The November 20 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) Committee was comprehensive due to a number of health and human services contracts that expired at the end of the year and needed to approval for an extension. Part one of this blog focuses on contracts that are not related to...
Category: County Budget
December 17, 2018
Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee reviews homeless contracts
The Center for Community Solutions wrote two blogs about the November 20 meeting of the Health, Human Services and Aging Committee. This is part two that focuses exclusively on HHSA contracts related to the Office of Homeless Services. Part one focused on other contracts the committee considered. For part one, please click here. Ruth Gillette...
November 27, 2018
Education, Adult Guardianship topics of Cuyahoga County meeting
The Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) Committee met for the first time since July on October 31. The meeting was chaired by Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, and featured a contract extension for adult guardianship and a PowerPoint presentation from the Cuyahoga County Department of Developmental Disabilities. In an unusual move, the HHSA committee...
May 14, 2018
Drug Discount Program, Child Abuse Prevention Focus of Presentations at County HHSA Committee
The May 2, 2018 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) committee featured two presentations, one, about a federal prescription drug discount program, the other, about the Great Lakes Regional Prevention Council. The 340B program is used locally to reduce prescription drug prices for medications given to those in the county...
April 16, 2018
County Executive Delivers State of the County, Answers Question from the Community
On Wednesday, County Executive Armond Budish delivered his fourth State of the County address, to a packed room at the Cleveland Convention Center. In his 50 minutes of remarks, Budish was able to highlight several important strategic victories for his administration, including increased enrollment due to the expansion of universal pre-kindergarten, expanding workforce development in...
April 4, 2018
Spending approved by HHSA Committee for organizations that serve youth and families
The Cuyahoga County Health and Human Service and Aging Committee awarded nine contracts to organizations that do work related to youth and the foster care system at their March 21 meeting. Bob Math, who represented the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) testified in front of the committee. Twelve organizations responded to a Request...
March 19, 2018
School Health Program Featured Prominently in March Cuyahoga County HHS and Aging Committee meeting
The March 7, 2018 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Council Health, Human Services and Aging Committee featured a presentation about the School Health Program (SHP), from two MetroHealth system employees, Katie Davis, SHP Director, and Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager, senior advisor and participating physician in the program. The SHP is a partnership between MetroHealth and the...
March 1, 2018
County Health and Human Services Levy Headlines HHSA County Committee Meeting
At the January 17 meeting of the Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) Committee of the Cuyahoga County Council, the first of 2018, the committee welcomed its newest member, Michael Houser. The HHSA Committee is now comprised of Chair, Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, Vice Chair, Councilman Michael Houser, Councilwoman Nan Baker, Councilman Dale Miller and Councilwoman...
December 22, 2017
Provider Contracts Dominate Final County Council HHSA Committee Meetings
The November 16, 2017, meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging Committee featured a list of contracts that were before the committee, as the county authorized and re-authorized contracts to begin in 2018. The testimony opened with Director Bernadette Kerrigan of First Year Cleveland and Matt Carroll, Chief Economic Opportunity and Growth...
November 6, 2017
County Council HHSA Committee hears testimony on topics of Child Support and an update from Board of Developmental Disabilities
The Cuyahoga County Council Health and Human Services and Aging (HHSA) committee heard testimony on two very important issues at the November 1, 2017, meeting. The Office of Child Support Services testified first, with Director Deborah Watkins requesting an approval of a $660,245 contract with Hyland Software. The contract would allow the agency to continue...