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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (` }
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director �v- v�lra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administratc4io Cos+a
DATE: August 15, 1991 County
SUBJECT: Notice of Award .,#28-503-1 from the U.S. Department of Health and
Human, Services for "Middle School Violence Prevention" Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept $249, 975 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services for the period May 1, 1991 through April 30, 1992 for the
"Middle School Violence Prevention" Program in the Richmond Unified
School District.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Award from the U.S.Department of Health and
Human Services will result in $249, 975 of federal funding for the
Department's "Middle School Violence Prevention" Program in the
Richmond Unified School District. Sources of funding are as
follows:
$249, 975 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
15, 359 County Share (In-Kind)
4 , 000 State Department of Mental Health
70, 000 United Way of the Bay Area
15, 000 Community Agencies of PACT Task Force
10, 000 Richmond Unified School District
$364 , 334 Total Program
This Award is for the first year of funding for a three year
program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
III. REASON'S FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
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.
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Health Services (Contracts) SEP 10 .1991
CC: Auditor-Controller (Claims) ATTESTED
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
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Board Order
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28-503-1
The County's Health Services Department Prevention Program and
Teenage Program will work in collaboration with the Richmond
Unified School District, the PACT Task Force, 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 to deliver effective violence prevention services and
increase the capabilities and collaborative efforts between State
and local health agencies in addressing intentional injury
prevention issues.
The Health Services Department recently received the Notice of
Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
granting the Department $249, 975 of funding for the County's
"Middle School Violence Prevention" Program for the period May 1,
1991 through April 30, 1992 .
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