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Form #: B-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING DEPARTMENT: ATTORNEY DATE: 04/17/2018 STAFF CONTACT: Lee Lord, Business Manager PHONE: 934-3315 A. REQUEST: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement to accept grant funds for the WEST Hawaii JUVENILE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT CENTER PROJECT. We are requesting that the County accept $210,000.00 for the Prosecutor's Office to utilize for the continuation of the West Hawaii Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center Project. This would be Supplemental Contract No. 1 to Contract DHS-17-OYS-717. These are State funds from the Office of Youth Services, Department of Human Services. The funds would continue to be be sub-contracted by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to a non-profit agency for intake and assesment services for juveniles that the Hawaii County Police Department refers to the center. This is a continuation of the current grant/contract that extends the program from 6/1/2018 through 5/31/2019. We are requesting a bill for an ordinance to accept $210,000.00 for the West Hawaii Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center. This would include amending the budget to appropriate the funds to the project which already currently has a general ledger account and revenue account for the funds. We request to amend Ordinance 17-39 as amended, the Operating Budget for The County of Hawaii for the fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018. We are requesting the waiving 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 Prosecutors Office works in collaboration with non-profit organizations to ensure that services for youth are in place in our communities to provide alternatives to arrest and criminal processing. Funding the West Hawaii Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center will provide an appropriate, rapid, proactive and outcomes- driven response to juveniles willing to participate in an alternative process other than arrest and court proceedings. The Hawaii State Office of Youth Services is willing to continue reimbursement the county up to $210,000.00 to The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney., for another year, to ensure that the services are contracted for in West Hawaii for these activities. SIGNED: DATE: /4/11 - Department Head