars in future years and that the agency is “truly struggling” to fully fund crisis intervention from state and federal sources.

Commissioners discussed state-level funding prospects. Leahy noted Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed 2026 state budget includes $20 million statewide for mental-health funding; she said that level of state support would substantially reduce the county’s gap but would likely not erase long-term funding pressures. Leahy projected that without continued one-time revenue the agency’s deficit could grow to about $1.9 million in a subsequent year.

The board moved and approved the FY2025–26 service contracts and the agency budget as presented, including the $600,000 county contribution. Commissioners asked the agency to continue searching for savings while preserving mandated services and warned that provider closures would be a serious risk if cuts are deep.

Leahy and fiscal director Sue Douglas told the board they will continue to monitor utilization, adjust provider units based on historical usage, and bring further proposals if the state budget outcome changes. The board’s approval was recorded by voice vote without roll-call tallies.

The action keeps current provider rates and service availability in place for the coming year while formalizing the county’s budget support and the agency’s plan to manage a combination of recurring and one-time revenues.

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