HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06082010 - C.72RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee,
to execute a contract with Community Violence Solutions, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in
an amount not to exceed $110,000 for the continued operation of the Children’s Interview
Center for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$110,000: 18% County cost - EHSD, Sheriff's Department; 42% Local Law Enforcement
Agencies - LEA (all other local police agencies in Contra Costa), 40% Federal Funding
(through the County Admin Claim) - CFDA#93-658.
BACKGROUND:
Community Violence Solutions in collaboration with the Employment and Human Services
Department (EHSD), the Sheriff’s Department, and local Law Enforcement Agencies
(LEA) operates the multidisciplinary Children’s Interview Center (CIC). CIC provides
forensic interviews and/or forensic exams to child victims of sexual abuse. It provides
skilled interviewers in a child-friendly setting to decrease the child’s trauma by minimizing
the number of interviews, and it has implemented standardized evidence collection
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/08/2010 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: Valerie Earley,
3-1583
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 8, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy
cc: Melanie Mintz
C.72
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:June 8, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Community Violence Solutions Contract for the Operation of the Children’s Interview Center.
processes that increased the number of cases prosecuted. (#21-385-12)
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports three of the five community outcomes established in the Children’s
Report Card: 2) “Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood” 4)
“Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing” and 5) “Communities that are Safe and
Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families.”