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Albany County OKs state contract for sexual-assault crisis services funding
Summary
The board authorized a contract with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to accept $17,357.30 in sexual-assault service provider funds to support hotline coverage, forensic-exam accompaniment, trauma therapy and case management.
The Albany County Board authorized an agreement with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to accept sexual-assault service provider funding totaling $17,357.30 for the July 1–June 30 grant period (year not specified in the meeting record).
Amanda Wingle, director of the county crime victim and violence center, asked the board to approve the contract and described how the funds would be used. “These grants are really used to ... fund the crisis portion of our programming. So things like hotline coverage, forensic exam accompaniments, trauma therapy, case management for [sexual-assault] survivors,” Wingle said.
The board took no questions and voted to approve the agreement. There was no public discussion recorded on the item.
The funding is explicitly described by Wingle as supporting crisis services rather than long-term program expansion; the transcript does not specify whether the award is a one-time allocation or renewable in future years, nor does it specify the precise July–June year covered.
The board’s action authorizes the county to receive and spend the state funds under the terms of the Division of Criminal Justice Services agreement. No further implementation steps or departmental reporting requirements were recorded during the discussion.
Members voted in favor without objection. The meeting record does not list individual vote tallies by name for this item.
