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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
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DATE:
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December 4, 2009
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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December 15, 2009
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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Majority
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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James P. Fox, District Attorney
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SUBJECT:
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Application for Renewal of the Special Emphasis Grant
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the District Attorney to submit a grant application in the amount of $110,000 to the California Emergency Management Agency for funds for a Special Emphasis Program for FY 2009-10, and to execute the Grant Award Agreement to receive such funds.
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BACKGROUND:
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In 1990, the Probation Department submitted and received a grant proposal to the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP), requesting funds to operate a Special Emphasis Project in conjunction with the County’s already established Victim/Witness Program. We have received funding and the Board has authorized the submission of a grant application every year since 1990 to support this intensive outreach project to minority victims in the target communities of the southeast section of Redwood City, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. In February 2002, the Victim/Witness Program became a division of the District Attorney’s Office. The Special Emphasis Grants were administered by OCJP until December 31, 2003. The authority to award Special Emphasis Grants were transferred to the California Office of Emergency
Services (OES), effective January 1, 2004. On January 1, 2009, the California Office of Emergency Services and the California Office of Homeland Security merged into one emergency operations agency, and are now known as California Emergency Management Agency.
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DISCUSSION:
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A grant application is required each year to receive federal funds through the state agency designated to administer these grants. The Special Emphasis Program provides services to minority victims of violent crimes, who reside in the target communities located in the southern end of San Mateo county. The goal of the program is to offer services as expediently as possible following a violent crime. The services include but are not limited to crisis intervention, emergency assistance, counseling and other resource referrals, claims assistance, and court escort/support.
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the Resolution and Memo as to form.
Approval of this resolution contributes to the Shared Vision of 2025 of a Healthy Community by providing comprehensive assistance to minority victims of violent crimes, residing in the southern end of San Mateo County.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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The federal funding awarded for FY 2009-10 is $110,000. The total expected cost of the program is $225,020, resulting in a projected net county cost of $115,020, which includes a 20% required match of $27,500. Funds have been included in the FY 2009-10 Recommended Budget to cover these additional costs.
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