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C. 45

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	October 9, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

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

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/09/2018

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

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 9, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, on behalf of the Alliance to End Abuse, to accept additional grant funding from the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women, in an amount not to exceed $900,000 for a total grant amount of $1,800,00 and extend the grant period from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2018 to October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women, grant funding in the total amount of $1,800.000 (including $900,000 additional funding). The funds are 100% Federal and no County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa Alliance to End Abuse (Alliance), in collaboration with our private (Probation) and public partners (Bay Area Legal Aid, Community Violence Solutions, STAND! For Families Free of Violence, Family Justice Alliance, Narika, and the Latina Center) will use this additional funding to enhance the existing coordinated community response for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and human trafficking. Specifically, the project will: 1) provide enhanced, culturally appropriate victim services at the Family Justice Centers in West and Central Counties; 2) provide protection order assistance through Bay Area Legal Aid at protection order clinics throughout the county; 3) plan, develop, and establish a Family Justice Center in East County; 4) update training materials, resources, and tools for local judges and court-based personnel on the judicial handling of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking cases; 5) update law enforcement protocols and training curriculums to include best practices on the response of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking; 6) provide intensive monitoring through probation of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking offenders; and 7) implement a risk or danger assessment tool to assist in the case reviews for the domestic violence and human trafficking multi-disciplinary teams.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without extension and increase in grant funding, County would not be able to sustain the current level of services to victims of abuse.