HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07072015 - C.156RECOMMENDATION(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 $142,000, for the
continued operation of the Children’s Interview Center, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$142,000: 31% County (14% EHSD, 17% Sheriff’s Department); 69% Local Law Enforcement Agencies
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. (#21-385-18)
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/07/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Devorah Levine 3-1524
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: July 7, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C.156
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:July 7, 2015
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 provided 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.”