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EXHIBIT A —DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES <br />I. DUTIES <br />A. Services and Description <br />1. Services. The Consultant agl•ees to furnish the City the following services: <br />a) Recruitment and training of volunteers (advocates) who work with and <br />counsel victims of domestic abuse. <br />b) Staffing of a 24-hour crisis line and providing information and referral. <br />c) Preparation of petitions for protective orders; assistance in the service of <br />protective orders; advocacy with victims during the court hearing process; <br />monitoring compliance with Court Orders. <br />d) Providing shelter for victims and their children. <br />e) Providing support/educational groups for battered persons and educational <br />groups for high -risk target groups. <br />f) Availability of a domestic abuse perpetrator's group for City referrals. <br />g) Tubman will be available as the first point of contact for victims, regardless of <br />the offense level in a domestic violence case. <br />h) Tubman will be available to serve as the community contact agency for <br />intimate partner violence cases referred by law enforcement personnel. <br />Mounds View law enforcement officers completing a lethality risk assessment <br />on site with the victims of intimate partner violence may refer such <br />assessments immediately to Tubman staff for services. <br />2. Client Eligibility. <br />a) Services under this Agreement shall be provided to pel•sons residing in the <br />City who have been battered in domestic relationships, the children of such <br />persons„ and to high -risk target groups identified by the City and `Tubman. <br />B. Evaluation, Reporting, and Information Requirements <br />ROCS OPEMMU210\35\8 85030.v2-7/20123 <br />