TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Allison Haley - District Attorney
REPORT BY: Sophie Johnson - Staff Services Manager
SUBJECT: Application and Acceptance of Funding for Family Justice Center Program
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize a Certificate of Assurance for Compliance that authorizes the District Attorney to apply for and sign grant Subaward documents with the California Office of Emergency Services in the anticipated amount of $300,000 revenue for the period of April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026 for the Family Justice Center Program to serve victims of crime. (Fiscal impact: $300,000 revenue; General Fund; Not Budgeted; Discretionary).
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BACKGROUND
Following several years of collaborative effort between the District Attorney, local community-based service provider organizations, law enforcement, adult protective services and the Health and Human Services Agency, and the award of a competitive grant project with the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES) to provide funding for an emerging Family Justice Center in Napa County, the Monarch Justice Center was opened in July 2019.
The Emerging Family Justice Center grant of $400,000 from Cal-OES expired on March 31, 2021. Cal-OES provided further funding of $315,502 of State General Funds for the two (2) year term, April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024 to support fully operational multiagency, multidisciplinary Family Justice Centers, such as Napa County's Monarch Justice Center.
Cal OES is now providing a non-competitive grant application of $300,000 for the State Budget act grant funds for a further two (2) year term, April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026 for the continuation of funding to Family Justice Center programs like the Napa County Monarch Justice Center.
Today's recommended action will authorize the Chair to sign the Certificate of Assurance of Compliance (COAOC) document, which authorizes the District Attorney to apply and sign for the grant subaward, including extensions, modific...
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