City of Hampton - File #: 21-0281

• File #: 21-0281
• Version: 1
• Name: FY 2022 DVVF Grant
• Type: Consent Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/1/2021
• In control: City Council Legislative Session
• On agenda: 10/27/2021
• Final action: 10/27/2021
• Title: Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2022 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the FY22 Special Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund Grant awarded by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
• Indexes: , Annual Budget Appropriations

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2021	1	City Council Legislative Session	approved	Pass

Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2022 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the FY22 Special Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund Grant awarded by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services

Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund ("DVVF") Grant provides special state grant funding for the continued prosecution of sexual assault crimes and sexual crimes of violence in the City of Hampton (the "City"). Prosecutable crimes also include violations of protective orders.

Discussion:
The DVVF attorney works closely with the Hampton Police Division as well as other law enforcement agencies and medical personnel. Furthermore, the DVVF attorney serves as a member of Hampton's Sexual Assault Response Team ("SART"). SART is comprised of members from the Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney's Office; Hampton Victim Witness Services; Hampton Police Division; Riverside Regional Hospital; Hampton Sentara Hospital's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners ("SANE"); and the law enforcement agencies of Hampton University and Thomas Nelson Community College. Cases are tried before Hampton's Circuit Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

Impact:
The FY22 DVVF grant award is $45,000 in special state funding, with a required cash match of $74,742, for a total grant award of $119,742. The required cash match for this recurring grant is budgeted in the General Fund's Departmental Support - Grant Match account. The total grant award funds the salary and fringe benefit cost for one (1) full-time attorney position in the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office which helps support the prosecution of approximately 100 cases. This is a special, one-year extension of the previous three-year grant cycle. The DVVF attorney position adheres to the City's employment policies and performance evaluation process.

Recommendation:
Approve.

Body
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justi...