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Home My WebLink AboutR-81-0660LA RESOLUTION N0.81 - 6 C3 0 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, DIVISION OF STATE PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, STATE OF FLORIDA, FOR FUNDING OF THE CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY (C.A.T.E.) PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND EXECUTE THE NECESSARY AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM UPON RECEIPT OF THE GRANT. WHEREAS, the City Commission, after thorough consideration of the problem and available data has determined that the 1st year fund- ing of the Crimes Against the Elderly (C.A.T.E.) Program will impact on elderly victimization in the City of Miami and as Miami becomes increasingly populated by potentially vulnerable, residential and visiting retirees, it is incumbent upon its law enforcement agency to establish more efficient, effective and humane processes for deal- ing with the elderly victim, and to establish positive preventative strategies for this target population; and WHEREAS, this Program will function in three major stages to address elderly victimization: (A) The investigation of crimes commit- ted against the elderly. C.A.T.E. officers will act as liaison with the State Attorney's Office and may help elderly crime victims by pro- viding transportation to court and explaining court procedures; (B) The referral/follow-up stage is aimed at helping the victim resume his or her normal life-style as smoothly as possible. Services include assistance in replacing stolen Social Security checks and transportation to medical appointments necessitated by the crime and post -victimiza- tion counselling; (C) Finally, the C.A.T.E. Program will provide public awareness/educational preventative programs to reduce the crime -victim vulnerability of persons over 65 years of age; and WHEREAS, under the terms of Public Law 90-351, as amended, and Public Law 93-415, as amended, the United States of America has author- ized the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), through the Florida Bureau of Criminal Justice Assistance, to make Federal Grants to assist local governments in the improvement of criminal justice; and CITY c4MN MEMS OF JUL2 31981 "IoOummN -..6 6 FFAVU............................ WHEREAS, the City Cotamiasion has examined and duly consideted such Act and considers it to be in the public interest and to the benefit of the City of Miami to file an application under said Act and to authorize other action in connection therewith; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The Crimes Against the Elderly (C.A.T.E.) Program is in the best interest of the City of Miami and the general public. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to file in behalf of the City of Miami an application to the Bureau of Criminal Justice Assistance, Division of State Planning, Department of Commun- ity Affairs, State of Florida, in the form prescribed by the Florida Bureau of Criminal Justice Assistance in conformity with Public Law 90-351, as amended, and Public Law 93-415, as amended, for a grant to be made to the City to assist in defraying the cost of the project generally described above. Section 3. If such a grant be made, the City shall provide or make necessary arrangements to provide such funds and/or in -kind con- tributions in addition to the grant as may be required by the said Act to defray the cost of the project generally described above. Section 4. The City is aware that the minimum required non-federal cost of the project be appropriated cash and that such funds designated as local hard cash contributions in all related project budget schedules that are to be provided by the City are hereby appropriated as new funds for Criminal Justice use for the express purpose of matching the grant funds. Section 5.(a) The City Manager is hereby authorized to furnish 4 such information and take such other action as may be necessary to 1 enable the City to qualify for said grant and to accept the grant and execute all necessary agreements to implement the project upon receipt :S tof the grant. i (b) The City Manager is hereby designated as the City's authorized representative for the purpose of furnishing to the Florida Crittitialustea A8ei.etauee such infor�natioh, data doeutantg pettaitiiti to the applieatioii for said grant as inage ra'uird and otherwise to set as the authori2ed representgtiv' of s ' the pity of Miami in connection with this application. (c) if such a grant be made, the City of Miami sh`l main tain such records as are necessary and furnish such information* � data and documents as are required by the Florida Bureau of CriminaY Justice Assistance to support the implementation of the project genet — I ally described above. Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and certified copies hereof are to be included as part of the application for the herein grant to be submitted to the Florida Bureau of Criminal Justice Assistance. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of July , 1981. Maurice A. Ferre M A Y O R R PH G. ONGIE, CITY CLERK rn Honvard Gary City Manager FROW �AKenneth1. Police Chief of CITY OF ,MIAM�, FLORIDA INTER-QFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE July 8, 1981 CILE piN 21 SUBJECT Resolution for LEAA Grant REFERENCES Proposed Resolution for CATE Program ENCLOSURES One (1) It is recommended that the City Commission approve a resolution which authorizes the City Manager to apply for, accept and exe- cute the necessary agreements to implement the "Crimes Against the Elderly Program" grant application in the amount of $20,000 in LEAA funds, per the attached resolution. Miami's 1970 census data reflected that the over 65 years population repre- sented 15 percent of total Miami residents. The city has within it's bound- aries twenty-six (26) multi -unit, low-income public housing units for the elderly, which represent 9 percent (4,403 persons) of the elderly population in Miami. The elderly residents outside of the public units are heavily concentrated in Miami's Central Business District, where nearly one-half of the total population is over the age of 65. Other significant areas are along Bis- cayne Boulevard, from downtown north to Little River. All census tracts in these areas have between 20 and 30 percent over 65 population. The Brickell, Shenandoah and a portion of Little Havana areas reflect a goodly portion of elderly, in concentrations of about 20 percent. Non-public housing elderly residents represent 91 percent (45,997 persons) of Miami's elderly popula- tion. We have two unknown factors in terms of Miami's elderly population. Those factors are: (1) the over 65 transients in the Central Business District and (2) the over 65 tourists. Criminal victimization among the elderly presents problems unique to both the victim and the law enforcement agency which handles the investigation through to its conclusion and to its court followi.ip. The Senior Citizen is more frequently the target of crimes in which personal injury of long term duration results. Regardless of whether the injury is physical or monetary, or a combination of the two, the incident impact on the Senior Citizen is nearly always attended by psychological duress and trauma. 81-660 dtut' r M1 N r The Miami Police Department, through the Crimes Against the elderly Progros �4s intends to address this problem. Basically, the intent of the Program is tO provide advocacy and assistance for elderly irictims within the City of MiWILL) snd to establish an internal Social Service coordination mechanism to facilir:f Late field officer referrals, with a service delivery followup capability. 1 The three primary C.A.T.E. program components are: 1. Investigative/Prosecutive r. 2. Needs Assessment/Referral/Follow-up - 3. Educational/Public Awareness The proposed program is needed. The Bureau of Criminal Justice Assistance requires a formal resolution froiri the City Commission to be attached to the application. The proposed resolu- tion is enclosed.