DATE: November 6, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa A. Smittcamp, District Attorney-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Retroactive Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution Grant Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Grant Agreement and Certification of Assurance of Compliance for the Violence Against Women Vertical Prosecution program with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 ($270,060).
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. This program was approved by your Board on July 10, 2018 and the original signed documents were submitted to Cal OES on July 17, 2018. The District Attorney-Public Administrator (DA-PA) was notified on August 28, 2018 of the awarded grant funding through this competitive application process. On October 9, 2018, Cal OES notified the DA-PA that they were unable to locate the original documents and requested the DA-PA to re-submit the documents with original signatures to complete the agreement process. In addition, Cal OES informed the DA-PA that the incorrect version of the Certification of Assurance of Compliance was included with the application documents. The recommended action requests signature for the corrected documents. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is 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 2018-19 District Attorney Org 2860 Adopted Budget.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The request to approve and authorize the Cal OES grant documents is retroactive because the DA-PA was notified on October 9, 2018 by Cal OES that they were unable to locate the original signed documents that were submitted on July 17, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Ne...
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