DATE:
September 9, 2025
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - REQUEST TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS AND APPROVAL OF A SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR THE ENHANCED TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN LATER LIFE PROGRAM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has made funding available for federal fiscal year 2025 for the Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life (Later Life) Program. The Later Life Program supports comprehensive approaches to addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm for victims who are 50 years of age and older.
The County of San Diego (County) District Attorney's Office is the largest local provider of victim services, assisting approximately 17,000 victims of crime each year. Eligible program services under this grant align with the trauma-informed services available at the District Attorney's Family Justice Centers. Such services include direct victim services and outreach, multidisciplinary teams, community engagement and collaboration, and cross-training between program partners and community professionals.
If approved, today's action would authorize the District Attorney to apply for and accept an estimated $300,000 annually of USDOJ Later Life Program funding for the project period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This is also a request to authorize the District Attorney, and/or her designees, to apply for and accept USDOJ funding for this program and affiliated elder abuse grants in subsequent years, provided there are no material changes to the grant terms or funding levels.
In addition, authority is requested for the Director of Purchasing and Contracting to enter into a contract with a required victim services provider partner, Women's Resource Center (WRC), to provide services for three years beginning ...
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