Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Tara Williams
Department: Human Services Division: Crisis Intervention & Support
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Contract No. 22OAG27 between the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence and Broward County in the amount of $25,015, effective retroactively from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, to fund crisis intervention services and forensic medical examinations for sexual assault victims; authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same; authorize the County Administrator to execute amendments to the Contract that do not impose any additional financial obligations on the County, subject to review for legal sufficiency by the Office of the County Attorney; and authorize the County Administrator to take all necessary administrative and budgetary actions to implement the Contract.
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Why Action is Necessary
Section 20.31(b)(3), Broward County Administrative Code, requires that the Broward County Board of County Commissioners (“Commission”) approves all state and federal grant agreements.
What Action Accomplishes
Approval provides for the continued delivery of crisis intervention services and forensic medical examinations to sexual assault victims in Broward County.
Is this Action Goal Related
Yes
Previous Action Taken
None
Summary Explanation/Background
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This action supports the Commission’s value of “approaching human services collaboratively and compassionately with special emphasis on the most vulnerable,” and the goal to “deliver evidence-based services to the public and connect customers and their family members to sustainable support, with special emphasis on financial supports”. Funding from the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (“FCASV”) will be used by the Nancy J. Cotterman Center (“NJCC”) to provide crisis intervention services and forensic medical examinations to sexual assault victims.
FCASV provided notice of the Contract No. 22OAG27 award of non-competitive grant funding on July 1, 2022. The effective date of this Contract (Exhibit 1) is retroactive due to contract negotiations with FCASV regarding language and formulation of the document. The Contract with FCASV was finalized on August 16, 2022.
FCASV distributes funding from the Office of the Attorney General to certified rape crisis centers such as NJCC. The Commission has approved this funding annually since 2006, when NJCC first received the award. The continued funding has allowed for the delivery of crisis intervention services and forensic medical examinations to victims of sexual assault in Broward County.
The deliverables remain substantially the same as in the prior year, and all deliverables for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 have been achieved.
The Contract is in FCASV’s format and has been approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney. FCASV will sign following Commission approval.
Source of Additional Information
Carol Cook, Director, Crisis Intervention and Support Division, 954-357-9590
Ana Ferrer, Human Services Administrator, Nancy J. Cotterman Center, 954-357-5765
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
This Contract funds $25,015 to Broward County with no cash match required. The budget resolution for this grant was processed administratively through the adopted budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.