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46 Sheriff — Existing Domestic Violence /Crisis Positions Request: Convert 2.5 existing Social Worker II positions to full County funding. For the past six years, these positions have been funded 75 percent by a Governors Crime Control Grant and 25 percent by the County. Purpose: To continue the domestic violence and other crime victims' assistance and school crisis function programs. Job Functions: ❑ Provide support, mediation and other assistance for domestic violence and sexual assault crime victims and investigative officers in Orange County, UNC Campus, and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Mebane. ❑ Augment services provided by Social Services with regard to non - custodial and stranger assaults to children that Social Services cannot investigate as a matter of law. ❑ Provide support to the new Victims Rights Bill recently approved by the General Assembly. This includes notifying victims of their rights at the time of assault and informing them that their assailants have been released from jail. ❑ Assist in enforcing legislation recently enacted by the General Assembly that requires North Carolina to honor restraining and custody orders from other states. Reason for Request: These services are not offered by any other agency in Orange County. If the program does not continue, services currently offered for domestic violence and sexual assault victims and investigators will no longer be available. Outcomes: (for the 2.5 positions) With continuation of the Domestic Violence /Crisis positions, the Sheriffs Department will be able to maintain the outcomes listed below: Outcome Workload/Per Year Domestic Violence Victims Assisted 431 Physically and Sexually Abused Children Assisted 171 Assault Victims Assisted 153 Other Victims and Survivors Assisted 129 Financial Impact: Additional Position Offsetting Net Additional Cost (Salary/Benefits) Revenue/Budget Position Costs $64,805 $0 1 $64,805