File #: 21-203    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/24/2021 In control: Social Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/12/2021
Title: AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING AND AMENDING THE 2021 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES BUDGET
Sponsors: Social Services Committee
Attachments: 1. Cover Letter Emergency Rental Assistance Admin reimbursement.pdf, 2. 2508 RLA Form, 3. NYS OTDA Approval letter.pdf, 4. Budget Worksheet.xls, 5. Resolution 22 Adopted 2.8.21.pdf, 6. Resolution 148 Adopted 5-10-21.pdf, 7. 21-203 SS 3 - TMP 2508 - Authorizing_Acceptance_of_Grant_Funding_and_Agreement_OTDA_Administration_of_ERAP

RESOLUTION NO. 203

 

AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING AND AMENDING THE 2021 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES BUDGET

 

                     Introduced:  7/12/21

By Social Services Committee:

 

WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 148 for 2021, this Honorable Body authorized an agreement with New York State Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (OTDA) regarding the administration of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) in the amount of $9,061,754 for a term commencing January 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022, and

 

WHEREAS, As a condition of the aforementioned intergovernmental agreement with OTDA, all federally allocated funding regarding the ERAP was transferred from Albany County to OTDA for the administration of the program, and

 

WHEREAS, OTDA has set aside 10% of the funds in the amount of $906,176 to be granted to the County for the purposes of planning, monitoring, and implementing outreach and the provision of application assistance to local residents to ensure that sufficient approvable applications are received by OTDA, and

 

WHEREAS, The Commissioner has also indicated that a budget amendment is necessary to incorporate the aforementioned grant funding into the 2021 Department of Social Services budget, now, therefore be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to accept grant funding regarding the administration of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program in the amount of $906,176 for the term commencing January 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature, that the 2021 Department of Social Services Budget is amended as follows:

 

                     Increase Revenue Account A4612 Emergency Rental Assistance Prog. by $906,176

 

Increase Appropriation Account A6010.4 by $906,176 by increasing Line Item A6010 4 4086 Emergency Rental Assistance Prog. by $906,176

 

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.