Health & Human Services Mtg. - 10.28.26

The Washington County, New York, Health & Human Services meeting was held October 28, 2026 (the title date; the metadata lists October 29 UTC). Public Health received approval for a $50,000 budget amendment for its 2026 child passenger safety program grant and for a procurement waiver for a proposed, one-time agreement with Steven Hill, costing up to $57,000, to provide school presentations across the county. The department also sought authorization to use opioid settlement funds for a school-nurse meeting (up to $500 for food) and billboards (up to $5,000); the billboard request appears to have passed with one opposed vote, while the transcript does not clearly capture the decision on the $500 request. The committee approved an unpaid nursing internship and backfilling a 40-hour Public Health clerk position, funded through state aid and grants.

The Office for Aging received approval for a procurement waiver to continue its transportation-services agreement with LEAP, which expires December 31, 2026; the parties proposed no increase to services. The committee also discussed an unexpected New York State contribution for senior home-delivered meals and accepted it. DSS reviewed foster-care and adoption subsidy costs—approximately $2.58 million and $1.56 million, respectively—and discussed staffing, homelessness, and service needs; no related procurement action was identified. LEAP also briefed the committee on a planned statewide unemployment-insurance system outage and its local service-continuity preparations.