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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 240832

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Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

Reallocating $145,657.00 previously accepted and appropriated in Ordinance No. 230292 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, FY 2022 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) previously allocated to the Health Department and authorizing contract with ArtsTech to provide client advocacy services for crime victims within the scope of such grant.

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WHEREAS, on April 13, 2023, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 230292, which accepted $678,136.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, FY 2022 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, authorized cooperative agreements for the allocation of such funds between the City, Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, City of Grandview, City of Independence, City of Raytown and the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission and designated the Director of Neighborhood Services Department as requisitioning authority; and

WHEREAS, SAVE KC is a collaboration between the City, Kansas City Police Department, Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, Missouri Probation and Parole, US Attorney's Office, and many social service partners to reduce violent crime. The program utilizes a focused deterrence model with an emphasis on restorative practices and enforcement; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 230292 described $145,657.00 of the above funds remaining with the City as allocated to the Health Department "for salaries and fringe," the intended use of which was client advocacy services for crime victims within the scope of the SAVE KC collaboration and within the scope of the above grant; and

WHEREAS, because City has identified a non-profit corporation, ArtsTech, who is the fiscal agent for SAVE KC, that it believes is better positioned than the Health Department to provide such ...

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