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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 16, 2020 <br />TITLE <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT <br />ACCEPTING $194,720 IN 2019 <br />DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE <br />ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN <br />GRANT FUNDS, AND MEMORANDUM <br />OF UNDERSTANDING AMENDMENT <br />WITH HUMAN OPTIONS, INC. <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on Is' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting $194,720 in the Department of Justice Grants <br />account and appropriate same in the Office on Violence Against Women Improving Criminal <br />Justice Response expenditure account. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding <br />with Human Options, Inc. to update the Department of Justice grant amount and to clarify the <br />role of the Santa Ana Police Department, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women solicited grant <br />applications for the Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, <br />Dating Violence, and Stalking grant program, which implements certain provisions of the Federal <br />Violence Against Women Act. The program enhances victim safety and offender accountability in <br />cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by encouraging <br />jurisdictions to implement pro -arrest policies as an effective intervention that is part of coordinated <br />community response. An integral component of the Improving Criminal Justice Responses program <br />is the creation and enhancement of collaborative partnerships between criminal justice agencies, <br />victim services providers, and community organizations, which respond to sexual assault, domestic <br />violence, dating violence and stalking. <br />In response to this available funding, Human Options and Santa Ana Police Department entered <br />into a memorandum of understanding, which was a requirement of the grant application. Human <br />Options submitted the grant application to the United States Department of Justice Office on <br />Violence Against Women and was awarded $500,000. The memorandum of understanding <br />designated Human Options, Inc. as the lead agency for this program, and names the Santa Ana <br />Police Department as the criminal justice agency partner to investigate domestic violence cases. <br />The Santa Ana Police Department was awarded $194,720 for their partnership efforts. The amount <br />