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C. 83

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	March 29, 2016

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Costa

County

Subject:

Amend Contract with Community Violence Solutions for the Operation of the Children's Interview Center

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/29/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:

V. Kaplan, 3-1514

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: March 29, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Department, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Community Violence Solutions, a non-profit corporation, effective March 1, 2016, increasing the payment limit by $24,000 to a new payment limit of $166,000 for the continued operation of the Children's Interview Center, with no change in the contract term of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. (7% Federal, 7% State, 26% County, 60% Local Law Enforcement Agencies)

FISCAL IMPACT:

$166,000: 7% Federal, 7% State, 26% County (12% EHSD and 14% Sheriff's Department), and 60% Local Law Enforcement Agencies.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without increased funding, the CIC would be unable to increase services to child victims of sexual abuse.

BACKGROUND:

Community Violence Solutions in collaboration with the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), the Sheriff's Department, and local Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) operates the multidisciplinary Children's Interview Center (CIC). CIC provides forensic interviews and/or forensic exams to child victims of sexual abuse and trafficking. It provides skilled interviewers in a child-friendly setting to decrease the child's trauma by minimizing the number of interviews, and it has implemented standardized evidence collection processes that increased the number of cases prosecuted.

Increased funding will allow the CIC to increase services to child victims of sexual abuse.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

The contract supports three of the five community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: 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 immediately addressing the needs of children abused or at risk of child abuse.