Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, for the funding of the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Domestic Violence Advocates program within the City Attorney's Office. The Domestic Violence unit of the City Attorney's Office assists witnesses and victims of domestic violence through the legal process and provides counseling, referrals and linkage with agencies and community resources. This ordinance will further authorize the appropriation of the grant funds and the transfer and appropriation of the matching funds required by the grant award.
Fiscal Impact:
Grant Period: 10/01/14 - 09/30/15
State Share: $91,577.00
Matching funds: $30,526.00
Total Grant: $122,103.00
Emergency Action:
The City Attorney’s Office is requesting emergency action designation so as to allow for the uninterrupted continuation of this grant program.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept the 14-15 VOCA Domestic Violence grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of Ninety-one Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars for the continued funding of the VOCA Domestic Violence Advocates program; to authorize the appropriation of said grant funds; to authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds in the amount of Thirty Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-six Dollars from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($122,103.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of Ninety-one Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-seven Dollars ($91,577.00) for the 14-15 VOCA Domestic Violence Advocates Grant, 2015-VA-DOME-537; and
WHEREAS, the term of the grant is for the period October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of the grant requires the City Attorney to supply matching funds in the amo...
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