REQUEST FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Description (e.g., Contract Authorization for Information Services):
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Authorization to accept grant funding from New York State Office for Aging for Congregate Services Initiative (CSI)
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Date: 7/28/2025
Department: Aging
Attending Meeting: Deborah C. Riitano, Commissioner
Submitted By: Patrick Dillon
Title: Contract Administrator
Phone: 518 447 7733
Purpose of Request: Contract Authorization Grant Acceptance
CONTRACT TERMS/CONDITIONS:
Party Names and Addresses:
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Term: (Start/end date or duration) 4/1/2025 - 3/31/2026
Amount/Raise Schedule/Fee: 8466.67
BUDGET INFORMATION:
Is there a Fiscal Impact: Yes ☒ No ☐
Anticipated in Budget: Yes ☒ No ☐
Spreadsheet attached: Yes ☐ No ☒
Source of Funding - (Percentages)
Federal: 0 County: 25%
State: 75% Local: 0
County Budget Accounts:
Revenue Account and Line: A6772.03785
Revenue Amount: 6350.00
Appropriation Account and Line: 44046
Appropriation Amount: 8466.67
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Mandated Program/Service: Yes ☐ No ☒
If Mandated, Cite Authority: Enter text.
Request for Bids / Proposals:
Competitive Bidding Exempt: Yes ☐ No ☒
# of Response(s): Enter text.
# of MWBE: Enter text.
# of Veteran Business: Enter text.
Bond Resolution No.: Enter text.
Apprenticeship Program Yes ☐ No ☒
Previous requests for Identical or Similar Action:
Resolution/Law Number and Date: No. 546, 9/9/24
DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: (state briefly why legislative action is requested)
The Department for Aging is requesting the Legislature’s approval for the following; To accept the Congregate Services Initiative (CSI) grant from the New York State Office for Aging. This grant funding allows the ACDFA to provide beneficial congregate services initiatives for our older adults attending congregate meal sites in Albany County. The services provided respond to their diverse needs and interests, enhance their dignity, support their independence, and encourage their involvement in and with the community and which seek to prevent the well elderly from requiring more intensive services such as those provided under expanded non-medical in-home services and non-institutional respite service.
Grant funding is used to support a range of services supported by the CSI grant which include but are not limited to; information and assistance, transportation, socialization, education, and health and wellness activities as well as caregiver support for families. These service initiatives promote wellness and ensure that older adults do not face unnecessary isolation and deterioration.