Primary Department: Sheriff
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Ed Gonzalez
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Award
Project ID (if applicable): 5381201
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Office of the Governor/Criminal Justice Division
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 5%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Rate is not 0% and is listed above.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Sheriff's Office for approval to accept from the Office of the Governor/Criminal Justice Division grant funds in the amount of $149,625, with no required cash match, for the FY26 JAG Child Abuse Unit Overtime Project.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Sheriff's Office Child Abuse unit investigates cases that involve physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect cases that occur in unincorporated Harris County. Each month, the Child Abuse unit receives approximately 125 cases that require immediate triage, which results in an investigation. Due to a large number of cases in the Child Abuse unit, a majority of these cases go into our backlog, which has resulted in over one thousand cases currently in the backlog. Overtime funding for this project would provide support in reducing the current backlog of cases assigned to the unit.
The grant application for this project was approved in Commissioners Court on February 6, 2025. This grant provides overtime funding for the Sheriff's Office Child Abuse Unit to investigate backlog cases. The grant period is October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
Expected Impact:
This grant provides overtime funding for the Child Abuse Unit to reduce the current backlog of cases involving t...
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