To: James Avery, Governmental Operations Committee
From: Prosecutor David Leyton
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RE: Acceptance of Crime Victims Services Grant
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Authorization to accept an annual grant from MDHHS for Crime Victims Services for FY2024 in the amount of $408,595.00.
BACKGROUND:
The Prosecutor’s Office is mandated under the Crime Victim Rights Act, P.A. 87 of 1985 and Article 1, Section 24 of the Michigan Constitution to provide victims of crimes with certain services and advocacy in the criminal justice system. To help meet our responsibilities in this area, the Prosecutor’s Office receives a Crime Victim Rights grant award allocation from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to help pay for salaries and fringe benefits for two victim advocates and a secretary.
DISCUSSION:
This grant is an annual award from the State that is a significant source of funds for our budget.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
No change in the current staffing structure.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The award allocation for FY2024 is $408,595 which includes $375,000 for salaries and fringes, $19,000 in ancillary funds for direct victim services (e.g., bus fare to court, lunch money during long court sessions, parking, childcare and pet care as needed, etc.), over $12,000 for supplies and materials, and almost $3,000 for Central Service Allocation. This funding helps pay for two victim advocates, a secretary and almost half of a supervisor. The remaining staff in our crime victims’ services division are covered by other grant funding. There are no matching funds required for this grant.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
IMPACT ON INDIRECT COSTS:
None.
IMPACT ON OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OR OUTSIDE AGENCIES:
As with all grants, there is the indirect impact on Fiscal Services with regards to filing reports and processing funding reimbursements.
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TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office has long relied on funding from the State of Michigan to assist in carrying out mandated services to victims of crime,
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton to accept a grant award from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services - Division of Victim Service in the amount of $408,595 for the period October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the September 6, 2023 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board).