HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06252013 - C.137RECOMMENDATION(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, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$110,000: 2% County cost - EHSD, Sheriff's Department; 32% Local Law Enforcement Agencies - LEA (all other
local police agencies in Contra Costa), 42% Federal Funding (through the County Admin Claim), 24% State 2011
Realignment.
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 processes that increased the number of cases
prosecuted. (#21-385-15)
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/25/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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 25, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc:
C.137
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:June 25, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Community Violence Solutions Contract for the Operation of the Children’s Interview Center.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the site and services providing in this contract forensic interviews and exams for child victims may need to
take place multiple times, and in multiple locations, increasing the trauma to the child.
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.”