RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Community Violence Solutions, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $199,981, for the continued operation of the Children's Interview Center, for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. (21.3% County; 49.7% Other; 29% Federal)
FISCAL IMPACT:
$199,981: 21.3% County (10% EHSD, 11.3% Sheriff's Department); 49.7% Local Law Enforcement Agencies; 29% Federal (CFDA #93.658)
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. 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.
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