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Human Options/OVW Improving Criminal Justice Responses OVW-2022-171037 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Memorandum of Understanding Page 6 of 10 <br /> <br />As the lead agency, Human Options, Inc. will receive compensation from this grant over the <br />three-year grant period and commit to the following roles and responsibilities to ensure the success <br />of the project: <br />• Serve as fiscal and project lead. <br />• Allocate Chief Operations Officer (with leveraged funds) to oversee Grant and budget <br />management, project reporting, and adherence to state, federal, and funder policies. <br />• Allocate Legal Advocacy Program Manager (.05 FTE) to oversee the project, facilitate <br />project meetings, liaise with SAPD, ensure excellence in client services, ensure tracking <br />of project activities for reports and progress evaluation, coordinate participation in <br />required training and technical assistance (TAT), attend required program orientation, <br />and supervise the Legal Advocate; assist with streamlining shelter intake to expedite <br />victim access to shelter during a police response, attend project meetings, and supervise <br />the Domestic Violence Advocate (DVA). <br />• Allocate a Legal Advocate (.50 FTE) to provide bilingual legal services, including legal <br />needs assessments, application assistance, court accompaniment, safety planning, <br />education, and referrals to victims of domestic violence. <br />• Allocate a DVA (.5 FTE) to provide bilingual victim services (including in-person <br />advocacy during DVRT (Domestic Violence Response Team) response, advocacy for <br />walk-in clients at SAPD, and follow-up advocacy), participate in project meetings, and <br />document services as required for reports.