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Albany County Law Committee approves $150,000 opioid‑settlement funded contract for supervised visitation
Summary
The committee approved a two‑year $150,000 contract with Building Bridges Supervision LLC to provide supervised visitation services for family‑court clients, to be paid from a set‑aside of opioid‑settlement funds via vouchers and an RLA mechanism described by presenters.
The Albany County Law Committee approved funding to contract with Building Bridges Supervision LLC to provide supervised visitation for family‑court clients, using opioid‑settlement funds.
The committee authorized a two‑year contract totaling $150,000, to be paid from a set‑aside of the county’s opioid‑settlement fund. Albany County public defender Judge Herrick, who presented the item, said the contract will provide supervised visitation services that bring the Building Bridges staff to approved locations to monitor parent‑child visits, a model he described as preferable to the prior arrangement with St. Catherine’s (which stopped offering the service).
Judge Herrick said, “we have a relatively, modest contract that we're seeking approval for that is, for the public defender to receive funding in the total amount of $150,000 for a 2 year contract with building bridges for supervised visitation for our family court parent clients to reunify the families.” He added that funding will be submitted as vouchers from the provider and paid out of a set‑aside in the opioid settlement fund.
Funding and procedure
Judge Herrick explained that the contract will be paid from the opioid‑settlement fund and that the county will submit bills approved by the public defender’s office to Management and Budget for payment from the $150,000 set‑aside. He also stated during the presentation that, per the county’s process, distributions from the opioid‑settlement fund require an “RLA” (as presented in the meeting record).
Committee action
A committee member moved the item and the motion passed on voice vote (members responded “Aye”). No individual roll‑call votes were recorded on the transcript. The committee proceeded to the next agenda items after approval.
Next steps and implementation
The contract will proceed according to the county’s procurement and payment processes; Judge Herrick and staff indicated that vouchers from Building Bridges will be reviewed and submitted to Management and Budget for payment from the opioid‑settlement set‑aside.
