Title
The Umbrella Center
Action
Action:
A. Approve the Safe Communities Committee's recommendation to allocate $5,000,000 for the establishment of The Umbrella Center, and
B. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and execute any necessary contracts and agreements for allocation of $5,000,000 for the establishment of The Umbrella Center from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, contingent upon the Umbrella Center raising additional financial support by September 2024, including:
- $10,000,000 from Mecklenburg County, and
- $20,000,000 from private-sector contributions.
Body
Committee Chair:
Larken Egleston, Safe Communities Committee
Staff Resource(s):
Shawn Heath, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Explanation
? The Umbrella Center (Center) is a proposed Family Justice Center, a nationally recognized best practice model for the delivery of services to victims of inter-personal violence.
* The Center will provide a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary co-located service center following a national victim-centered, trauma-informed model in which agencies and organizations that assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder and dependent adult abuse, human trafficking, and child abuse, such as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Special Victims Unit, are able to work in collaboration with each other, and where victims and their children can seamlessly access the services they need.
* The Center is proposed to be located on approximately 2.9 acres located at 4822 Albemarle Road (parcel identification number 133-011-45) in Council District 5. Additionally, the Center is exploring opportunities for satellite locations in one northern town and one southern town in Mecklenburg County.
* The city's $5,000,000 funding allocation will be released contingent upon the Center's successful completion of all other fundraising necessary to establish the Center by no...
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