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Form #: B-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DEPARTMENT: Office of the Prosecuting Attorney DATE: 04/13/2017 STAFF CONTACT: Lee Lord, Business Manager PHONE: 934-3315 A. REQUEST: We request the Council's permission to accept State Funds in the amount of $210,000.00 from the State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services. The Office of the Prosecutor, is receiving the award beginning FY17 (June 1, 2017) in the amount of$210,000. The funds will be utilized to establish and maintain a Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center in West Hawaii. The service center will be operated by a sub-contracted provider chosen through procurement. We also request to amend Ordinance 16-72 as amended, the Operating Budget for The County of Hawaii, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. This would include amending the budget to appropriate the funds to the project and creating a general ledger account and revenue account for the funds. This would include amending the budget to appropriate the funds to the project and creating a general ledger account and revenue account for the funds. We further request waive of further reading so as to expedite this process as time is an issue for this project. B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): The grant money is to be used for creating and operating a Juvenile Intake and Assesment Center for youth who police take into custody instead of arresting them when the suspected infractions are within the guidelines of what the Intake and Assessment Center will accept. Police will turn over the youth to the Center so that family members can be involved in obtaining services for the youth to address the issues presented. The goal is to involve the youth in rehabilitative services and counseling when arrest and incarceration are not appropriate thereby decreasing our youth in the justice system. This is an expansion of the Big Island Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center program into the West Hawaii community. Previously funds from the State were Federal funds. This expansion is separate and being funded by State funds from the State.