Title
Fiscal Year 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Ordinance S-50225)
Description
Request retroactive authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to apply for, accept and enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and Intergovernmental Agreements with Maricopa County and the City of Mesa for the 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in an amount not to exceed $1,390,083. 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 City has received funding through this grant program for the past several years. The Police Department was informed of the availability of these funds on June 30, 2023. The Police Department will manage this grant, which will involve administering the funding to the eligible local agencies, programmatic and financial reporting, as well as initiating the intergovernmental agreements associated with the grant awards.
The 2023 JAG grant application was submitted by the Police Department on behalf of the City of Phoenix and eligible partnering agencies. It is proposed the City of Phoenix will receive $1,099,653, Maricopa County will receive $113,332 and the City of Mesa will receive $177,098 for a total award of $1,390,083.
The proposed budgetary allocations for the City of Phoenix includes $213,348 to the Parks and Recreation Department for Project BRAVE (Bringing Reality About Violence Education). Project BRAVE is a violence prevention and education program that was created with the goal of decreasing violence in our community through awareness and leadership training activities. The project provides comprehensive workshops held at various sites, non-profit agencies and after school programs.
Police staff propose to use the remaining grant award amount of $886,305 to assist the Police Department in its efforts to attract and hire qualified employees and provide essential equipment to police units to ensure officer and public safety. The remaining grant funds will be used to purchase new polygraph equipment (polygraphs are a requirement for all police officer applicants), crisis entry and clearing tools, victim/suspect interviewing equipment, and generators to ensure proper functioning of driving under the influence vans while operational.
The grant application was submitted on Aug. 31, 2023. If authorization is denied, the grant application will be rescinded.
Contract Term
The contract term is Oct. 1, 2023 through Sept. 30, 2027.
Financial Impact
No matching funds are required.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays, Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Parks and Recreation and Police departments.