Explanation
This ordinance will authorize the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention to enter into a one-year not-for-profit service contract with Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for the amount of $300,000.00 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 on 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 to the public and cannot be provided by Office of Violence Prevention 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 $300,000.00 is budgeted for this purpose in the 2026 General Fund operating budget.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention to enter into contract with Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for domestic violence support services related to the Advocacy Crisis Team (ACT-DV) program in partnership with the Columbus Division of Police; to authorize the expenditure o...
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