Explanation
Background:
The Columbus City Attorney's Office in collaboration with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, the Franklin County Municipal Courts, J Investigations LLC, Urban Advocacy and Investigations LLC, CHOICES, Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO), Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio, (SARNCO) and the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence applied for a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
The grant was awarded and this legislation will authorize the Mayor to accept the grant and will further authorize the appropriation of funds. The funds will be used for a team of stalking investigators and Franklin County detectives, the development and implementation of training and manuals, and the purchase of needed equipment and supplies. The program will promote the development of arrest policies and the enforcement of protection order and enhance victim safety and offender accountability in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.
The Columbus City Attorney's Office, Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit will be the implementing agency.
Emergency action is requested to allow the grant activities to commence as soon as possible. The term of the grant is from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2013.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no required match for this grant.
Project period: 10/01/11 - 09/30/13
Federal Share: $841,661.00
Matching funds: $0
Total Grant: $842,661.00
Title
To authorize the Mayor to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women; the appropriation of grant funds in the amount of Eight Hundred Forty-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-one Dollars for the funding of the OVW Stalking Initiative Grant; and to declare an emergency. ($841,661.00)
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, has awarded the City of Columbus, a grant in the amount of ...
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