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9. GRANT FUNDS FROM ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION FOR VICTIM COMPENSATION FUNDING Approve acceptance of $1,996,818.00 in grant funds from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. These funds come from the FY 2015-2016 Arizona Crime Victim Compensation program administered by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. Of these monies $1,167,096 are State funds, and $829,722 are Federal funds under CFDA 16.576. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission Grant Number VC-16-056 agreement commenced, retroactively, July 1, 2015 and will terminate on June 30, 2016. Authorize the Chairman to sign all applicable documents. These monies are to be used solely for the benefit of victims of crime through the Maricopa County Victim Compensation Program and cannot be used for indirect costs (Agreement, Page 5, Paragraph 35). The Maricopa County Department of Finance has calculated the County Attorney's Office's composite indirect cost rate at 13%, or $259,586. The recoverable indirect cost of administering this grant is $0; the non-recoverable indirect cost is $259,586. Grant revenues are not “local revenues” for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by budget law. This award agreement is in the amount of $1,996,818.00. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office was designated by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission as the Operational Unit for Maricopa County. The purpose of this award is to provide compensation awards to victims of criminally injurious conduct occurring within the Operational Unit’s jurisdiction. The Operational Unit assures compliance with the Crime Victim Compensation Program rules, R10-4-101 through R10-4-108 et. seq., the guidelines for Crime Victim Organizational audit requirements of OMB Circular A-133, audits of States, Local Government and Non-Profit Organizations, and 28 CFR Part 66.32. There are no matching funds required to accept this award. There is no expectation of continued funding. The County Attorney has received this funding for more than 21 years. (C-19-16-005-G-00)

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