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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: November 15, 2021 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:21-564 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Fran Robustelli <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeanette Dong <br />Recreation and Human Services Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve the <br />Staff Recommendation on the Establishment of New Domestic Violence <br />Programming (to establish a new domestic violence program using American <br />Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding in the amount of $200,000) <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve the staff recommendation to establish a <br />new domestic violence program. The funding is for one fiscal year at a total appropriation <br />of $200,000. The appropriation is included in the ARPA Budget that was approved by the <br />City Council on November 1, 2021. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of San Leandro’s Human Services Gap Analysis identified the need for domestic <br />and intimate partner violence services. Domestic violence-related calls for assistance in <br />San Leandro have fluctuated in recent years, from a high of 334 in 2011 to a low of 249 in <br />2006. In Alameda County, San Leandro hospitals are amongst the highest to receive <br />domestic violence related hospital visits. The contrast between police and public health data <br />is reflective of the fact that many victims of domestic violence do not call the police and end <br />up in hospital emergency departments. The proposed domestic violence program will be a <br />new partnership between the community-based organizations Family Violence Law Center <br />(FVLC), Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), and Safe Alternatives from <br />Violent Environments (SAVE). <br />Currently, the City’s Community Assistance Program (CAP) funds a nonprofit to follow-up <br />with domestic violence victims reported to the police department. Over the course of fiscal <br />year 2020-2021, CAP attempted to connect with and serve a total of 201 survivors. Of that <br />total, 142 (70%) were successfully contacted for services. <br />FVLC, BFWC, and SAVE propose to hire and/or increase capacity of existing staff who <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/12/202153