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Greene County committee amends child-and-family plan, authorizes NY Connects agreement and approves internship placement
Summary
The County Services Committee approved an amendment to Resolution 6.1-25 for the integrated county plan for child and family services, authorized an agreement for a NY Connects call‑center arrangement with Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium Inc., and approved a student internship placement agreement with Cascale Central School.
The Greene County County Services Committee voted to amend Resolution 6.1-25 of the Greene County integrated county plan for child and family services, authorized an agreement to share NY Connects services with Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium Inc., and approved a student internship placement agreement with Cascale Central School.
Committee members said the NY Connects arrangement is intended to strengthen a single phone gateway for people seeking information about health care, disability supports, Medicare and other benefits. "We only have one person that's really dedicated to it," said a Staff member from the Greene County Department of Human Services. "Seventy percent of our calls are going to them." The committee approved the agreement after the staff explanation.
The committee also voted to amend Resolution 6.1-25, described on the agenda as part of the Greene County integrated county plan for child and family services. Members voiced no recorded opposition during the roll-call-style confirmation prompts; the chair called for and received “Aye” votes on the motions.
On education partnerships, the committee authorized a student internship placement agreement between the Greene County Department of Human Services and Cascale Central School (listed on the agenda as a student internship placement agreement). That item was moved and approved with no recorded opposition.
After the votes, a committee member reported receipt of a thank-you letter from the Greene County Animal Alliance related to earlier county support and financial information; staff said the correspondence will be scanned and added to board records. Committee members also noted an upcoming veterans roundtable at the Carol Bethelvet office and encouraged attendance.
Documents and motions on the agenda identified the department and consortium by name; the committee did not record detailed budgetary figures, specific contract terms or the names of motion proposers in the transcript. Where the record lacked specific figures, the committee minutes list those items as approved without additional numeric detail.
