Agenda Item Name:
Title
Request one (1) 1.00 Full time Equivalent (FTE) Victim Advocate Therapist position for the Community Support Services Department.
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Presenter:
Claudia Tuck, 352-231-0058
Description:
Request one (1) 1.00 Full time Equivalent (FTE) Victim Advocate Therapist position for the Community Support Services Department through the award of additional grant funding from the Florida Coalition Against Sexual Violence (FCASV).
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve one (1) 1.00 Full time Equivalent (FTE) Victim Advocate Therapist position for the Community Support Services Department.
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Prior Board Motions:
N/A
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
The increase in funding will be used to add (1) 1.00 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Victim Advocate Therapist.
Fund 017.29.2970.569 various Personal Services accounts Project Code 3222909 (GR+) $76,406
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Strategic Guide:
Social and Economic Opportunity
Background:
Item 17 (#22-0719) on the October 25, 2022 agenda, is an Amendment #9 to the contract with the Florida Coalition Against Sexual Violence (FCASV). Amendment #9 includes funding through three different State grant accounts. The Trust Fund award is reduced slightly by $684.00 and new additional GR+ funding in the amount of $76,406.00 increasing the total award to $197,778.00, a net increase of $75,722.00 from Amendment 8. The increase in funding will be used to add 1 FTE Victim Advocate Therapist and related operating expenses. The existing Therapist position frequently has a waiting list of clients. The additional therapist will eliminate the wait to receiving these important clinical services.
Overall, the FCASV grant is used to support 3.25 FTE's including the new FTE Victim Advocate Therapist, operating expenses to provide rape crisis center services in Alachua, Bradford and Union Counties, including afterhours in-person response services to sexual assault victims. In 2003, the Florida legislatu...
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