Introduction Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish will soon propose his third budget, the first of his second term. The 2020-2021 budget will prominently influence the future of the relatively young county government. The budget will bring a number of financial challenges. This post will briefly review the county budget process, what budget factors are known...
Category: County Budget
July 8, 2019
Understanding the Cuyahoga County levy calendar
Cuyahoga County will face several major public policy decisions in the near future. In this post, we will share an updated snapshot of levies currently in place in Cuyahoga County, as well as discuss how much the levies cost and how money is allocated. The Center for Community Solutions hopes that this piece will serve...
June 14, 2019
Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee Awards Workforce Development Contracts
The Cuyahoga County Council Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) Committee heard a workforce development Request for Proposal (RFP) award for contracts with two agencies: the first to Maximus, a national workforce development entity with a local presence in Cleveland, for an award of $2,606,193.96, the other to The Centers for Families and Children for...
June 10, 2019
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Greater Cleveland Foodbank present to county committee
The May 22 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Council Health, Human Services and Aging (HHSA) Committee heard a workforce development Request For Proposal (RFP) award for contracts with two agencies and two presentations from community organizations: The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center and The Greater Cleveland Foodbank. The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center The first presentation was...
April 22, 2019
Emergency assistance services contract focus of county health, human services and aging committee
The April 17 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging committee consisted primarily of a discussion about a resolution to extend the master contract for emergency assistance services through Cuyahoga County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Currently, the contract is set to expire at the end of April 2019. The...
March 11, 2019
Family health, homeless services contracts focus of Cuyahoga County HHSA Meeting
The March 6 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging committee met to consider one contract related to family health, and another for homeless services. Bob Math, from the Cuyahoga County Department of Health and Human Services spoke on behalf of the Division of Child and Family Services. He requested approval for...
March 4, 2019
MetroHealth Receives Health Care Contract for Kids in Cuyahoga County Custody
The February 20 meeting of the Cuyahoga County Health, Human Services and Aging Committee featured the approval of one contract, totaling $850,000, which covers the health care needs of children who are in the custody of the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). The contract lasts for one year, from January 1 to December...
December 17, 2018
Cuyahoga County Health and Human Services and Aging Committee approves one-year contract extensions
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...
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...