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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	March 28, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract 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: 03/28/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:

Gina Chenoweth 3-1648

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 28, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with University of California San Francisco with a payment amount not to exceed $306,218 to provide local evaluation services of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative / Lethality Assessment Program for the period of March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$306,318.00: 100% Federal CFDA# 16.590

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 and to implement the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), a recognized promising practice.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The primary purpose of the Project is to implement and measure through formal evaluation, 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. Contra Costa County is engaging the Contractor to assist in carrying out activities consistent with the requirements of this OVW-funded Project including required evaluations, participation in OVW-sponsored technical, research, data collection, and reporting.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

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