Mercer OKs contracts for offices, services

None of the contracts increased more than 2.5
percent.

MERCER, Pa. — Mercer County commissioners were busy Thursday approving contracts for county offices that receive most of their money from state and federal funds.

The new state and federal budget years begins July 1.

Their agenda included renewing contracts for those who provide services to County Mental Health/Mental Retardation and Children and Youth Services. Contracts for Mental Health/Mental Retardation totaled $4,749,513.

MH/MR administrator Catherine Main said none of the contracts increased more than 2.5 percent.

Providers and their contract amounts are:

UAlternative Options, $76,165; Betty Bacich, $8,535; Bayada Nurses, $175,296; Diversified Family Services, $1,805,703; Family Transport Services Inc., $41,587; Fayette Resources Inc., $74,823; Marsha Fioramonti, $10,760; John Frazier, $18,300; Goodwill Industries, $42,394; Jane Grannison, $4,668; Joanne Kroner, $10,020; Susan Lanigan-Swem, $6,500; Connie Lee, $4,000; Arlene McCartney, $7,400; McGuire Memorial, $111,266; Tammie Moore, $2,840; Karen Morris, $1,530; Michelle Myers, $5,250; Passavant Memorial Homes, $457,604; Dr. Jose Santiago, $18,453; Schafer Farm, $1,440; William Schreckengost, $14,960; LaRue Steen, $11,119; Training Toward Self-Reliance, $153,373; Valley Community Service, $193,641; Verland CLA, $803,509; Whole Life Services Inc., $686,314; Cindy Berlin, $23,000; Jennifer Bitner, $3,000; Adam Brooks, $40,400; Gail Donaldson, $3,000; Mandy Fry, $33,000; Nichole Frost, $24,500; Gina Harry, $3,500; Marianne McCreight, $15,000; Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV, $4,000; Next Step Therapy, $10,000; Patricia Prokay, $4,500; Jodi Rosenau, $36,500; Erin Wojtanoski, $9,000; and George Yute, $11,000.

The following service providers for Children and Youth Services will be used as necessary and their services vary in price:

UAllencrest Juvenile Detention Center, Beaver, Pa.; Beacon Light Behavioral Health Systems, Bradford, Pa.; Bethesda Children’s Home, Meadville, Pa.; Communications Center, Franklin, Pa.; Community Alternatives Inc., New Castle; Cornell Abraxas Group Inc., Pittsburgh; Craig Psychological Associates Inc., Seneca, Pa.; Cray Youth and Family Services, New Castle; Crossroads Group Homes and Services Inc., Farrell, Pa.; Diversified Family Services, Hermitage, Pa.; Gannondale, Erie, Pa.; Glade Run Lutheran Services, Zelienople, Pa.; Glen Mills Schools, Concordville, Pa.; Holy Family Social Services, Pittsburgh; 4JADD Inc., Venango, Pa.; Mars Home for Youth, Mars; Microbac Laboratories Inc., New Castle; Outside In School of Experiential Education Inc., Greensburg, Pa.; Pathways Adolescent Center, Oil City, Pa.; Pyramid Healthcare, Altoona, Pa.; Resolutions Inc., Meadville; and Sarah A. Reed Children’s Center, Erie.

For another year, the commissioners accepted a $165,681 grant from the State Department of Public Welfare for continuation of the Family Center Services program, an early intervention outreach services for children up to age 3.

They reinstated deputy sheriff Mark S. Fisher after a two-month suspension imposed after he was charged with driving under the influence in December 2006. Fisher, a 17-year veteran of the department, has been placed on Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, a program that allows him to undergo a period of supervision and have charges dismissed if he successfully completes it, court officials said.