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Albany County authorizes multiple 2026 aging-services grants and provider contracts, totaling several hundred thousand dollars
Summary
The county board moved to accept state grants and authorize contracts for congregate and home-delivered meal programs, Title 3 evidence-based and caregiver programs, legal-aid services and other senior support initiatives; notable items include a roughly $408,000 congregate-meal award and a $278,000 home-delivery allocation.
Albany County — At its Nov. 19 meeting the county moved to accept a series of New York State grants and to authorize provider contracts supporting congregate meals, home-delivered meals, evidence-based programming and caregiver supports for 2026.
Board members voted (voice vote recorded in the transcript) to accept a congregate-meal grant from the New York State Office for the Aging of about $408,000. Staff said the program now supports 25 sites with seven providers and will add two sites in 2026 (Islam Senior Center and Westerlo). The county also sought authorization for a Title 3C-2 home-delivery…
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