To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Anthony McDowell, Friend of the Court
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RE: Approval of a grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, in the amount of $15,000.00, to provide for supervised parenting time and exchanges; the budget for this grant is attached
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Friend of the Court is requesting approval to accept the Access and Visitation Grant from the State Court Administrative Office for the Fiscal Year ending in 2025.
BACKGROUND:
Every year, the State Court Administrative Office offers Access and Visitation Grant monies to Friend of the Court offices for the purposes of funding supervised parenting time and supervised exchanges of parenting time. The amount of the grant funding is $15,000 and requires no match from the County.
DISCUSSION:
These services cannot be funded using Title IV-D funding that is normally used for Friend of the Court services. The Friend of the Court will be partnering with two agencies who provide supervised parenting time services and are trained to provide those services, Family Matters and KIND. The Friend of the Court will be responsible for reviewing their invoices and assuring that both agencies are complying with the grant and contract requirements.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
Friend of the Court staff review invoices and reports from the supervised visitation providers. No additional employees are required.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The Friend of the Court has a separate fund for supervised visitation. The fund will be set at $15,000. The Federal Participation fund account is 2151-291.02-504.000. There will be no change in County appropriation.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Partnering with community agencies to provide children and parents methods of safe access furthers the priority of creating healthy, livable, and safe communities.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Friend of the Court to authorize accepting the Access and Visitation Grant and grant program contract, between the Genesee County Friend of the Court and the Michigan State Court Administrative Office, in the amount of $15,000.00 for the period commencing when executed by the Parties through September 30, 2025, to fund supervised parenting time and exchange services, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the October 2, 2024 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), the Friend of the Court is authorized to execute the grant program contract, and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.