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Bureau of Justice Community Based Violence Intervention Grant- $2,000,000
Mayors Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
Malcolm Cunningham (x1504)
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept a Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based grant in the amount of $2,000,000 from the U.S Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance; authorizing the Mayor to enter into needed agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice for the administration of the grant and grant programs; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of funds in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from the Operation Grants Fund; authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts and sub-grant agreements as contemplated by the Office of Justice Programs; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) applied for and received a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based program. The goal of this project is to prevent and reduce violent crime in Toledo, Ohio by developing an integrated, community-driven, evidence-informed ecosystem of Community-based Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVIP) practice. Building on existing needs assessments, this project will conduct an in-depth asset and capacity analysis of Toledo’s CVIP landscape to identify and map gaps between high-risk populations and current CVIP CBO capacity and determine appropriate evidence-based models to address the identified gap. The enhanced needs assessment will be conducted in collaboration between the Community Action Table (CAT), a multidisciplinary stakeholder working group, and the research partner at Bowling Green State University. The findings of this assessment will be synthesized with an analysis of spatial, temporal, demographic, and group-based patterns of gun violence led by a Violence Reduction Council (VRC); together, the enhanced needs assessment and the VRC’s review will inform the enhancement of the existing Violence Reduction Strategic Plan (VRSP). To implement VRSP capacity-building recommendations, this project will provide training, technical assistance, and competitive subgrant and microgrant programs for individual and CBO CVIP practitioners.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to accept and deposit the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based program grant funds in the amount of $2,000,000 into the Operation Grants Fund Account Code 2016-10201-3G20195STDSTD.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 is authorized from the unappropriated balance of the Operation Grants Fund to Account Code 2016-10201-3G20195STDSTD and the expenditure of same is authorized for the purposes of the grant.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to award contracts for the purposes authorized and contemplated under the grant agreement, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and the Director of Law.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against the above-mentioned Account Codes in an amount not to exceed that authorized above in payment of the obligations authorized above by the terms of the grant upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this ordinance must be immediately effective in order to timely administer the grant.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council