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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary documents and any subsequent amendments, with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $306,666 for the My Sister’s Keeper - New Victim Intervention and Empowerment for Women’s Program, for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Health and Human Services Department (HE) by $306,666, offset by reimbursement revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The My Sister's Keeper-New Victim Intervention and Empowerment for Women's (MSK-New VIEW) Program focuses primarily on female, marginalized victims of human trafficking, many of whom have had interactions with the criminal or juvenile justice system. However, the City of Long Beach (City) MSK-New VIEW Program will be broader, serving any person who has suffered physical, sexual, financial, or emotional harm resulting from trafficking victimization.
The MSK-New VIEW Program is an innovative, research-supported model for holistic service delivery designed to increase intervention time and access to services. The program will provide a holistic approach to addressing the multiple layers of abuse and trauma that human trafficking victims face, as well as a coordinated referral system to prevent victims from falling through the cracks. The City-lead, coordinated care approach will include continuum of care services in partnership with the City Prosecutor, a community-based service provider specializing in trauma and resiliency-informed service delivery, a wraparound human trafficking victim service provider, and the Health and Human Services Department, to support implementation, coordination and monitoring of the service delivery and referral model. Through this funding, the City will be able to not only continue diversion programming, but enhance direct referrals and service pr...
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