| ITEM #: 5. DATE: 12/11/2023 AI #:1774 |
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CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT
| SUBJECT: | SOUTHWEST FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (IGA) WITH CITY OF AVONDALE |
| STAFF PRESENTER(S): | Art Miller, Interim Chief of Police |
SUMMARY
Southwest Family Advocacy Center Intergovernmental agreement between the city of Goodyear and the city of Avondale.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Southwest Family Advocacy Center Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Partnering Agencies and Department of Child Safety. (Art Miller, Interim Chief of Police)
FISCAL IMPACT
The costs associated with the SWFAC are shared between the Partnering Agencies and the Department of Child Safety. The operational costs are included in the FY24 Police Department base budget in the amount of $377,300.
BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS ACTIONS
On May 29, 2014, former Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill creating a new State Agency to oversee child services, the Department of Child Safety (DCS). This bill separated the Division of Children, Youth and Families' Child Protective Services unit from the Department of Economic Security.
On July 13, 2015, Council approved the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated IGA that allowed for law enforcement to continue providing services to victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault and elder abuse at the Southwest Family Advocacy Center (SWFAC). The IGA permitted costs to be shared among the cities of Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, and MCSO (collectively, "Partnering Agencies").
The partnering agencies are submitting the latest IGA to replace the current IGA that expired on June 30, 2023.
On July 13, 2015, Council approved the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated IGA that allowed for law enforcement to continue providing services to victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault and elder abuse at the Southwest Family Advocacy Center (SWFAC). The IGA permitted costs to be shared among the cities of Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, and MCSO (collectively, "Partnering Agencies").
The partnering agencies are submitting the latest IGA to replace the current IGA that expired on June 30, 2023.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The SWFAC is a multidisciplinary facility that opened in May 2008. SWFAC has provided the community with a child and family focused, facility-based program in which representatives from many disciplines, including law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, and medical, work together to investigate, treat, manage and prosecute child abuse cases, sexual assault, domestic violence and elder abuse.
Continuing the IGA to provide these services is beneficial to the city as resources might not be otherwise available.
Continuing the IGA to provide these services is beneficial to the city as resources might not be otherwise available.