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Commission ratifies VOCA award, attorney general contract amendment and renews CJC mental‑health contract
Summary
The commission ratified a $232,276.78 VOCA award for victim services, ratified an Attorney General contract amendment tied to high caseloads, and approved a two‑year renewal of the Children’s Justice Center mental‑health contract with changes to services provided.
The Uintah County Commission ratified federal and state funding actions affecting local victim services and approved changes to the county’s mental‑health contract for the Children’s Justice Center (CJC).
Angie Simper presented the items and said the county’s federal VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) award totaled $232,276.78. Simper said federal awards statewide declined and that Uinta County experienced roughly a 12% cut but less severe than many jurisdictions. She said the county offset shortfalls using rollover funds and an amended Attorney General contract to address increased caseloads.
Simper and other speakers described changes to the CJC mental‑health contract. The county and its mental‑health contractor removed a complex‑trauma therapy line item and increased funding for individual counseling, citing concerns from the contractor about some federal protocol requirements for complex trauma work and the sensitivity of group treatments in this population. Commissioners confirmed the renewal will run two years, from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.
Commissioners voted to ratify the Utah Office for Victims of Crime grant agreement and the Attorney General contract amendment and to renew the CJC mental‑health contract as presented. Officials said the changes aimed to preserve services despite federal funding reductions and to align contract dates with federal award periods.
