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C. 59
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date: November  3, 2020
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Agreement with University of California San Francisco for Evaluation of Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   11/03/2020
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: C. Youngblood, (925) 608-4964
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:     November  3, 2020
David Twa,
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an agreement with University of California, San Francisco, in an amount not to exceed $157,647 for local evaluation services for the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Lethality Assessment Program, for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This agreement will increase department expenditures by $157,647 and is funded 81% by County and 19% by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women Grant revenues.   

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Contra Costa County will not meet the grant requirements of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative.  




BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa Alliance to End Abuse (Alliance) applied for and received funds from the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women (OVW), Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative (Project) in 2013. The Project was implemented in two phases. The first phase of assessment was completed in September 2014 and Alliance was one of four sites selected by OVW to participate in the second phase of implementation to implement the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP).  
  
The primary purpose of the Project is to implement and measure the effectiveness of the LAP, with the objective of reducing domestic violence homicides and near homicides. The Project will build the capacity of the County to improve identification of and services for high-risk victims, while better monitoring high-risk offenders to reduce domestic violence-related homicide. This Project will document and disseminate solutions for replication across the country. The County is engaging the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to assist in carrying out activities consistent with the requirements of this OVW-funded Project, including required evaluations and participation in OVW-sponsored technical, research, data collection, and reporting.  
  
The 2019-2020 agreement was approved by the board on March 10, 2020 (c.59) for the term October 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. This agreement has a start date of October 1, 2019 because UCSF completed additional work during that time frame that was not included in the original agreement. Thus, this new agreement covers the additional work completed between October 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 as well as the work for the 2020-2021 term. This Agreement includes a mutual indemnification provision and modified copyright language granting UCSF rights over materials it produces.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

The services provided under this Interagency Agreement support four of five of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5)"Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families” by identifying improvements to County-wide services for victims at risk of domestic violence-related homicide.

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