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4 FROM: Mark Finucane , Health Services Director PIZ Contra
By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts AdministratorCosta
DATE: April 16, 1987 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Funding Application 429-346 for submission to the
U . S . Department of Health and Human Services for a Violence
Prevention Program for Adolescents and Children
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chair to execute on behalf of the
County, Funding Application #29-346 for submission to the U. S.
Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of
$375, 000 for the period October 1 , 1987 - September 30, 1990 for
a comprehensive Violence Prevention Program for Adolescents and
Children.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
Approval of this agreement by the federal government will result
in $375 , 000 of federal funding for a comprehensive Violence
Prevention Program for Adolescents and Children . Sources of
first-year funding for the progam are as follows :
$125 , 062 U.S . Department of Health and Human Services
40, 418 County In-Kind Share
7, 000 Private Sources
$172 , 480 First-Year Program Total
The County ' s in-kind share includes salaries and supplies
already included in the Department budget . There will be no
increase of General Fund dollars for this program.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Violence and abuse , or intentional injuries , are major causes of
morbidity and mortality among adolescents in Contra Costa
County. There have been seven youth suicides in the county
since 1985 , three of which have occurred in the last four
months . There were 282 juveniles arrested for felony-level
violent crimes in 1985 . Eight of these were homicides and 161
were assaults . In addition, there were 398 juvenile arrests for
misdemeanor-level assault and battery. Approximately 300 teen-
agers in the County reported being sexually assaulted last year
and at least 41% of these teens knew their assailant . Many of
these incidents involved drug and alcohol use . Many programs
are attempting to separately address these problems , yet all of
these issues are closely interrelated . Not only is there a lack
of services , but there is also fragmentation among the services
that do exist .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE;
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOM ENDAT16N OF BOARD COM ITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: APR 2 8 1987 Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED _ ___ _
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services
BY ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83
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U. S . Dept . of Health and Human Services
Violence Prevention Program Application
Board Order
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The purpose of this application is to request Federal Maternal
Child Health funding to implement a comprehensive , community-
based Violence Prevention Program which supplements and coor-
dinates current violence prevention activities . This program
will further develop work being done by the Alternatives to
Violence and Abuse Coalition (AVAC) and the Alcohol , Drug Abuse
and Violence Prevention Policy Task Force . The funding will be
used to : ( 1 ) coordinate the implementation of a community educa-
tion program with an emphasis on youth; (2) design educational
materials and curriculum on violence prevention skills ;
(3) increase community awareness of the complex factors that
contribute to violence and the prevention measures that are
available , and (4) increase community, particularly youth ,
involvement in designing solutions to interpersonal violence .
This document has been approved by the Department ' s Contracts
and Grants Administrator in accordance with the guidelines
approved by the Board ' s Order of December 1 , 1981 (Guidelines
for contract preparation and processing, Health Services
Department) .
The Board Chair should sign four copies of the application ,
three of which should then be returned to the Contracts and
Grants Unit for submission to the Department of Health and Human
Services .
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