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10. PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT FROM THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Approve receipt (retroactively) of grant funds from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) for the Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) Anti-Gang and Gun violence reduction program in the amount of $100,000. These grant funds are provided to reduce gun related violence, especially among gang members. This grant agreement, ACJC number PSN-15-002, commenced October 1, 2014 and will terminate on September 30, 2016. In accordance with the agreement, page 5, paragraph 35, these funds will not be used for any indirect or administrative costs that may be incurred by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office or Maricopa County for the administration of this grant. Thus, the grant allows a 0% rate for indirect costs, or $0 that may be incurred for the administration of this grant. The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the County Attorney’s composite indirect cost rate at 16.1%, or $16,100.00. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0 and the non-recoverable indirect cost is $16,100.00. Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, or designee, to sign all documents related to this award. Grant revenues are not "local revenues" for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. This award agreement is in the amount of $100,000.00 in Federal dollars under CFDA 16.554 awarded to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission by the U. S. Department of Justice. These funds will be used to pay for the salary and benefits of an experience gang prosecutor who will vertically prosecute cases related to this project. This grant will expire at the end of the award period unless prior written approval for an extension has been obtained from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. Payment of these grant funds are conditioned upon the availability of funds appropriated for the payment of such obligation. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has received Project Safe Neighborhood grant funds in FY 2008-2009. There is no reasonable expectation of future funding. (C-19-15-022-G-00)

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