| Item Title: | DRO / FY24 Access and Visitation / Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Grant Application/ Yr 2024-2025 | | Submitted By: | Brian Stanley, Executive Director, Domestic Relations Office (915) 834-8200 | | Subject: | GRANT APPLICATION - Approve and authorize the Domestic Relations Office (DRO) to apply for the Texas Office of the Attorney General Access and Visitation grant in the amount of $63,407.70 with a cash match of $7,045.33. Funds are available in GF-ACCESS-XFER OUT-GRANT MATCH. Further, authorize the County Judge to sign the Lobbying Certification and application addendum. (Contract No. 2023-1033) | | Background: | DRO will provide IV-D participants with court education, an overview of possession orders, cooperative parenting classes, access facilitation, mediated access to include referral for monitored exchanges and supervised visitation, referrals for family counseling, drug treatment/ counseling, anger management, domestic violence counseling, parenting classes, and related legal services. All services are free and provided in both English and Spanish. If awarded the contract may be renewed for three (3), optional, one (1) year terms. | | Fiscal Impact: | Grant Request = $63,407.70
Cash Match = $ 7,045.33
Required match will be provided by existing general funds DRO fringe benefits accounts.
GF-ACCESS-XFER OUT-GRANT MATCH
| | Recommendation: | Application - Approve and authorize the Domestic Relations Office (DRO) to apply for the Texas Office of the Attorney General Access and Visitation grant. Further, authorize the County Judge to sign the Lobbying Certification and application addendum. Grant application amount is for $63,407.70, and Cash Match of $ 7,045.33 (2023-1033). | | Prior Action: | DRO was awarded the FY 21 OAG Access and Visitation Grant. Grant award was accepted by Commissioner's Court on February 08, 2021. (2021-0090) | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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