Allegany County's Human Services Committee voted to accept a five-year award from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services totaling $1,433,001.90 to support the county's Child Advocacy Center (CAC).

Commissioner Don Horan told the committee the award amounts to $288,006.38 per year for five years and will be used to cover parts of contracts, travel and operating costs for the CAC. "This is for the CAC, so we've already budgeted for this," Horan said.

Horan said the award will not require a budget adjustment in 2025 because the county had anticipated and budgeted for the funding. Committee members voted to accept the award during the meeting.

The committee did not discuss contract-level details in the public session; Horan said the department will include the funding in its coming-year budgets and apply the award to partial expenses for the child advocacy program.