title
Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Grant Funds from the Governor’s Crime Commission to Fund an Outreach Advocate to Inform the Community of All Available Victim Services (Grant Funds - $82,197 - Requires 25% Match of $27,399 - Will be met with Crisis Line Operators’ Salaries)
body
STAFF CONTACT
Pat Laws - Budget & Management Services - 704-866-3771
BUDGET IMPACT
budget
Appropriate additional revenues. The 25% Match of $27,399 Will Be Met with Crisis Line Operators’ Salaries.
body
BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
N/A
BACKGROUND
The Community Outreach Advocate will provide outreach services for the following victim service agencies: CAC - The Lighthouse, the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center - A Domestic Violence Shelter, DSS Child Protective Services, the Family Justice Center; Law Enforcement Agencies: the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office and the Gaston County Police Department; DV and sexual assault service provider, Phoenix Counseling. The Community Outreach Advocate will work with agencies to identify and develop prevention strategies, to update partners about organizational/personnel changes, and to provide data to stakeholders to better identify community needs.
POLICY IMPACT
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
Budget Change Request (BCR)