RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING FROM BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CALIFORNIA VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PREVENTION (CalVIP) PROGRAM COHORT 4 WHEREAS, the City of Salinas is committed to a comprehensive violence reduction strategy; and WHEREAS, the City of Salinas desires to participate in the California Violence Prevention Intervention (CalVIP) Program administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections; and WHEREAS, the City of Salinas works as a lead agency for and in collaboration with the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace (CASP) and with a variety of community based organizations, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the on-going effort to intervene and prevent violence within the city and within all of Monterey County; and WHEREAS, the BSCC has awarded the City of Salinas with an amount of $3,130,453 for the City and its local partners to provide collaborative efforts of intervention and prevention of violence by enhancing protective factors, evaluation and data collection; and WHEREAS, funding for the period of July 1, 2022 through and including December 31, 2025 will support the Salinas Police Department with $1,356,356 of grant funds will create a new community Outreach Team and Juvenile Diversion program; and WHEREAS, BSCC mandates a minimum of 50 percent of funding to be passed through to non-governmental, community based organizations; and WHEREAS, funding for the period of July 1, 2022 through and including December 31, 2025 will support community-based organizations, Partners for Peace with $667,822, Rancho Cielo Youth Campus with $523,383 and Natividad Foundation $378,096 or 50% of grant funds to provide intervention and prevention programs; and
WHEREAS, funding will support evaluation and data collection by the Monterey County Public Health Department STRYVE (Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere) program to determine the impact of the services to be provided with $204,796 or 6.5% of grant funds; and WHEREAS, the dollar for dollar match of $3,145,624 will be shared between the City of Salinas and sub-recipients, Partners for Peace, Natividad Foundation and Rancho Cielo Youth Campus; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council approves the Grant Agreement with BSCC and authorizes the City Manager to execute such agreement on behalf of the City, including any amendments thereto; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Salinas agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement as set forth by BSCC; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the BSCC has awarded the City of Salinas with an amount of $3,130,453 and there will be the establishment of the Cal VIP Cohort 4 appropriation totaling $3,130,453 and corresponding revenue budget for the Salinas Police department and sub-grantees as described in our grant budget with a 100% match requirement of $3,145,624; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the acceptance of funding from the Board of State and Community Corrections to fund programs for the City of Salinas, Partners for Peace, Natividad Foundation and Rancho Cielo Youth Campus in the City of Salinas.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of August 2022 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Kimbley Craig, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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