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Center for
Community Solutions
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www.ccssd.org
Administration Office
4508 Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone: 858-272-5777
Fax: 858-272-5361
East County Office
460 N. Magnolia Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619-697-7477
Fax: 6~9-873-0055
North County Office
240 S. Hickory Street
Suite 110
Escondido, CA 92025
Phone: 760-747-6282
Fax: 760-747-1635
Memorandum of Understanding
The Undersigned organizations hereby enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
Center for Community Solutions (CCS) in support of its funding application to the U.S. Department of
Justice Office on Violence Against Women Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of
Protection Orders Program, Fiscal Year 2015 (CDFA # 16.590).
This grant application proposes to strengthen legal advocacy services and other victim services for
victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including strengthening
assistance to such victims in immigration matters, for abuse victims who either reside in the North
Region of San Diego County or who have cases in the North County Judicial District. This grant
application also includes a continuation ofthe North County High Risk Team (North HRT), a
collaboration among Partners that identifies and responds to victims who are at extreme to severe risk
oflethality due to intimate partner violence. The Project enhances victim services in North County
including the underserved populations ofLatinas and military families.
Partners and History
The Partners of the proposed Project are Center for Community Solutions (CCS, lead agency), Casa
Cornelia Law Center (CCLC, subcontractor), San Diego County District Attorney's Office (SDCDA),
County of San Diego Sheriff's Department (SDSD), Carlsbad Police Department (CPD), Escondido
Police Department (EPD), and Oceanside Police Department (OPD).
The Partners on this Project have a long history of collaboration and coordination of services across
disciplines. The Partners have collaborated for eleven years as participants in the North County Family
Violence Prevention Center (NCFVPC), a multidisciplinary project that provided coordinated case
management of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking cases in North San
Diego County. In 2013, Partners established the North HRT as part of their NCFVPC work. In addition
to the NCFVPC project, the Partners have also collaborated for twenty-four years as members of the
San Diego County-wide Sexual Assault Response Team.
All the partner agencies will continue to work closely together on the proposed Project to assist victims
in obtaining short duration emergency protective orders, longer duration restraining orders, assistance
with other critical legal needs (family law, income maintenance, housing, and employment, e.g.), crisis
counseling, emergency medical care, case management, emergency shelter, transitional housing,
transportation, counseling, and other basic needs. Partners will also continue to work collaboratively to
improve victim safety and hold perpetrators accountable through the North HRT.
Development of the Application
Representatives from CCS, CCLC, SDCDA, SDSD, CPD, EPD, and OPD have participated in the
development of the application including the development of this Memorandum of Understanding.
Activities proposed herein are the result of collaborative planning, group discussions, review of past
collaborative work, and ongoing coordination on the part of partners.
Roles and Responsibilities of Partner Organizations
1) All partners will:
a. Strive to ensure victim safety and increase perpetrator accountability;
b. Participate in biweekly North HRT case review meetings, in person, or via remote access portal;
c. Share pertinent information regarding clients to ensure optimum services are provided to each
client with appropriate and informed client consent to release information; and
d. Refer cases to Children's Services, Child Welfare Services, Aging and Independent Services, and
Adult Protective Services when appropriate.
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2) CCS will fulfill the following specific responsibilities:
a. Serve as lead agency for the project;
b. Submit quarterly financial and semi-annual progress reports to OVW;
c. Employ and supervise one (1) full-time equivalent bilingual (English/Spanish) Project Manager/CA-
Licensed Attorney, one (1) full-time equivalent bilingual (English/Spanish) Legal Advocate, and one
part-time bilingual (English/Spanish) Administrative Assistant with project funds;
d. Convene and facilitate North HRT meetings;
e. Convene and facilitate meetings between CCS and Partners to review progress towards program goals,
discuss changing and evolving needs of the community and develop and implement strategic action
plans regarding project implementation as well as activities that strengthen and foster collaborative
relationships;
f. Serve as the Case Coordinator at North HRT meetings, collect data, follow up with members to ensure
response steps are implemented, and track outcomes;
g. Assist victims in obtaining both short duration emergency protective orders and longer duration
restraining orders and provide legal representation with restraining order proceedings;
h. Assist victims with other critical legal needs (family law, income maintenance, housing, and
employment, e.g.)(partly with leveraged funds);
i. Coordinate with CCLC on cases with immigration-related concerns;
j. Assist victims in obtaining crisis counseling, emergency medical care, case management, emergency
shelter, transitional housing, transportation, and other basic needs;
k. Provide sexual assault victim advocacy services, including 24-hour emergency response in-person
hospital accompaniment and follow-up case management services (with leveraged funds),
I. Provide 24-hour domestic violence and sexual assault hotline services to provide crisis counseling,
information and referrals to clients after hours (with leveraged funds); and
m. Participate in required OVW trainings.
3) Casa Cornelia Law Center
a. Refer adult victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking to CCS legal and
advocacy services and North HRT when appropriate;
b. Identify CCLC staff member and/or volunteer to participate in the North HRT meetings and trainings,
as appropriate. Provide legal assistance regarding immigration issues dealing with either U-Visas or
VA W A self-petitions as resources allow and
c. Provide legal assistance regarding immigration issues dealing with either U-Visas or VA WA self-
petitions as resources allow.
4) SDCDA's office will fulfill the following specific responsibilities:
a. Participate in ongoing planning and coordination meetings relating to grant activities;
b. Assign a Deputy District Attorney and a District Attorney Investigator (provided with leveraged funds)
to provide case investigation follow-up, client referrals to the program, data collection, danger
assessment, liaison with local law enforcement agencies to assist with vertical prosecution, and case
coordination with CCS legal and advocacy staff;
c. Participate in cross-training with project Partners, as available and appropriate;
d. Provide leadership in the implementation and ongoing refinement of the North HRT model; and,
e. Refer adult victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking to CCS and
North HRT for services.
5) SDSD, CPD, EPD, OPD, will fulfill the following specific responsibilities:
a. Refer eligible victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking to CCS legal
and advocacy services and to the North HRT when appropriate;
b. Assign a representative to serve as a liaison and point of contact to the North HRT;
c. Participate as needed in ongoing planning and coordination meetings relating to the North HRT;
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d. Ensure that staff assigned to North HRT have completed the required online Danger Assessment
training and certification process;
e. Educate victims referred to the HRT on the potential risks and benefits of participating in the HRT,
including the limits of confidentiality of the HRT, and obtain the victim's informed consent to
participate in the North HRT process;
f. With victim consent, conduct case records checks in ARJIS;
g. Assist with the implementation of any response steps, such as follow up investigation, that are
determined to be the role of said agency at the North HRT meeting;
h. Serve as case agent for any high-risk cases referred to the North HRT by said agency; and
i. Allow CCS and DA staff to deliver training on CCS legal and advocacy services as well as North HRT
at shift change line-ups to sworn staff and other venues, where appropriate.
Planning Team Members
The following representatives of Partner agencies form the project planning team:
• Holly Hunt, Esq., Legal and Advocacy Services Director, CCS
• Gail Mendez, Esq., Litigation Manager, CCS
• Katie Fleming, Esq., Domestic Violence Program Manager, Casa Cornelia Law Center
• Claudia Grasso, Deputy District Attorney, Family Protection Unit, San Diego County District Attorney's Office
• Eric Farwell, District Attorney Investigator, Family Protection Unit, San Diego County District Attorney's
Office
• Detective Pam Wotkyns, Vista Station San Diego County Sheriffs Department
• Detective Michael Proffitt, San Marcos Station, San Diego County Sheriffs Department
• Detective Glennis Unser, Carlsbad Police Department
• Detective Michelle Mayfield, Investigations Division, Family Protection Unit, Escondido Police Department
• Sgt. Karen Ortega, Oceanside Police Department
These team members will continue to collaborate as members of the North HRT. In addition, team members will
refer victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking to CCS for confidential legal and advocacy services,
including lethality assessments and safety planning. Individual team members are responsible for ensuring that their
respective organizations fulfill their roles as outlined in this MOU as well as for supporting and supervising staff
under their employ who participate in the North HRT. To such end, team members meet and communicate with the
Project Manager regularly.
Budget Approval
All Partners have reviewed and approved the proposed budget.
Resource Contribution of Each Partner
1) CCS agrees to provide sexual assault victim advocacy services, 24-hour domestic violence and sexual
assault hotline crisis counseling, trauma-informed individual and group therapy, domestic violence shelter,
and prevention and education services, at no cost to the Project;
2) CCLC agrees to provide ....
3) SDCDA agrees to participate in this program, including contributing a District Attorney Investigator, who
will provide case investigation, follow up, and case coordination, and a Deputy District Attorney, who will
serve on the North HRT, at no cost to the grant.
4) SDSD will agree to participate in this program, including designating representatives from the San Marcos
and Vista Sheriffs Stations to serve on the North HRT, at no cost to the grant.
5) Carlsbad Police Department will agree to participate in this program, including designating a Detective to
serve on the North County HRT, at no cost to the grant.
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6) Escondido Police Department will agree to participate in this program, including designating a Detective
from the Family Protection Unit to serve on the North County HRT, at no cost to the grant.
7) Oceanside Police Department will agree to participate in this program, including designating a Sergeant to
serve on the North County HRT, at no cost to the grant.
Tim cline
The duration ofthis collaborate effort will correspond with the grant period, anticipated to be October 1, 2015
through September 3 I, 2018.
Approval
We, the undersigned, have examined and are in support of the contents of this MOU pertaining to CCS' application
for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2015 Grants to Encourage
Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protective Orders Program. Upon careful inspection of the proposed budget
applying to the extensive collaborative efforts detailed in this application, we stand in agreement with its contents.
Vema Griffin-Tabor, Chief Executive Officer
Center for Community Solutions
Carmen Chavez, Esq., Chief Executive Officer
Casa Cornelia Law Center
Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorney
San Diego District Attorney's Office
William D. Gore, Sheriff
San Diego County Sherifrs Department
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Gary W. Morrison, Chief
Carlsbad Police Department
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Craig Carter, Chief
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Frank McCoy, Chief
Oceanside Police Department
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OVW -Pro-Arrest Budget Calculation
October 1, 2015-September 30, 2018
PERSONNEL ..
Associate Executive Director of Programs
Legal & Advocacy Services Director
Litigation Manager
Project Manager (Attorney)
Staff Attorney-Bilingual
Legal Advocate
Training Specialist
Data Manager
Admin Assistant
Contracts Manager
Staff Acct-Payroll
Staff Acct-Accounts Payable
Staff Acct-Contracts
Total Penonnel
Fringe Benefits
Total Personnel & Fringe
OPERATING
Travel ·'·' ' ..... ' ·•.··'.
Mandated Training & Techinical
Assistance
Mileage
... Total Travel
Supplies :' ·.;.
Office Supplies
Total Supplies
Con5ultants/Cofltrads
Coso Cornelia Law Center
Total Consultants/Contracts
Other Costs . ':
Online Legal Research Subscription
Court Filing & Forms
Client Transportation
Client Emergencies
Trainings-Danger Assessment (30)
Cell Phones
Recruitment
Computer & Office Furniture
Shared Costs
Indirect Costs
Total other Costs
TOTAL
3/13/2015
BUDGET
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-
1··· ..
10,000
16,200
26,200
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4
550
10%
-
950,000
2015~20.16 2016•2017 2017-2018 TOTAL
>_
4,084 4,084 4,084 12,252
9,540 9,540 9,540 28,620
12,204 12,204 12,204 36,612
53,000 53,000 53,000 159,000
48,500 48,500 48,500 145,500
34,400 34,400 34,400 103.200
1,674 1,674 1,674 5,023
1,857 1,857 1,857 5,572
4,590 4,590 4,590 13,770
3,216 3,216 3,216 9,647
2,028 2,028 2,028 6,084
2,020 2,020 2,020 6,059
1,015 1,015 1,015 3,045
-
178,128 178,128 178,128 534,385 .,
32,063 32,063 32,063 96,189
210,192 210.192 210,192 630,575
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' ,. ':· I
10,000 10,000
6,558 6,558 6,558 19,673
6,558 16.558 6,558 29,673
' .·; ..
-
500 500 500 1,500
500 : 500 500 1,500
40,000 40,000 40,000 120,000
40,000 40,000 40,000 120,000
...
500 500 500 1,500
350 350 350 1,050
670 670 670 2,010
670 670 670 2.010
3,750 3,750
1,935 1,935 1,934 5,804
500 500
6,000 6,000
25,337 25,337 25,337 76,012
23,205 23,205 23,205 69,616
62918 52668 52,667 168,252
320,167 319,917 309,916 950,000
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