Item 24 - FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant

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Police Department www.santa-ana.org/pol ice Item # 24 or City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report August 20, 2024 TOPIC: FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant AGENDA TITLE Memorandum of Understanding, First Amendment, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant (Non -General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Authorize the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a Memorandum of Understanding and the First Amendment with the City of Anaheim Police Department accepting FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant funds in the amount of $75,000 for the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). 2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $75,000 in the Department of Justice Grants revenue account and appropriate same to the Office for Victims of Crime Human Trafficking expenditure accounts. (Requires five affirmative votes) GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes DISCUSSION In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) launched the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Program to help communities develop multidisciplinary task forces that employ victim -centered approaches to identify survivors, provide services, and investigate and prosecute all forms of human trafficking. Since then, the OVC has become the largest federal funder of anti -trafficking programs in the United States. The Anaheim Police Department applied for the FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant with the California Highway Patrol, Irvine Police Department, and Santa Ana Police Department as partners in the