Finance Committee and staff recommend that the Board of Supervisors approves the attached budget adjustment for use of the fund balance for the FY18 DCJS Victim/Witness Program.

The Commonwealth Attorney’s Office receives an annual grant award from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) for its Victim/Witness Program.  A portion of this grant award is federally funded through the Victims of Crimes Act while the remaining portion is state funded.  During the County’s budget process, DCJS had advised the County that they anticipated that the FY 2018 Victim Witness award would be $260,253.  This amount was included as anticipated revenue in the FY 2018 Adopted Budget.  However, due to funding limitations the grant amount actually awarded for FY 2018 was reduced by $5,103 to $255,150.  To correct the original FY 2018 budget and to avoid supplanting, the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office respectfully requests to use $5,103 from the fund balance to replace the grant revenue that was originally anticipated to be received. 

Travis Bird, Commonwealth Attorney

Kathy Settle, Victim/Witness Program Director

If this action is denied, the County will violate the “no supplanting” clause.