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C. 50

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:	June 21, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Apply for and Accept a 2016 Justice Assistance Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/21/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

Mary Jane Robb, (925) 335-1557

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: June 21, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2016/407 authorizing the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to apply for and accept the U.S. Department of Justice, FY 2016 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in an amount not to exceed $194,562 for support of countywide law enforcement programming for the period October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$194,562, 100% Federal; No County match required. County portion is $35,028; $17,514 to the Sheriff-Coroner. County will also receive 5% of city allocations for serving as the fiscal agent for the County. (CFDA 16.738)

BACKGROUND:

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG FY2016 Grant is a formula grant with emphasis on assisting local efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence. The eligible jurisdictions within Contra Costa County have a scheduled allocation totaling $194,562 with $35,028 allocated to the County. The $35,028 county allocation will be equally shared among the Office of the Sheriff and the District Attorney's Office.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Established to streamline justice funding and grant administration, the JAG Program allows states, tribes, and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and conditions. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) calculates a minimum base allocation for each state. Once the state funding is calculated, 60 percent of the allocation is awarded to the state and 40 percent to eligible units of local government. Local governments are awarded amounts based on their share of the total violent crime reported within the state. Based on a formula allocation, Contra Costa County has been designated as a disparate jurisdiction because a city within the county is scheduled to receive 150% more than the county, while the county bears more than 50% of the costs associated with the prosecution and incarceration of that city's Part 1 violent crime. Jurisdictions certified as disparate must identify a fiscal agent that will submit a joint application for the total eligible allocation. The Office of the Sheriff has been designated as the fiscal agent for this grant and will manage and oversee the distribution of the funds for all participating agencies within the county. As Fiscal Agent, the Office of the Sheriff will receive 5% ($7,977) of the pass through of the grant allocation (5% from each jurisdictions' allocation) to cover management and administration of the grant, to include personnel and operational costs directly related to grant management.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Sheriff's Office will be unable to apply for and accept the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.