Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution approves an allocation from the USDOJ Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation grant, Isthmus Safety Initiative to the Rape Crisis Center to provide Bystander Intervention Training programming. The Rape Crisis Center was the only respondent to a request for proposal to provide these services and was recommended by the evaluation panel. The resolution would provide up to $62,000, contingent on the availability of federal funding, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute agreements with the organization for these services.
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Approving the provision of up to $62,000 from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) grant Isthmus Safety Initiative (ISI) to support the development and execution of a Isthmus Safety Initiative (ISI) program in Madison’s Downtown and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into agreements with the selected agency to implement the designated project.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison applied for and received a USDOJ Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) grant in 2020, that focused on downtown Madison; and,
WHEREAS, as called for by the BCJI grant, and working in collaboration with a Steering Committee, University of Wisconsin Population Health, Public Health Madison and Dane County, and the Madison Police Department, the Division engaged an Advisory Council of cross-sector partners consisting of downtown stakeholders, organizations, business owners, and residents to discuss downtown crime issues and the drivers of crime downtown, and created an Action Plan to address them; and,
WHEREAS, the resulting Action Plan, “Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Isthmus Safety Initiative (ISI) Action Plan” was developed and submitted to the USDOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) as part of the 2020 BCJI implementation grant process; and,
WHEREAS, BJA awarded the Division a $1,000,000 grant for a three-year imple...
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