Item B: Public Safety Task Force Update

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Results: Adequacy of social support resources improves. Funding would allow for more families to have access to the services" Part of a balanced public safety system. Familv Resource Center Network. Increase capacity of the Family Resource Center (FRC) Network consisting of eleven school-based family centers that work in partnership with school districts and other community providers. Cost: $150,000 Results: Positive attitude towards school; effectiveness of social support groups" Funding would allow roughly an additional 3,500 individual's access to FRCs and for the expansion of services. Part of a balanced public safety system. I ~ Other System Requirements. Court Facilitv Improvements. Dedicated in 1958, the Lane County Circuit Court is at the end of its useful life. There has not been any substantial upgrading of the building to keep up with court operations. This budget funds the pay-back for a capital bond measure to provide security improvements and remodeling to support current court operations. Cost: $1,000,000 Results: This is phase one in a $45 million list of projects intended to extend the building's life for another 20 years. Admin Staff to SUDDort Public Safety Enhancements. The number of new staff to be provided by the above programs means that the general administration (risk and benefits/human resources) of county government needs additional employees. In addition, there is one added position to provide research and analysis capabilities for the adult criminal justice programs. Such a position exists in Youth Services and it has been very valuable to the department and the COWlty . Cost: $160,000 Results: Adequate administrative capability within the organization. Better research, analysis, outcome measurement, and accountability within the adult portion of the public safety system. Construct New Child Advocacv Center. The Lane County Child Advocacy Center helps reduce trauma to children who report sexual and physical abuse or witness domestic violence. Cost: The new Center can be built on existing County owned land; the old building can be sold; some grants may be available as well as the County road fund; so the total estimate cost of approximately $4 million may be substantially less. Results: Provide more effective, efficient child-friendly space to annually: conduct 600-700 videotaped interviews of children reporting sexual or physical abuse or witnessing domestic violence; conduct medical examinations on-site of 150 children; host 60 grand jury hearings OD- site; train and supervise 25 volunteer advocates to work with children and non-offending family members. Couotv Office Soace Considerations. The number of staff added by the above listed program will require changes in office space configurations. Additional staff may also mean additional square feet of office space built or rented. The fmancing for this additional space will come from using funds from the natural delay that occurs in filling the new positions in this measure. Executive Summary - Lane County Public Safety Task Force Final Report 20