RESOLUTION NO. 249
AMENDING THE 2020 DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES BUDGET: SECURE DETENTION FACILITY
Introduced: 8/10/20
By Social Services Committee:
WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 472 for 2019, this Honorable Body authorized a lease agreement with the Capital District Youth Center, Inc. (CDYCI) regarding the regional juvenile detention facility for a term commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2024, and
WHEREAS, Due to New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) amended billing and process procedures in regards to secure detention non-consortium placements, beginning in 2020, all non-consortium county usage must be billed to Albany County as the home county, with OCFS subsequently providing 100% reimbursement for those expenses to Albany County, and
WHEREAS, The Commissioner has indicated that an increase to its Secure Detention line is necessary to pay CDYCI for those non-consortium placements of court ordered Juvenile Delinquents and Juvenile Offenders from all four of the member Counties, and
WHEREAS, The Commissioner of the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) has requested authorization to amend the 2020 DCYF Budget by increasing its Secure Detention line in the amount of $2,276,993, now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the 2020 Department for Children, Youth and Families Budget is amended as follows:
Increase Revenue Account A3619 Foster Care by $2,276,993
Increase Appropriation Account A6119.4 by $2,276,993 by increasing line item A6119 4 4402 Secure Detention by $2,276,993
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.