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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06232009 - C.76RECOMMENDATION(S): APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract with Community Violence Solutions in an amount not to exceed $126,565 for the Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program, Federal Grant Award Number 90ZV0080, for the period May 1, 2009 through April 29, 2010. (CFDA Number 93.598) FISCAL IMPACT: 100% Federal grant funds. No County match required. BACKGROUND: On May 8, 2009 the County was notified of its $226,000 grant award under the Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement. Building on the work of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking campaign, which began to establish local anti-trafficking coalitions, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 06/23/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Devorah Levine, 335-1017 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: June 23, 2009 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy cc: C. 76 To:Board of Supervisors From:David Twa, County Administrator Date:June 23, 2009 Contra Costa County Subject:Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program Contract BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) within HHS, seeks to continue and expand its efforts through regional grantees that will serve as focal points for an intensification of local outreach to and identification of victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. The County will utilize this funding for outreach, identification, support and linkage to service delivery for victims of human trafficking, establishment of an effective anti-human trafficking coalition and to conduct a public awareness campaign. The organizations committed to membership in the Contra Costa County Rescue & Restore Coalition are: Zero Tolerance (Contra Costa County Administrator’s Office); Community Violence Solutions (CVS); Asian Community Mental Health; MISSSEY; SAGE (a current Rescue & Restore grant recipient for San Francisco); Richmond Police Department; CCC Homeless Program; CCC Family Maternal & Child Health; Bay Area Legal Aid; Antioch Police Department; Child Abuse Prevention Council; Contra Costa Crisis Center; Community Clinic Consortium; Children and Family Services; Employment and Human Services Department; Mental Health Division, Health Services Department; Office of the District Attorney; Probation Department. CVS will be significantly involved in the planning process and implementation of the Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program, providing street outreach, linkages to services, developing anti-trafficking protocols and outreach materials, and providing training and technical assistance to other service providers. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: The Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative supports three of Contra Costa’s community outcomes (“Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood”, “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing” and “Communities that are Safe and provide a High Quality of Life”) through coordinated intervention services designed to reduce domestic and family violence and elder abuse.