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Committee approves nine Health & Human Services resolutions, including youth-employment and lead-registry hires
Summary
Cayuga County Health & Human Services Committee approved nine resolutions covering TANF funds for domestic-violence clients, $414,000 in youth-employment funding, renewal of a mental-health diagnostic contract, and creation of multiple public-health positions to implement the state lead registry mandate.
The Cayuga County Legislature’s Health & Human Services Committee approved nine resolutions on funding, contracts and staff hires during its September meeting.
The package included: authorization to accept $25,000 from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) for TANF-eligible victims of domestic violence; acceptance of a $414,000 youth-employment allocation tied to the GIVE program; renewal of a three‑year contract with the county Department of Mental Health for community-based diagnostic assessments for children; and three public‑health hires to implement New York State’s lead registry mandate. Other approvals covered psychiatric care funding transfers and a one-year contract to sustain peer‑support services for opioid response work.
Why it matters: the votes move multiple county programs forward now that the committee signed authorizations and contract approvals, shifting state and settlement funds into county operations and new hires that will implement a state-mandated lead registry and expand youth employment services.
Key outcomes
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