RESOLUTION NO. 104
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING AND AN AGREEMENT REGARDING THE CHILD RIGHT: SAFE HARBOR INITIATIVE AND AMENDING THE 2021 DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES BUDGET
Introduced: 4/12/21
By Social Services Committee and Mr. A. Joyce:
WHEREAS, The Commissioner of the Department for Children, Youth and Families has requested authorization to enter into an agreement with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services in order to accept funding regarding the Child Right: Safe Harbor Initiative in the amount of $33,000 for a term commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021, and
WHEREAS, The Child Right: Safe Harbor Initiative focuses on establishing a framework to increase the identification of potential trafficking victims, creating capacity for services in local infrastructures, and to support direct services to those victims, and
WHEREAS, The Commissioner has also requested a budget amendment in order to incorporate the aforementioned funding, now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services in order to accept funding in the amount of $33,000 for the term commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the 2021 Department for Children, Youth and Families Budget is amended as follows:
Increase Revenue Account A3407 Child Advocacy Center by $33,000
Increase Appropriation Account A6119.1 by $28,080 by increasing Line Item
A6119 1 8580 Per Diem Therapies PT by $28,080
Increase Appropriation Account A6119.4 by $2,534 by increasing the following line items:
Increase Line Item A6119 4 4038 Travel/Mileage/Freight by $500
Increase Line Item A6119 4 4039 Conferences, Training, Tuition by $800
Increase Line Item A6119 4 4046 Fees for Services by $1,234
Increase Appropriation Account A6119.8 by $2,386 by increasing Line Item A6119 8 9010 Social Security by $2,386
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.