Finance Item/Grant Request Template
Date Submitted: 1/24/22
Requesting Agency: DoF/BMO & Courts
Division:
Subject Matter Expert Name: Kiki Turner
Email Address: kiki.turner@denvergov.org
Phone Number:
Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney’s Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).
Both the title and description must be entered between the red “title” and “body” below. Do not at any time delete the red “title” or “body” markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance establishing a new Fund in the Public Safety Special Revenue Fund Series for the “DCC Competency Diversion Initiative” program.
Approves creation of a new Safety Special Revenue Fund for the purpose of administering the new Denver County Court Competency Diversion Initiative. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-1-22.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide?
Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
This request is to create a new “DCC Competency Diversion Initiative” Special Revenue Fund, Accounting No. 12826 in the Safety Special Revenue Fund series to receive funds from the Colorado Competency Fines Committee and administer the program, including receiving revenue per the MOU and authorizing expenditures. This SRF will be a revenue-based, non-lapsing fund, and the expending authority will be the Presiding Judge.
County Court has entered into an MOU with the Colorado Competency Fines Committee to implement a new Courts Competency Diversion Program. This endeavor will include collaboration between DCC, the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office, the Denver District Attorney’s Office, Denver Pretrial Services, and the Mental Health Center of Denver, and will provide clients in the diversion program services with mental health treatment and will focus on social stabilization in the community. Per the MOU, the funds will be provided to DCC as a cash payment up front to implement the DCC Competency Diversion Initiative. While this collaborative partnership is based upon an MOU (and not a contract or grant), Council approve is required to create a new fund and to authorize expending authority.
Type (choose one: Grant; Supplemental; Fund Creation; Fund Rescission; Fund Transfer; Appropriation; Other): Fund creation
Amount:
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Fund and Funding Source (Fund/Org/Grant Number, if applicable):
Grantor (if applicable):
Fund Matching Requirements (if applicable):
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