Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Family Violence Law Center in an Amount Not-to-Exceed Amount $300,000 for the Domestic Violence Outreach and Mobile Unit Program for Services Through June 30, 2025
Staff report
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Housing and Homelessness
SUMMARY
In March 2022, the City of San Leandro entered into an agreement with Family Violence Law Center (FVLC) to establish a domestic violence outreach and mobile unit pilot program. The domestic violence outreach and mobile unit program consists of a partnership between the community-based organizations FVLC, Building Futures (BF), and Safe Alternatives from Violent Environments (SAVE). The program consists of domestic violence case management, community outreach, coordination with police and fire regarding 24-hour services, youth focused leadership development and coordination with stakeholders such as local hospitals and other urgent health care facilities. The agreement with FVLC expired in December of 2023. Staff recommends City Council approval to continue funding the domestic violence outreach and mobile unit program. The funding is for one and a half fiscal years for a total of $300,000.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with FVLC in the amount of $300,000 for a period of January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Leandro's Human Services Gap Analysis identified the need for domestic and intimate partner violence services. According to data from the Department of Justice, domestic violence-related calls for assistance in San Leandro have fluctuated in recent years, from a high of 348 in 2017 to a low of 84 in 2021.1 According to data provided by Alameda County Department of Public Health, from 2013 to the third quarter of 2015, San Leandro hospitals were amongst the highest to receive domestic violence related hospital visits.2
ANALYSIS
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