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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Attorney to Negotiate and Execute a Grant Agreement Between the Board of State and Community Corrections and the City of Alameda by and Through the Alameda City Attorney's Office to Accept $486,465 in Grant Funds to Hire a Victim Service Advocate; and Amendment of the Fiscal Year 2025-27 Police Grants Fund (Fund 22131100) Estimated Revenue and Expenditures Budget and Amendment of the General Fund (Fund 10023043) Transfers in Revenue Budget in the Amount of $486,465 for the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Grant. (City Attorney)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Yibin Shen, City Attorney
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Attorney's Office (CAO) has been awarded a Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program grant in the amount of $486,465 for Fiscal Years 2025-2027 to fund a full-time Victim Service Advocate position aimed at reducing gun violence in the City of Alameda (City). Staff seeks City Council approval to accept the grant funds and adopt the associated resolution.
BACKGROUND
The Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP) provides federal funding to implement state gun crisis intervention programs or initiatives. The goal of BSCC's Byrne SCIP program is a multipronged approach to decreasing gun violence in California, supporting local jurisdictions in their efforts to improve firearms relinquishment procedures and supporting the enhancement of collaborative court programs that address behavioral health issues, with a focus on people who are at higher risk for gun violence. BSCC will implement this plan by way of two sets of subawards. Byrne SCIP is authorized by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. No. 117-159, 136 Stat. 1313, 1339); 28 U.S.C. 530C.
In April 2025, the City Attorney's Office submitted an application for a two-year Byrne SCIP grant to help offset the costs of hiring a Victim Service Advocate. The applicati...
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