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n T7�T j� L��'i[�,��] Item No: 8A <br />MaUNDS ■ I1 4 L � !' Meeting Date:08/14/2023 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: <br />Oily of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Ben Zender, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9789, Approving Professional Services <br />Agreement with Tubman to Provide Public Safety and <br />General Welfare Related Services Addressing Domestic <br />Abuse <br />Introduction: <br />Tubman is requesting funding to ensure that our law enforcement and criminal justice <br />partners can continue to rely on Tubman to help ensure victims' safety needs are met <br />and help prevent future violence. <br />Discussion: <br />For more than 45 years, Tubman has been helping people of all ages, genders, and <br />cultural backgrounds to find safety, hope, and healing. Tubman Legal Services program <br />has served the East Metro region of the Twin Cities, including Ramsey and Washington <br />counties, since Family Violence Network began in 1981. <br />Tubman has partnered with the Mounds View Police Department and HJ Law <br />prosecution team to provide legal services to help victims of violence in Mounds View. <br />Tubman Legal Services within the Mounds View community include: criminal court <br />legal advocacy to ensure victim's rights are met through the criminal legal system; legal <br />clinics regarding divorce, custody, child support, and other family law issues; pro bono <br />attorney representation; and assistance drafting Orders for Protection and Harassment <br />Restraining Orders, including providing civil advocacy throughout the process of <br />obtaining this important order. <br />Tubman also offers a broad continuum of services, including emergency family violence <br />shelter for people of all genders; transitional housing; mental and chemical health <br />counseling; youth mentorship and leadership development; in -school violence <br />prevention curriculum; support groups; a clothing closet; and more. The need for these <br />critical services has increased, and so have the costs to provide them which is why they <br />are requesting financial support. <br />The total amount to be paid by the City for services shall not exceed $25,500 annually. <br />The funds will come from Account 100-4700-3065 ( Family and Youth Social Services). <br />Attachment: <br />■ Tubman Professional Services Agreement with the City of Mounds View <br />