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Consent-Law & Justice Services # 14.
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| Board of Supervisors |
District Attorney |
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| Subject |
| Adopt budget resolution increasing the District Attorney's Criminal Prosecutions Grants 2017-18 recommended budget by $375,000 for the Electronic Suspected Child Abuse System. (No general fund impact) (Reisig) |
| Recommended Action |
| Adopt budget resolution increasing the District Attorney's Criminal Prosecution Grants 2017-18 recommended budget by $375,000 for the Electronic Suspected Child Abuse System. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Operational Excellence
Thriving Residents
Safe Communities
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| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
In February 2017, the District Attorney's office applied for the Electronic Suspected Child Abuse Reporting System Grant (ESCARS) through California's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). The department received notification in March 2017 they had received the grant but were not awarded the grant officially until June 2017. This is a three year grant starting January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2019. In each grant period, we will be receiving $250,000.
In partnership with Yolo County Child Welfare Services (CWS), the District Attorney applied for the ESCARS grant to make suspected child abuse reporting more efficient. Currently, there is no consistent countywide process for cross reporting. This has created many gaps and challenges for effective communication and transparency among county agencies. The ESCARS system, which is being built in collaboration with Los Angeles County, will fill in these gaps and improve the effectiveness of communication and transparency throughout county agencies. With this new reporting system, we will have a centralized database. Instead of information being held individually within each department, information will be stored on one main server for all departments to access.
When the District Attorney applied for this grant, a limited term Programmer Analyst IV was included in the grant budget to support implementation of the ESCARS system. However, this position was not included in the 2017-18 Recommended Budget. The District Attorney's office with work with Human Resources to bring forward a request to add this limited term position in July. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
For ESCARS to be successful, the District Attorneys Office will be collaborating with many partners. The main partners in building ESCARS will be Los Angeles County and CWS. However, to meet the County's needs, the department will also be collaborating with all local Law Enforcement Agencies, Probation, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Victim Services, Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center, County Counsel, Empower Yolo, and the UC Davis Children's Hospital.
An ESCARS steering committee has been developed to assist in the project as well as ensuring that goals are met. This committee consists of a member from HHSA, Sheriff's Dept, West Sacramento School District, County Administrator's Office, District Attorney, IT Dept, and the Board of Supervisors.
County Counsel has reviewed the budget resolution and approved to form. Department of Financial Services has reviewed the budget resolution and approved. |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
| The District Attorneys Office has received a three year grant, January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019, from OES in the amount of $750,000. This grant runs on a calendar year and the District Attorney's Office will receive $250,000 in each year. The reason the recommended action is for $375,000 is due to the fact that the department will be expending the full 2017 allocation from July 1 to December 31, 2017 and half of the 2018 allocation from January 2018 to June 2018. While this is an on-going commitment, as the District Attorney's Office will receive funding in FY 18/19 and FY 19/20, there will be no general fund impact through the duration of implementation of this project. |
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