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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	June 12, 2018

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: 06/12/2018

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
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

Contact:

Gina Chenoweth, 925-608-4961

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 12, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an interagency agreement with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), in an amount not to exceed $585,971, to provide local evaluation services for the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Lethality Assessment Program, including mutual indemnification for any claims arising out of the performance of the agreement, for the period required by the Federal funding source (US Department of Justice, Office of Violence against Women) of March 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This agreement will increase department expenditures by $585,971 and is 100% funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence against Women Grant revenues.

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 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 agreement contains mutual indemnification for any claims arising out of the performance of the agreement. The agreement term begins on March 1, 2018 because the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence against Women recently approved supplemental dollars to the budget and budget changes required UCSF Institutional Board approval.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

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

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.