To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approval of domestic violence shelter-based programs for funding and designation of a local agency to monitor the domestic violence shelter-based programs.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve Humboldt Domestic Violence Services as the local domestic violence shelter-based program to receive funding through the Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act for fiscal year 2020-21;
2. Designate Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as the local agency to monitor the domestic violence shelter-based program;
3. Authorize DHHS to determine local domestic violence shelter-based programs who would be eligible for funding and the ability to distribute funds annually.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
State mandated licensing fees
DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to Welfare and Institution Code (W&I Code) 18290-18309.8, a county clerk will collect $23 per marriage certificate issued and deposit said funds into a local domestic violence fund. The funds are intended to support domestic violence shelter-based programs. The W&I Code gives the Board the authority to approve funding for one or more domestic violence shelter-based programs.
The W&I Code also grants the Board the authority to designate a local agency to monitor the activities performed by the domestic violence shelter-based programs. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been administering these funds since the creation of DHHS. The Board could choose to designate another agency to monitor and distribute these funds. At this time DHHS would respectfully request that the Board continue to designate DHHS as the monitoring agency.
Over the past years it has become increasingly difficult to distribute the funds to our local domestic violence shelter-based programs due to contracting requirements. To assist in easing the administrative burden of these fund...
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