Clarion County, Pennsylvania Selects Service Access & Management Inc., to Provide County Human Services

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services On May 12, 2009, County Commissioners in Clarion, Pennsylvania, voted to approve a proposal submitted by Service Access & Management Inc. (SAM) to privatize the county’s human services. The commissioners approved a three-year contract with SAM. On July 1, 2009, SAM will take over operational components of the Clarion County mental health (MH), mental retardation (MR), and drug and alcohol (DA) program. Under the terms of the proposal, SAM will hire the county’s current front-line human service employees who provide case management, crisis intervention, mental health . . .