Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance will authorize the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention and the Director of Public Safety to jointly to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for an amount of up to $347,000.00 to provide domestic violence support services related to the Advocacy Crisis Team (ACT-DV) program in partnership with the Columbus Division of Police. The Advocacy Crisis Team (ACT-DV) officially launched as a co-response pilot partnership between The Center for Family Safety and Healing (TCFSH) and Columbus Division of Police (CPD) in May of 2023. ACT-DV advocates respond to domestic violence runs with CPD officers. Officers secure the scene and focus on interviewing, report writing and evidence collection while advocates listen to survivors and provide triage safety supports.
By February 2024, the ACT-DV program expanded to two of the six CPD zones. It is the goal of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Columbus Division of Police to continually expand the ACT-DV co-response as the standard protocol for all domestic violence / intimate partner violence cases involving firearms and/or strangulation. These specific services are provided to the public and cannot be provided by City of Columbus staff.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is being requested so that the contract can be entered into as soon as possible to prevent a lapse in domestic violence support services being provided to residents in need.
Fiscal Impact:
The amount of this ordinance, $347,000.00, is budgeted for this purpose in the 2026 General Fund operating budget. Ordinance 1841-2026, passed June 29, 2026 established the contract for $300,000.00. That contract was not executed and any encumbrance associated will be cancelled as the correct amount of the contract is $347,000.00.
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To authorize the Director of the Office of Viole...
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