Police Department
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Item # 24
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
August 20, 2024
TOPIC: FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant
AGENDA TITLE
Memorandum of Understanding, First Amendment, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant (Non-General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Authorize the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a Memorandum of Understanding and the First Amendment with the City of Anaheim Police Department accepting FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant funds in the amount of $75,000 for the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX).
2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $75,000 in the Department of Justice Grants revenue account and appropriate same to the Office for Victims of Crime Human Trafficking expenditure accounts. (Requires five affirmative votes) GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) launched the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Program to help communities develop multidisciplinary task forces that employ victim-centered approaches to identify survivors, provide services, and investigate and prosecute all forms of human trafficking. Since then, the OVC has become the largest federal funder of anti-trafficking programs in the United States.
The Anaheim Police Department applied for the FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant with the California Highway Patrol, Irvine Police Department, and Santa Ana Police Department as partners in the
FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant August 20, 2024
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Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (OCHTTF). The Anaheim Police Department has been awarded $750,000 and the Santa Ana Police Department has been allocated a subaward in the amount of $75,000 as a sub-recipient under this grant.
The grant is anticipated to continue to fund the OCHTTF from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The OCHTTF is a partnership between the Anaheim Police Department, the Santa Ana Police Department, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Waymakers (lead victim service-providing agency), and other local and federal agencies.
The collaborative partnership between the Anaheim Police Department and the Santa Ana Police Department will address the following four areas: partnership, protection, prosecution, and prevention. The purpose of the OCHTTF is to work together to protect victims, prosecute offenders, and prevent further human trafficking in Orange County.
The grant will provide funding to reimburse the Santa Ana Police Department’s participation in the OCHTTF for any overtime work and travel expenses for the detective assigned to the OCHTTF for any qualifying training and conferences.
The Memorandum of Understanding from the Anaheim Police Department inadvertently omitted the grant amount to be subawarded to the Santa Ana Police Department (Exhibit 1). The First Amendment specifies the amount of the subaward as $75,000 and also provides the federal grant requirements associated with this subaward (Exhibit 2).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the appropriation adjustment will recognize $75,000 in the Department of Justice Grants account (no. 12714002-52001) and appropriate same to the Office for Victims of Crime Human Trafficking expenditure accounts for expenditure follows:
Fiscal Year Accounting Unit –
Account No. Fund Description Accounting Unit –
Account No. Description Amount
FY 24-25 12714412-various D.O.J. Grant
Fund
OVC Human Trafficking,
Various $35,000
FY 25-26 12714412-various D.O.J. Grant
Fund
OVC Human Trafficking,
Various $35,000
FY 26-27 12714412-various D.O.J. Grant
Fund
OVC Human Trafficking,
Various $ 5,000
Total $75,000
The amounts above are projections and subject to change. Any remaining balances not expended at the end of each fiscal year will be presented to the City Council for approval of carryovers to the subsequent fiscal year.
EXHIBIT(S)
FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Grant August 20, 2024
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1. MOU with City of Anaheim
2. First Amendment
Submitted By: Robert Rodriguez, Acting Police Chief
Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager