DATE: October 31, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa A. Smittcamp, District Attorney-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Retroactive Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution Grant Application/Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively authorize the District Attorney-Public Administrator's previous submittal of grant application to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for the Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution program for FY 2017-18 ($290,667).
2. Authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive grant application/agreement and Certification of Assurance of Compliance for the Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution program with the Cal OES, for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 ($290,667).
REPORT
This program concentrates vertical prosecution efforts toward repeat offender domestic violence defendants, as well as dating violence, stalking and sexual assault defendants, thereby targeting the most serious offenders and reducing the level of domestic violence in Fresno County. To meet the grant filing deadline of September 22, 2017, the grant application was submitted contingent upon your Board's approval. The application will maintain the Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution program. It should be noted that once the Grant Award Face Sheet is executed by the Chairman and Cal OES, the executed documents become the final Agreement between the County and Cal OES.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended actions are not approved, the revenue, appropriations and staffing (one Deputy District Attorney IV and one Victim Advocate) associated with this program will be eliminated from the FY 2017-18 District Attorney Org 2860 Adopted Budget.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The District Attorney-Public Administrator received notification on September 11, 2017 that the grant Request for Application was available on the Cal OES website with a due date of September 22, 2017. Due to the la...
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