Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $213,426.00 from the Franklin County Office Board of Commissioners, and to appropriate the total amount of the grant from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Department of Pretrial and Probation Services of the Franklin County Municipal Court. This grant will provide funding assistance to support the salary of one Strategic Enforcement Response Team (SERT) Probation Officer to be dedicated to domestic violence cases for the period of this grant.
Franklin County Municipal Court Pretrial and Probation Services, under the direction of the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs (OJPP) and as supported by Office of Violence Against Women 2020 Innovative Criminal Justice Response program will work to achieve the objective of reducing domestic violence homicides. By working with justice partners to adopt the Blueprint for Safety: Interagency Response to Domestic Violence model in Franklin County, the Blueprint for Safety inter-agency project team will:
§Promote increased use of evidence-based practices and programs to improve identification of and coordinated responses to high-risk domestic violence incidents.
§Promote proactive collaboration and data sharing among Franklin County justice system agencies to address domestic violence crimes.
§Further develop relationships that promote seamless referrals and linkages of victims to community-based supports
Emergency Legislation is requested so that the grant funds can be utilized as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
$213,426.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs; to appropriate $213,426.00 from the unapprop...
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