Title
Resolution approving the City of Hampton, Virginia's Participation In and Appropriation of the 2016 Hampton Domestic Violence Community Unified Response Effort (CURE) V-STOP Grant funding program through the Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney's Office from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Hampton Domestic Violence Community Unified Response Effort (CURE) program continues to strengthen the criminal justice response to domestic violence in the City of Hampton through a coordinated and integrated approach involving a partnership among prosecution, law enforcement and victim service providers.
Discussion:
Continuation of the CURE program will keep an established position for a dedicated domestic violence prosecutor to prosecute all cases of domestic violence. The CURE program provides a special victim advocate and comprehensive training for law enforcement officers. Additionally, the CURE program established the Domestic Violence Work Group (DVWG), comprised of the domestic violence prosecutor, the victim advocate, and a sergeant in the Hampton Police Division to review existing policies and procedures and expand and coordinate domestic violence services. The DVWG reports to and takes direction from the Hampton Family Violence Prevention Council, comprised of the chief officers of the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, Hampton Victim Witness Services, the Police Division, the Department of Social Services, the Court Service Unit, the Magistrate's Office, and the Virginia Peninsula Council on Domestic Violence.
Funding in the amount of $64,801 in federal funds has been approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the period of January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. At least a twenty-five percent (25%) local match is required, in cash or in-kind, amounting to $21,600 for a total grant award of $86,401. The entire local match for this grant period is in-kind.
Impact:
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