Mental health contracts renewed

Funding comes from federal and state sources.
By MARY GRZEBIENIAK
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
MERCER, Pa. -- County commissioners have renewed $8.36 million worth of provider contracts for fiscal year 2006-07 with a group of providers for Mercer County Mental Health/Retardation.
They also signed $222,500 worth of contracts with providers of early intervention services, which include occupational, physical and speech therapy and other instruction.
Money for the programs comes from the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Retardation, Pennsylvania Office of Social Programs and federal sources.
Amounts
Providers and their contract maximums for services for the mentally retarded as well as family-directed support services for the year are:
Allegheny Valley Schools, Coraopolis, $18,542.
Alternative Options, Jamestown, $66,809.
Betty Bacich, West Middlesex, home and community habilitation and respite in-home care, $8,535.
Community Counseling Center, Hermitage, $19,500.
Diversified Family Services, Hermitage. $1.83 million.
Fayette Resources, Inc., Lemont Furnace, Pa., $88,657.
Marsha Fioramonti, Hermitage, $10,760.
John Frazier, Masury, Ohio, $16,740.
JoAnne Kroner, Transfer, $8,460.
Sara Jungbluth, Fredonia, $6,000.
Susan Lanigan, Greenville, $6,500.
Connie Lee, Jackson Center, $4,000.
MCAR, Hermitage, $4.63 million.
Arlene McCartney, Sharon, $7,400.
Tammie Moore, Sharon, $2,840.
Karen Morris, Hermitage, $1,500.
Michelle Myers, Greenville, $5,250.
William Schreckengost, Mercer, $7,680.
LaRue Steen, Hermitage, $7,200.
Valley Community Service, Mount Pleasant, $189,938.
Verland, CLA, Sewickley, $943,678.
Whole Life Services Inc., Sharon, $601,270.
Contracts for speech, occupational and physical therapy and other instructional services will be signed. Providers and their contract maximums are:
Cindy Berlin, $22,300.
Jennifer Bitner, $3,000.
Adam Brooks, $42,300.
Gail Donaldson, $3,000.
Mandy Fry, $36,300.
Nichole Frost, $16,000.
Marianne McCreight, $18,900.
Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV, $4,000.
Patricia Prokay, $10,500.
Jodi Rosenau, $29,000.
Gina Shongo, $6,200.
Sharon Regional Health System BHS, $4,000.
Erin Wojtanoski, $14,000.
George Yute, $13,000.
All contracts are renewals from the last fiscal year except for George Yute's, which is new, said Katherine Main, MH/MR administrator. She added the cost for services has also remained the same for the coming year.