Title
Authorization to Accept and Disburse Additional Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant Funds (Ordinance S-43139)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept $1,905 in additional grant funding from the Arizona Department of Public Safety for the Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) grant. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse the funds associated with this item.
Report
Summary
On July 1, 2016, City Council approved Item 48 (RCA number 76739) - a request from the Fire Department to apply for and accept $809,919 in VOCA grant funding. The Council approval created Ordinance S-42768. The Fire Department has since been awarded an additional $1,905, for a total VOCA grant award of $811,824. This request is to accept the additional $1,905 in grant funding, which was received after July 1, 2016.
The Fire Department supports VOCA's mission of providing victim services, and has received VOCA grant funding for many years. VOCA funds allow the Fire Department to continue to fund staff positions which provide direct services to victims of crime, including domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking, elder abuse and secondary victims of homicide. Services are designed to help victims address immediate emotional and physical needs, stabilize their lives following victimization, navigate the criminal justice system, and increase their measure of safety and security in alignment with the City's Domestic Violence Roadmap and Human Trafficking Compass Plan.
Contract Term
The contract term remains unchanged, Oct. 1, 2016 - Sept. 30, 2017.
Financial Impact
VOCA funds require recipients to contribute a 20 percent match of the total project cost. The value match of the Fire Department's in-kind volunteer service hours have increased an additional $476, from $202,480 to $202,956 to satisfy the 20 percent new project cost match requirement.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.