To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Sheriff Christopher R. Swanson
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RE: Approval of a grant award from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, in the amount of $309,999.00, to provide for Genesee County's STOP Violence Against Women efforts for Fiscal Year Ending 2025; there is a 25% match requirement for this grant
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Authorization to accept a grant from MDHHJS for a renewal of our STOP Violence Against Women efforts for FY2025
BACKGROUND:
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has approved the grant application submitted by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office for our STOP Violence Against Women efforts to support law enforcement projects targeting sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. This program will continue efforts devoted to preventing, identifying, and responding to these crimes in a victim-centered, offender-focused, and trauma-informed manner.
DISCUSSION:
This initiative provides funding for a Specialized Investigative Unit, which focuses on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault cases by providing even more significant resources to our office to expand our efforts in these areas. This fifth round of funding will allow us to continue with our consortium of prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and service providers to work as partners in a concerted and coordinated manner to have a solid impact on our community by standing up for victims of these crimes and holding the perpetrators accountable for their actions. The consortium partners would apply for their grant awards. This grant will provide funding for three (3) Detective Sergeants.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The grant award will be $309,999.00, and there is a 25% matching requirement. However, the Match may be Cash, in-kind, or a combination of both. The grantor gives examples of in-kind matches, which include office space and utilities, staff supervision, staff support, and office supplies. The County’s 25% match has in the past and will continue to come from various line items already included in our office budget.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This grant conforms to the County Priorities by helping provide a safer community and supporting victims of Sexual Assaults and Domestic Violence.
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 Office of Genesee County Sheriff to authorize entering into an agreement between Genesee County and the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services and accepting a STOP Violence Against Women Grant in the amount of $309,999.00 for the period commencing October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, with a 25% local match coming from existing budgeted staff positions, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the October 2, 2024 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.