R2011-029 - 2011-03-07RESOLUTION NO.R2011-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, APPROVING CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE DIVISION - GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE DIRECT
SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it in the best interest of the citizens of the City
of Pearland that the Pearland Police Department Victim Assistance Program continue to
be operated for portions of Fiscal Years 2011 — 2012 from September 1, 2011 to August
31, 2012; and
WHEREAS, City Council agrees to provide the in-kind contributions of local
volunteer service from civic volunteers and interns based on prevailing wage rate
calculations for the said project as required by the Office of the Governor — Criminal
Justice Division; and
WHEREAS, the City Council designates the City Manager as the grantee's
authorized official and is given the power to apply for, accept, reject, alter or terminate
the grant on behalf of the applicant agency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council agrees that in the event of loss or misuse of the
Criminal Justice Division funds, the City Council assures that the funds will be returned
to the Criminal Justice Division in full.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS;
Section 1. That the City Council approves submission of the grant application
for the Pearland Police Department Victim Assistance Program to the Office of the
Governor, Criminal Justice Division. Grant Number: 23623-02
RESOLUTION NO. R2011-29
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this, the 7th day of March, AD., 2011.
ATTEST:
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SE RETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
TOM REID
MAYOR
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
2
Agency Name: City of Pearland
Grant/App: 2362301
Fund Source: General Victim Assistance — Direct Services Program
Project Title: City of Pearland Crime Victim Assistance Project
Profile Information
Applicant Agency Name: City of Pearland
Project Title: City of Pearland Crime Victim Assistance Project
Division or Unit to Administer the Project: City of Pearland Police Department
Address Line 1: 3519 Liberty Drive
Address Line 2:
City/State/Zip: Pearland Texas 77581
Payment Address Line 1: 3519 Liberty Drive
Payment Address Line 2:
Payment City/State/Zip: Pearland Texas 77581-5416
Regional Council of Governments (COG) within the Project's Impact Area: Houston -
Galveston Area Council
Headquarter County: Brazoria
Counties within Project's Impact Area: Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris
Grant Officials:
Authorized Official
User Name: Bill Eisen
Email: beisen@ci.pearland.tx.us
Address 1: 3519 Liberty Drive
Address 1:
City: Pearland, Texas 77581
Phone: 281-652-1663 Other Phone: 281-652-1662
Fax: 281-412-8120
Agency:
Title: Mr.
Salutation: Mr.
Project Director
User Name: Joel Hardy
Email: jhardy@ci.pearland.tx.us
Address 1: City of Pearland - Finance Department
Address 1: 3519 Liberty Drive
City: Pearland, Texas 77581
Phone: 281-652-1795 Other Phone:
Fax:
Agency:
Title: Mr.
Salutation: Mr.
Financial Official
User Name: Claire Bogard
Email: cbogard@ci.pearland.tx.us
Address 1: 3519 Liberty Drive
Address 1:
City: Pearland, Texas 77581
Phone: 281-652-1671 Other Phone: 281-652-1755
Fax: 281-652-1707
Agency:
Title: Ms.
Salutation: Ms.
Grant Writer
User Name: Joel Hardy
Email: jhardy@ci.pearland.tx.us
Address 1: City of Pearland - Finance Department
Address 1: 3519 Liberty Drive
City: Pearland, Texas 77581
Phone: 281-652-1795 Other Phone:
Fax:
Agency:
Title: Mr.
Salutation: Mr.
Narrative Information
Problem Statement:
Please provide a detailed account in the Problem Statement section of the existing issues your
project will target.
Enter your problem statement:
According to the 2009-2010 revised Brazoria County Community Plan, new revelations about
the current economy and its impact on victim assistance services show that local communities
may face challenges delivering best -practices resources to those that have had crimes perpetrated
against them and need assistance. The Plan highlights the fact that "the down -turn in the nation's
economy is beginning to be felt locally. Identify thefts, forgeries, property crimes, assaults and
DWIs continue to increase. Child abuse, domestic violence, assaults and drug/alcohol related
crimes increase when families are in crisis. When crimes increase demand for victim services
increase as well. As the demand for low-cost legal aid increases long waiting periods for services
are not uncommon. Over twenty-six percent of the County population is Hispanic/Latino, yet
there are insufficient bilingual services available. Reduced funding for mental health services has
contributed to an increase in the number of persons who are processed by the criminal justice
system."'_ Growing economic challenges face our communities and result in an increasing
number of crimes against persons, intensifying the need for ongoing, effective victim assistance
resources in the City of Pearland. In addition, the growing population of the City of Pearland
poses a substantive threat to its current capacity to effectively respond to the needs of crime
victims. Pearland's population explosion is characteristic of a 100% statistical increase in the
number of residents that call our city "home." Combining these with the City's need to
immediately incorporate budget reduction considerations into its various departmental operating
costs creates the "perfect storm" for losing critical resources. Securing grant funding for the City
of Pearland Police Department's Victim Assistance Program is a critical prerequisite for
continuity of services in this area, as looming fiscal changes and budget reconfigurations will
certainly impact the services some governmental organizations often consider to be nonessential.
Resource limitations have impacted the ability of the Victim Assistance Program to expand on its
capacity for delivering strong output and outcome performance in a number of defined areas of
measurement. The goal of this project will be to: 1. stabilize professional and volunteer staff
resources available to crime victims in the City of Pearland with available grant funding; and 2.
establish rigorous intake, data collection, follow-up and performance target measurement
procedures into the victim assistance service -delivery practices of the City of Pearland Police
Department's Victim Assistance Program.
Supporting Data:
Provide as much supporting data, to include baseline statistics and the sources of your data,
which are pertinent to where the grant project is located and/or targeted. Do not use statewide
data for a local problem or national data for a statewide problem.
Enter your supporting data:
Pearland, Texas has not escaped from the correlations that research and science are producing
about the connection between population growth, economic conditions and crime. In 2002,
44,540 Texans called the City of Pearland home. As of 2008, Pearland is estimated to have a
population of 90,700. In 2007, Forbes Magazine ranked Pearland as the 34th fastest growing
suburb in the nation. It is, therefore, the fastest growing suburb in the Greater Houston area, and
the 10th fastest growing in the state of Texas. By 2011, Pearland is expected to have 98,300
residents and 102,400 by 2012. Alongside the exponential growth in population, a significant
increase in retail, residential construction and light -industrial development has occurred since
2002. The largest employers are a reflection of Pearland's suburban economy, with some
businesses related to the oil industry and biomedical industry. The largest employer is the
Pearland Independent School District, employing 1,800 people. The second largest employer is
Wal-Mart, which operates several stores in town and employs 800 people. The H -E -B Plus is the
third largest employer in town employing more than 500 people. The City of Pearland is the
fourth largest employer in town at 514 employees. Rounding out the top 10 are Randall's
(Grocery), 250; Kemlon (Oil field services), 275; TurboCare (Turbo machinery manufacturing
and repair), 175; Target Stores (Retail) 150, Tele -Flow (Heating/ventilation/air conditioning)
140, Lowe's (Building materials), 132. Though formerly an agriculture -based town, Pearland is
now predominantly white-collar (71%). "Professional and Related Occupations", "Sales and
Services", and "Management, Business, and Financial Operations" are the three primary fields of
employment (23%, 30%, and 18 respectively). Many residents in Pearland work in the Texas
Medical Center, as Pearland has the highest percentage of TMC workers. While Pearland, Texas
is just now feeling the effects of fiscal decline that most of the country felt in 2008, substantial
reverberations of the national economic downturn are beginning to echo throughout the City. The
plans for a shut -down of Weatherford International's Pearland facility will result in a layoff of
170 workers - two-thirds of its local workforce. The recent cancellation of the NASA
Constellation Program will ultimately impact the substantive portion of Pearland residents
employed at the Space Center. In a February 24, 2010 newspaper article which appeared in The
Journal of Pearland, Texas State Senator Mike Jackson expressed concerns that NASA cuts may
damage the Pearland economy. In a comprehensive survey of possible links between crime and
the economy, the Police Executive Research Forum found that 44 percent of agencies reported
spikes in crime linked to the economy. Of those, 39 percent reported increases in robberies, 32
percent in burglaries and 40 percent in thefts. The report also found that 63 percent of the 233
agencies were bracing for funding cuts during the upcoming year. According to the new review
by this law enforcement research group, nearly half of the 233 police agencies surveyed since the
collapse of the nation's financial markets link increases in criminal offenses to the faltering
economy. The survey, conducted over a five-week period, asked for information on all of 2008
but emphasized the past six months to account for the economic crash. USA Today, in an article
on January 27, 2010, reported that ` ;the combination of declining resources and increases in
some offenses represents the first wave of bad news for communities and police officials.
According to Chuck Wexler of the Police Executive Research Forum, "When departments saw
increases in violent crime (in 2005 and 2006), they were able to flood the problem areas using
overtime for additional patrols. Now that overtime is drying up, 62% of police departments said
they were cutting overtime spending." In 2002 there were a total of 215 actual burglary offenses
in Pearland, Texas, with 349 occurring in 2008. The number of actual assaults totaled 600 in
2002 and in 2008 there were 867. In total, according to Pearland Police Department, there were
1952 actual offenses in 2002 and 2718 in 2008, for an overall increase of 39 percent. In 2002,
Pearland crime represented 28 percent of Brazoria County crime and in 2008 it made up 36
percent. The percentage of Brazoria County population comprised of those that live in the City of
Pearland went from 18 percent to 30 percent from 2000 to 2008. Because of this tremendous
growth in population and crime in the City of Pearland, a growth in demand has emerged to
augment the law enforcement response to crimes with resources that provide additional types of
assistance for victims of crimes. Few events in a person's life are more traumatic than being the
victim of a crime. The immediate hardships victims often face - injury, loss of money and
property, and fear for one's safety - are often followed by feelings of despair and hopelessness.
The painful experience of having a perpetrator of a crime take away one's right and ability to be
safe tends to follow a pattern. This pattern involves stages of shock, recoil, reconstruction, and
finally recovery. Fear, anger, confusion, frustration, sadness, panic and guilt are some, or all, of
the feelings that a victim can experience as a reaction to what criminals "rip away" from them.
According to the Office of the Governor's 2007 - 2008 Biennial Report to the 81st Texas
Legislature, "Victims who receive coordinated guidance and support while being treated with
dignity, compassion and respect will cope more effectively, experience greater capacity for
healing, and be more willing in the future to report crimes." Furthermore, the National Crime
Prevention Council believes that "victim assistance services reduce recurrence of all types of
crime. Victim assistance can help prevent the same individual from being a victim again, help
friends and family members from falling victim to the same type of crime, mitigate the financial
and emotional impact of crime, and help rally the community to action against crime." In the
City of Pearland, Texas, the Victim Assistance Program provides a variety of support services
for sufferers of crimes and the health, safety, financial and social impact of their experiences as
victims. Pearland Police Department's past eight years of offering its Victim Assistance Program
have been filled with tremendous success. Over 12,000 victims of crimes in the City of Pearland
have been supported with efforts to reduce the stress, vulnerability, repetitive victimization and
other consequences of crime they experience when they have become the targets of perpetrators.
The program has supported victims in a variety of ways. A total of 70 to 100 victims are
accompanied to court and hospitals, and about 900 victims are provided with information and
referrals to assist them through the process of recovery, each year. A total of 4,238 victims were
provided with assistance from 2002 to 2004. With the exception of 2005, when the Victim
Assistance Program assisted 1,821 victims, the program has provided assistance to an average of
1,560 victims since 2006. In all, 13 percent of Pearland's population have been assisted with
services from the Victim Assistance Program and a strong disaggregated makeup of the totals
have been women, children, men, minorities and the elderly. In 2002 and 2003, 21 percent of all
victims served were minorities. While only one percent has required translation services, 15
percent require victim advocacy and crime victims' compensation support.
Community Plan:
For projects that have a local or regional impact target area, provide information regarding the
community plan need(s) that your project will address.
Enter your community planning needs:
The Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office (CJD) requires that each county in Texas
have a Criminal Justice Community Plan. The City of Pearland is the highest populous
municipality in Brazoria County, Texas and is situated at the northernmost region of its
jurisdictional authority. Brazoria County's Community Plan, like others from around the State, is
used to identify gaps in services regarding criminal justice issues and was originated in
December of 2005. The plan is a working, living document that evolves as the needs and
priorities of the communities in Brazoria County evolve. New criminal justice goals are
identified; the Planning Group changes as a result of individual and agency circumstances
change, and requirements concerning the makeup of the Plan are subject to change from year to
year. Areas represented include the incorporated communities of Alvin, Angleton, Brazoria,
Clute, Danbury, Sandy Point, Freeport, Sweeny, Village of Iowa Colony, Village of Jones Creek,
Lake Jackson, Liverpool, Manvel, Oyster Creek, Pearland, West Columbia, Village of Surfside,
Village of Bonney, Hillcrest Village, Brookside Village, Town of Bailey's Prairie, Town of
Holiday Lakes, and the Town of Quintana Unincorporated communities include Amsterdam,
Anchor, Churchill, Damon, Danciger, Demi-John Island, East Columbia, McBeth, Old Ocean,
Rosharon, and Wild Peach. Finally, school districts represented are Angleton ISD, Alvin ISD,
Brazosport ISD, Columbia-Brazoria ISD, Damon ISD, Danbury ISD, Pearland ISD, and Sweeny
ISD. The Brazoria County Community Plan identifies several relevant priorities that point to the
need for a substantive array of victim assistance resources to be in place throughout the County.
According to the Plan, a series of general issues are facing the County and its municipalities,
particularly the more populous north region of the jurisdiction. The Plan illuminates the fact that
"[r]apid growth in the northern part of the county has contributed to inner -cities challenges.
Assaults, homicides and intoxicated manslaughter cases have increased. Abuse of illegal
substances and prescription painkillers contributes to an increase in the number of auto related
injuries and deaths. The down -turn in the nation's economy is beginning to be felt locally.
Identify thefts, forgeries, property crimes, assaults and DWIs continue to increase. Child abuse,
domestic violence, assaults and drug/alcohol related crimes increase when families are in crisis.
When crimes increase, demand for victim services increase as well. Youth & Family Counseling
Services has experienced an increase in demand for services to address families in crisis. As the
demand for low-cost legal aid increases, long waiting periods for services are not uncommon.
Over twenty-six percent of the county's population is Hispanic/Latino, yet there are insufficient
bilingual services available. Reduced funding for mental health services has contributed to an
increase in the number of persons who are processed by the criminal justice system."Based on
the proposed project scope being presented to the Office of the Governor Criminal Justice
Division by the City of Pearland Police Department for its Victim Assistance Program, Brazoria
County Community Plan clearly identifies the importance of maintaining and improving services
that impact the effort to provide a variety of support services for sufferers of crimes and the
health, safety, financial and social impact of their experiences as victims. In the 2009-2010
Brazoria County Community Plan, several important Identified Needs are addressed as follows:
Page 24 - Greater need during tough economic times for assistance to victims of domestic
violence and sexual assault; Page 25 - Insufficient services for crime victims and lack of full-
time victim programs at many of the law enforcement agencies; Page 27 - Insufficient case
management services for child victims and their families; Page 27 - There is a continued need for
both medical and follow-up services for child victims of abuse and neglect, specifically sexual
assault child victims; and Page 30 - Insufficient resources for individuals in crisis.
Goal Statement:
Provide a brief description of the overall goals and objectives for this project.
Enter a description for the overall goals and objectives:
The City of Pearland Police Department is requesting $54,000 for its $67,500 Victim Assistance
Program project for year two. This will provide funding for the salary and benefits of one Crime
Victim Liaison. The City of Pearland Police Department will administer the volunteer
contributions of time needed to meet the in-kind matching requirements of the Criminal Justice
Division for this program by establishing two to four Victim Assistance Program volunteers. The
prevailing wage rate calculation for volunteers is currently $20.25 per hour and these volunteers
will contribute 668 hours of service. It is the goal of the Pearland Police Department's Victim
Assistance Program to provide a comprehensive continuum of services to victims of all violent
crimes against persons, from immediate crisis intervention to all related follow-up services,
including those that provide: criminal justice support; advocacy for victims; emergency financial
assistance through local and state agencies; and appropriate referrals to community-based social
services. Assisting crime victims in achieving restoration to physical, mental and emotional
health should be the focus of any strategy to provide victim assistance to those that experience
criminal perpetrations. Based on the fact that local economic implications for communities and
governmental services within the City of Pearland demonstrate the immediate need to expand
and enhance the current list of offerings and outcome measurement indicators associated with
victim assistance services, it will be critical to increase the resources available to victims of
crimes in the City of Pearland in the areas of:
1. maintaining the current number of personnel available to provide specific support for the
processes involving intake, data collection, case management and administrative support
necessary to incorporate and achieve additional victim assistance services outputs and outcomes,
such as:
a. collection of information regarding length of shelter stays,
b. collection of information regarding counseling hours provided, and
c. providing assistance to victims with development of safety plans;
2. improving and increasing the capacity for local volunteers and interns to pursue civic and
academic interests related to assisting victims of crimes in Pearland, including but not limited to:
a. training of volunteers to provide best -practices assistance to victims,
b. building secure and official relationships with local institutions of higher learning (University
of Houston -Clear Lake), and
c. coordination of volunteers during times that a heavy volume of victim assistance services are
being deployed;
3. meeting the existing challenges associated with Pearland's need for geographic coverage of its
westward, multi jurisdictional regions that include:
a. Shadow Creek Ranch,
b. Harris County, and
c. Fort Bend County; and
4. preparing for the planned City of Pearland incorporation of currently unincorporated
residential and commercial zones adjacent to its existing jurisdiction.
Several objectives will provide the project with the ability to meet the output/outcome
performance components of our Victim Assistance Program. These include:
Objective #1: Increase the concentration of supported activities within the City of Pearland to
incorporate those outlined by the Office of the Governor - Criminal Justice Division's Victim
Assistance Grant program;
Objective #2: Establish case management support through volunteers to improve victims' access
to information and educational resources, referrals to shelters and community-based services, as
well as tracking and surveillance of crime victim assistance activities; and
Objective #3: Create and maintain effective partnerships and collaborative agreements between
the Victim Assistance efforts of the City of Pearland Police Department and community-based
stakeholders in the fight to provide victims of crimes with a comprehensive continuum of
resources that successfully restore their physical, mental and emotional health.
Cooperative Working Agreement (CWA):
When a grantee intends to carry out a grant project through cooperating or participating with one
or more outside organizations, the grantee must obtain authorized approval signatures on the
cooperative working agreement (CWA) from each participating organization. Grantees must
maintain on file a signed copy of all cooperative working agreements, and they must submit to
CJD a list of each participating organization and a description of the purpose of each CWA.
Cooperative working agreements do not involve an exchange of funds.
For this project, provide the name of the participating organization(s) and a brief description of
the purpose(s) for the CWA(s). You should only provide information here that this project's
successful operation is contingent on for the named service or participation from the outside
organization.
Note: A Sample CWA is available here for your convenience.
Enter your cooperating working agreement(s):
The City of Pearland's Police Department Victim Assistance Program works cooperatively with
a number of organizations and agencies throughout the region. These bodies: receive and serve
victims of crimes with shelter and crisis counseling; provide victims with advocacy support and
financial assistance; accompaniment to court, hospitals and/or other agencies that provide
assistance and services needed in times of victimization; and provide victims with identification
of resources in and around the community that support victims of crimes. The various efforts
being developed and implemented have resulted in working relationships being officiated for a
number of different initiatives that continually support the Victim Assistance Program, and the
City of Pearland Police Department has several cooperative working agreements in place;
including those with: Brazoria County Community Supervision and Corrections Department
Victim Services Program - General Services; Eagles Lift Ministries - Shelter for homeless
teenage victims of abuse; Bay Area Turning Point - Advocacy, intervention, sexual
assault/domestic violence training for police, accompaniment; Innovative Alternatives, Inc. -
victim's referral services; and City of Pearland Municipal Court - prosecution and adjudication of
cases, as well as participation in training
Continuation Projects:
For continuation projects only, if your current or previous year's project is NOT on schedule in
accomplishing the stated objectives, briefly describe the major obstacles preventing your
organization from successfully reaching the project objectives as stated within your previous
grant application. (Data may be calculated on a pro -rated basis depending on how long the
current or previous year's project has been operating.)
Enter your current grant's progress:
The City of Pearland's proposed Victim Assistance Program has been in place for a number of
years, but has not received prior years' funding from the Criminal Justice Division for this
particular area of work. Therefore, we are not a defined continuation project per this funding
source and are not required to respond to this area of the application. However, the Victim
Assistance Program does maintain a regular, updated system of calculating and reviewing
outputs and outcomes for its efforts. It is prepared to respond to the need to alter and revise and
increase the areas of data collection and output activities that affect the services victims receive
when they require the program's support. This will allow us, if granted funding, to quickly
identify the need to make changes and improve strategies to prevent our organization from
encountering challenges to successfully reaching the project objectives as stated within our
application.
Project Summary:
Briefly summarize the entire application, including the project's problem statement, supporting
data, goal, target group, activities, and objectives. Be sure that the summary is easy to understand
by a person not familiar with your project and that you are confident and comfortable with the
information if it were to be released under a public information request.
Enter your summary statement for this project:
In 2002, Pearland crime represented 28 percent of Brazoria County crime and in 2008 it made up
36 percent. In total, according to Pearland Police Department, there were 1,952 actual offenses in
2002 and 2,718 in 2008, for an overall increase of 39 percent. The Brazoria County Community
Plan identifies several relevant priorities that point to the need for a substantive array of victim
assistance resources to be in place throughout the County. According to the Plan, a series of
general issues are facing the County and its municipalities, particularly the more populous north
region of the jurisdiction. The Plan illuminates the fact that "[r]apid growth in the northern part
of the county has contributed to inner -cities challenges." :.:! In the City of Pearland, Texas, the
Victim Assistance Program provides a variety of support services for sufferers of crimes and the
health, safety, financial and social impact of their experiences as victims. Pearland Police
Department's past eight years of offering its Victim Assistance Program have been filled with
tremendous success. Over 12,000 victims of crimes in the City of Pearland have been supported
with efforts to reduce the stress, vulnerability, repetitive victimization and other consequences of
crime they experience when they have become the targets of perpetrators. It is the goal of the
Pearland Police Department's Victim Assistance Program to provide a comprehensive
continuum of services to victims of all violent crimes against persons, from immediate crisis
intervention to all related follow-up services, including those that provide criminal justice
support, advocacy for victims, emergency financial assistance through local and state agencies,
as well as appropriate referrals to community-based social services. Several objectives will
provide the project with the ability to meet the output/outcome performance components of our
Victim Assistance Program. These include: increasing the concentration of supported activities
within the City of Pearland to incorporate those outlined by the Office of the Governor -
Criminal Justice Division's Victim Assistance Grant program; establishing case management
support through volunteers to improve victims' access to information and educational resources,
referrals to shelters and community-based services, as well as tracking and surveillance of crime
victim assistance activities; and creating and maintaining effective partnerships and collaborative
agreements between the Victim Assistance efforts of the City of Pearland Police Department and
community-based stakeholders in the fight to provide victims of crimes with a comprehensive
continuum of resources that successfully restore their physical, mental and emotional health. The
proposed budget for year two of this project is $67,500. The City of Pearland will secure local
area volunteer resources for in-kind matching support of $13,500, based on prevailing wage
calculations for volunteers. A total of $54,000 in funding would provide support for one full-time
equivalency Crime Victim Liaison.
Project Activities Information
Type of Crime Victim
Select the type(s) of crime victim this project targets and provide the percentage of time
dedicated to serving each category of crime victim. You may select more than one type;
however, the sum of the percentages may not exceed 100%.
Sexual Assault Percentage (%): 2
Domestic Abuse Percentage (%): 54
Child Abuse Percentage (%): 10
DUI / DWI Crashes Percentage (%): 2
Survivors of Homicide Percentage (%): 2
Assault Percentage (%): 24
Adults Molested as Children Percentage (%): 1
Elder Abuse Percentage (%): 1
Robbery Percentage (%): 5
Stalking Percentage (%): 1
Dating/Acquaintance Violence Percentage (%): 0
Selected Project Activities:
ACTIVITY
PERCENTAGE:
DESCRIPTION
Offender Status
Notifications to
Victims
2.00
Utilizing VINE (Victim Information and Notification
Everyday) resources, a statewide automated victim
notifications program is accessed to provide victims with
status information on jailed suspects/offenders and their
scheduled court events.
Information and
Referral
54.00
Victims are provided with information about the judicial
processes, resources available for assistance in the
community and the services provided by the Victim
Assistance Program. Victims are able to weigh their
options as to how they will utilize the program services,
as well as those throughout the community, in ways that
will help them respond to their needs for emotional
support, counseling, legal assistance, monetary support in
times of crisis and long-term ways of overcoming
victimization.
Transportation
1.00
Providing transportation for victims to court, community -
based service organizations, counseling, shelter(s) and/or
to access financial assistance services in the community.
Crisis Services
36.00
Counseling and accompaniment supports that enable
victims to immediately receive critical assistance for
medical, emotional and/or financial crises that arise due
to victimizations and perpetrations of crimes against
victims.
Legal Advocacy
7.00
Prosecutorial support and criminal justice support for
victims' navigation through the court system and for
filing charges against suspects, alleged perpetrators and
offenders.
Geographic Area: The City of Pearland and its incorporated areas of Brazoria County, Harris
County and Fort Bend County.
Target Audience: Victims of crimes such as sexual assault, domestic violence, theft, burglary,
robbery, assault, and others, as well as those crimes that affect the families of crime victims.
Gender: The City of Pearland's Victim Assistance Program provides services to male and
female victims. In 2008 and 2009, combined, the program assisted 1707 female victims and 1141
male victims.
Ages: The City of Pearland's Victim Assistance Program assists victims of all ages. In 2008 and
2009, combined, the program served 48 victims of unknown age, 280 victims between the ages
0-17, 2456 between ages 18-64 and 65 victims that were age 65 or older.
Special Characteristics: The Victim Assistance Program for the City of Pearland Police
Department will place special emphasis on developing and enhancing resources that impact
victims of domestic violence and assault, which collectively make up 40 percent of offenses
addressed by the Victim Assistance Program.
Budget Details Information
Budget Information by Budget Line Item:
RY
SUBCATEGO
CATEGO
RY
DESCRIPTI
ON
CJD
CASH
MATC
H
IN-
KIND
MATO
H
GPI
TOTAL
UNIT/
Personnel
Intern,
Mentor,
Service
Provider,
Student
Worker,
and/or
Support
Staff
Volunteer
contribution
of time at
$20.25 per
hour based on
prevailing
wage rate
calculation
for
volunteers.
$0.00
$0.001
$13 500.
00
$0.0
0
$13,500.
00
6
Personnel
Specialist
Personnel:
Crime Victim
Liaison
$54,000.
00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.0
0
$54,000.
00
100
Source of Match Information
Detail Source of Match/GPI:
DESCRIPTION
MATCH
TYPE
AMOUNT
Two volunteers, one civic and one intern, will provide 668 hours of
annual in-kind support.
In Kind
Match
$13,500.00
Summary Source of Match/GPI:
Total Report
Cash Match
In Kind
GPI Federal Share
GPI State Share
$13,500.00
$0.00
$13,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
Budget Summary Information
Budget Summary Information by Budget Category:
CATEGORY
CJD
CASH MATCH
IN-KIND MATCH
GPI
TOTAL
Personnel
$54,000.00
$0.00
$13,500.00
$0.00
$67,500.00
Budget Grand Total Information:
CJD
CASH MATCH
IN-KIND MATCH
GPI
TOTAL
$54,000.00
$0.00
$13,500.00
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