HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08071990 - 1.8 (2) —Qso
TO:' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 4vc
Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
FROM: By: 'Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrat
Costa
DATE: July 26, 1991 County
Approve submission of Funding Application #29-399 to the U.S.
SUBJECT: Department of Health and Human Services for "PACT for Alternatives
to Violence and Abuse" Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. ' RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #29-399 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $190,925
for the period October 1, 1990 through September 30, 1995 for the
"PACT for Alternatives to Violence and Abuse" Program.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application by the U.S.Department of Health and
Human Services will result in $190,925 of foundation funding for
the Department's "PACT for Alternatives to Violence and Abuse"
Program. Sources of funding are as follows:
$129,952 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
49,818 County Share (In-Kind)
9, 155 State Department of Health Services
2 , 000 Richmond Unified School District
$190, 925 Total Program
This request is for the first year of funding for a five year
program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Homicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-24 year
olds. According to conservative estimates, there are an additional
100 assaults for every homicide committed. From 1987 to 1988 there
was a 35% rise in the number of juvenile arrests for assaults in
Contra Costa County. West County youth accounted for 85% of the
area's juvenile arrests for assault. Sexual assault is even more
concealed, yet the rate of sexual assault and rape for West County
is consistently more than twice the Central County rate. Fifty
percent of sexual assaults reported to West County Rape Crisis were
of children between 6-17 years old. Richmond Unified School
District reports that three times as many weapons were taken away
from elementary school students in the 1988-89 school year than in
the previous year.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM D TION OF BOARLf COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED A U G 7 1990
Auditor-Controller (Claims)
U.S. Dept. of Health and. Human Services Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
${I�f YtSGf S�9(��WQD1y�dR111115t(i1t0I
M382/7-83 BY �^� � AA Dom(/l' DEPUTY
#29-399
Board Order
Page 2
The PACT Task Force will be co-initiated by the Alternatives to
Violence and Abuse Coalition (AVAC) , Opportunities West and other
community groups. This project will strengthen and expand current
efforts underway in the community involving a number of nonprofit
agencies. The task force approach will minimize duplication of
services.
The goals of the program are to reduce rates of intentional
injuries among adolescents in West Contra Costa; increase aware-
ness, knowledge and participation of community members in violence
prevention efforts; increase capability of human service organiza-
tions; deliver effective violence prevention services; increase
the capabilities and collaborative efforts between State and local
health agencies in addressing intentional injury prevention issues
and establish a coordinated data collection system related to
intentional injuries between State and local agencies.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has
been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
but subject to Board approval. Three certified copies of the Board
Order authorizing submission of the application should be returned
to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.