Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton, Deputy County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): FLEX_DVAFUND
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (HCDVCC)
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration for approval of an amendment to an agreement with the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (HCDVCC) to increase the disbursement amounts for Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and include training services as part of the administration of the Harris County Domestic Violence Assistance Fund (DVAF).
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Background and Discussion:
Reports of domestic violence increased locally during the COVID-19 pandemic and women of color have been most severely impacted. Harris County has a high turn-away rate for domestic violence shelters, with over 70% of callers unable to access emergency shelter bed space due to high demand. DVAF provides flexible assistance to survivors of domestic violence via grants to qualifying community-based organizations (CBOs) and provides wraparound services to survivors of domestic violence.
Service providers and survivors of domestic violence use flexible funding to help survivors leave abusive situations and seek stability by covering costs for housing, transportation, childcare, utilities, and other needs. Recipient organizations may also use a limited portion of the funds to build organizational capacity to address unmet needs of survivors. This amendment will allow domestic violence (DV) service providers to receive critical training in motivational interviewing, neurofeedback qEEG, and trauma survivor techniques to enhance serv...
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