Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Social Services presents shelter funding issue and foster-care outreach; contingent fund request withdrawn for later review
Summary
The Department of Social Services described hotel-based temporary shelter costs and a contingent fund request that the committee did not act on; the department also reviewed child-welfare outreach and placement numbers and preventive programs aimed at keeping children in their homes.
Tompkins County Department of Social Services (DSS) presented two related items on June 18: a contingent-fund request to cover start-up and security costs for a hotel-based temporary shelter, and a program report on foster care, preventive services and community engagement.
Shelter funding: DSS staff described initial costs tied to contracting a hotel for temporary shelter and ongoing on-site security costs. Kate (Department of Social Services) said an early period of hotel occupancy could not be claimed as an administrative expense under state reimbursement rules, and that the department therefore sought additional contingent-fund spending authority to pay vendor and startup costs. DSS indicated some operating costs would later be offset by client shelter payments and, if certified by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), by the state's shelter daily-rate reimbursements after the county obtains an operating certificate.
Committee action and outcome: The department asked the committee for a…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
