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C. 69

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	October 17, 2017

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Costa

County

Subject:

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women Grant, Supplemental Funding

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/17/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Elaine Burres 925-608-4960

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 17, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept supplemental grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women, in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 increasing the total grant funding from $784,787 to $1,984,787 for the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative, Lethality Assessment Program for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive supplemental grant funding in an amount not to exceed $1,200.000 which will bring the total grant amount up to not to exceed $1,984,787 from the U.S Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Woman (100% Federal) (No County match)

BACKGROUND:

Funding in the amount of $784,787 was awarded to Employment and Human Services, Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence by the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Domestic Violence Against Women for the Domestic Violence Prevention Demonstration Initiative and Lethality Assessment Program for the period October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2018. In September 2017, the Employment and Human Services Department, Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence, was notified by the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women of a supplemental grant award in the amount of $1,200,000.

The Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women, was created to build capacity of local jurisdictions to improve identification of and provision of services for domestic violence victims who are at risk of lethality and to improve the monitoring of high risk offenders. The additional funding will continue and expand the Lethality Assessment Program, County participation in the Demonstration Initiative, and the ongoing evaluation process.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without additional funding, services could not be expanded.