HUMAN OPTIONS, INC. AND THE CITY OF IRVINE

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HUMAN ,_., OPTIONS PREVENT. PROTECT. EMPOWER. TRANSFORM. SAPD developed several initiatives to promote education and services to domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Each initiative involved a partnership with nonprofit, community, or government agencies. In 2016, Santa Ana, SAPD, and Human Options collaborated to prepare an application for an Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) FY 2016 Improving Criminal Justice Response (ICJR) Grant to launch the Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT). The application was awarded a three-year grant, beginning on October 1, 2016, and ending on September 30, 2019. In 2019, Human Options, Santa Ana/SAPD applied for renewal funding for this project. They were again awarded a three-year grant, beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on September 30, 2022. In 2022, Human Options, Santa Ana/SAPD applied for renewal funding for this project. They were again awarded a three-year grant, beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2025. Over the nine years that the DVRT has been active, SAPD and Human Options have continued to meet on at least a quarterly basis to ensure alignment on grant goals and objectives as well as to explore opportunities to deepen our partnership. In 2024, Human Options and the Santa Ana /SAPD) hosted the city's first Domestic Violence Walking Vigil in October to bring awareness to the community about the issue of domestic violence. Human Options has a long and productive history of collaboration with Irvine city government and IPD on various domestic violence-related projects. Since Human Options Emergency Shelter's opening in 1995, Human Options has partnered closely with IPD to transport survivors and their children to our program. Human Options has also received numerous Irvine Community Development Block Grants for emergency housing for victims of domestic violence. Human Options also has a standing MOU with Irvine and IPD, established in 2001, to provide services to victims of domestic violence. Through this MOU, the IPD links domestic violence victims to Human Options' 24-hour emergency hotline so that hotline advocates can assess victims' needs and assist in providing immediate shelter or referrals to victims. Human Options regularly briefs officers on current programmatic offerings to ensure warm handoffs from officers to Human Options staff. IPD has been instrumental in supporting Human Options with security walk-throughs and recommendations about ongoing safety enhancements to the property, as well as providing active shooter and safety training for staff. Human Options and IPD have also historically cross-referred victims. Each holiday season, IPD raises money to bring gifts to children and their survivor parents living in the Human Options Emergency Shelter. In 2023, Human Options and Irvine/IPD) hosted the city's first Domestic Violence Walking Vigil in October to bring awareness to the community about the issue of domestic violence. The critical and long-range goals of the collaboration continue to be to address community needs related to domestic violence through the DVRT, as well as community-based and residential wrap-around services to support victims and their families. Ill) Development of Application Building on the success of three previous cycles of OVW-ICJR funding, Human Options, Santa Ana/SAPD, Irvine/IPD prepared this application in May 2025 to sustain and enhance the Page 4 of 1.B