Action 4.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
County Attorney
- Meeting Date:
- 01/23/2018
- Title:
- Approve Grant Award - Federal Grant 2016-VA-GX-0046, CFDA #16-575. Grant Agreement #2018-368 Amount of: $318,643.00
- Submitted By:
- Sue Blanchard, County Attorney
- Department:
- County Attorney
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Agenda Item Text:
Approve Grant Agreement #2018-368 between the Cochise County Attorney's Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety in the amount of $318,643 for the Victim Witness Program effective October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2020.
Background:
The award amount of $318,643.00 is to be used by the Cochise County Attorney’s Victim Witness Program to provide victim assistance services for 3 fiscal years as follows: FY 17-18 in the amount of $104,267.00, FY18-19 in the amount of $105,947.00 and FY19-20 in the amount of $108,429.00. These funds, along with the required matching funds provide for the 2 full time Victim Advocates’ salaries and part of a Program Manager’s salary, to provide quality services to victims of crime throughout Cochise County. The Victim Advocates will spend a portion of their time in the lower courts to ensure that Cochise County crime victims are aware of and receive the full gamut of victim services, and provide a portion of their time to victims of violent felony crimes in the Cochise County Superior Court. The Program Manager position will provide criminal justice system assistance in the superior court and lower court, compensation assistance, notification, administer the program through grant writing and administration, budget development and administration, statistical data preparation, and develop and implement policies and procedures. The positions funded by this grant will also perform mandated services with a workload of approximately 300 notifications to victims per month.
Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources: Fund 130 -VOCA Grant Award $318,643.00. Must match $79,661.00 with the grant as follows: General funds - (currently budgeted) Victim Witness personnel salaries and ERE’s match of $79,661.00. Additional monies from General Funds are not required.
Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources: Fund 130 -VOCA Grant Award $318,643.00. Must match $79,661.00 with the grant as follows: General funds - (currently budgeted) Victim Witness personnel salaries and ERE’s match of $79,661.00. Additional monies from General Funds are not required.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Once approved by the Board, the Department will forward the paperwork to the Arizona Department of Public Safety for their final approval, signature and funding.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
If not funded, the positions under this grant will not exist and Cochise County crime victims will be underserved; provided with a minimum of victim assistance; or no assistance at all. Cochise County desperately needs the VOCA Grant in order to maintain its Victim Advocacy Project. The positions funded by this grant will also perform mandated services with a workload of approximately 300 notifications to victims per month. If notifications are not done or done in a timely manner it places the County in a liability position.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Advise CAO upon Board approval. Send a certified copy of the Board Minutes approving the agreement, as soon as they are available, to CAO.
Fiscal Impact
- Fiscal Year:
- 2017-2018
- One-time Fixed Costs? ($$$):
- -0-
- Ongoing Costs? ($$$):
- -0-
- County Match Required? ($$$):
- 78,000
- A-87 Overhead Amt? (Co. Cost Allocation $$$):
- 39.32%
- Source of Funding?:
- General Funds
Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources (if known):
Three (3) Fiscal Years: 2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020
Fund 130 -VOCA Grant Award $318,643.00.
Must match $79,661.00 with the grant as follows: General funds - (currently budgeted) Victim Witness personnel salaries and ERE’s match of $79,661.00. Additional monies from General Funds are not required.
Fund 130 -VOCA Grant Award $318,643.00.
Must match $79,661.00 with the grant as follows: General funds - (currently budgeted) Victim Witness personnel salaries and ERE’s match of $79,661.00. Additional monies from General Funds are not required.