Title
Authorization to Enter into Agreement with Arizona State University for Research on Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking Grant (Ordinance S-43698)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to authorize the Police Department to enter into an agreement with the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (ASU), who will act as a research partner for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking grant. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Police Department was awarded $675,000.00 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the 2016 Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking grant. The grant and disbursement of grant funds was approved by City Council on June 1, 2016, under Ordinance #S-42587. The grant requires the Police Department to work with a research partner to collect and analyze data, conduct evaluation activities, and produce project-related reports. The Police Department has partnered with ASU on similar projects in the past. This agreement will reimburse ASU $33,750.00, over the three-year grant period, to document program implementation, program evaluation, and develop reports to be submitted to the granting agency by the Police Department. The City will be reimbursed for applicable ASU expenses through the BJA grant.
Contract Term
Three years from Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2019.
Financial Impact
The Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking grant provides $33,750.00, over three years, in funding to reimburse ASU as the grant research partner.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.