Albany County committee approves multiple grant reallocations to expand reentry, diversion and mental‑health court services

Albany County’s Health Committee approved a package of budget amendments and grant reallocations designed to expand reentry services, diversion supports and mental‑health court navigation. Committee members approved each motion by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Officials described a set of four related grant items. First, the Department of Mental Health requested a budget amendment under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program to move funds into a health‑care manager line; staff said this is a three‑year grant and that the new position will work with county probation to support people leaving the correctional facility. The department identified the county’s goal as recreating a prior reentry project for state‑prison releases and adapting it to the local jail population; staff…