Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: District Attorney
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): all
Acceptance of additional $28,218 and grant period extension for Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Grant to District Attorney's Office; no match required
Body
Information Contact: Sherry Boston or Roz Harris
Phone Number: 404-371-4773
PURPOSE:
To consider accepting an additional $28,218 for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Grant from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to the District Attorney for the grant period of August 01, 2021 - December 31, 2023; and
To extend the grant's expiration date from December 31, 2023 to January 31, 2024; and
To authorize the CEO to execute all necessary documents.
NEED/IMPACT:
CJCC has been awarded over $5.5 million to date under BJA's Sexual Assault Initiative Grant to develop a cold case Sexual Assault Task Force to respond to cases resulting from the testing of sexual assault kits identified under this project. DeKalb, along with Cobb County and the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council representing the State of Georgia, have served as key partners in this initiative involving prosecuting aged rape cases resulting from a massive kit testing initiative. DeKalb's funding fully covers the salary and benefits costs of a D.A's Investigator and Assistant District Attorney, exclusively assigned to SAKI cases.
The District Attorney was recently increased funding to $656,844 through this award to extend it until December 31, 2023. This final round of increased funding, revised total of $685,062, is required to extend funding and timeline of the project until the continuation State-wide grant award may be accepted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No additional or matching funds are required, so none are being requested at this time.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
Accept an additional $28,218 for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Grant from the Crimin...
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