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County to accept $847,225 STRIVE grant for intimate-partner violence response; funds split among agencies
Summary
Chautauqua County will accept $847,225 in state STRIVE grant funds to reduce intimate-partner violence. The award is split between the Jamestown Police Department, Salvation Army of Jamestown and county departments; county departments will receive $448,786 with specified allocations to the DA's office, probation and the sheriff.
The Chautauqua County Public Safety Committee authorized acceptance of statewide STRIVE grant funds aimed at reducing intimate-partner violence, with a total award to the county and partners of $847,225.
Hailey Cantaglia, representing the District Attorney's Office, told the committee the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services awarded the county $847,225 to support a coordinated effort involving the Jamestown Police Department, the Salvation Army of Jamestown and county departments. "A total of $847,225 was awarded to Chautauqua County as a whole. This includes the Jamestown Police Department, the Salvation Army of Jamestown, the District Attorney's Office, the Sheriff's Office, and Probation," Cantaglia said.
Cantaglia described the breakdown: Jamestown Police Department $309,815; Salvation Army of Jamestown $88,624 (which will execute its own state contract); and $448,786 for Chautauqua County departments. Of the county portion, Cantaglia said the District Attorney's Office will receive $272,400; the Sheriff's Office $27,500; and Probation $148,886.
She said the award was new, so the amounts were not in the 2025 county budget and that portions of the funds will be amended into the 2025 budget. The grant term was described as retroactive for training: Cantaglia said the award runs from March 1 of this year through the following March, and moving forward the state fiscal year for the grant will be April 1 through March 31.
Cantaglia said the grant requires agencies to hire a STRIVE coordinator; the county's coordinator will be housed in the District Attorney's Office. The DA's office also proposes adding a part-time senior investigator to investigate domestic-violence incidents countywide. Probation plans to hire a full-time probation officer to manage a domestic-violence caseload, and the Sheriff's Office will use funds for overtime compliance checks and training.
Cantaglia said equipment expenses include tablets for new personnel and that the DA's and probation amendments are budget-neutral because revenue and expenses will both increase by the award amounts.
The committee asked how distribution amounts were decided. Cantaglia said the partners negotiated the allocations and that Jamestown's higher share reflects required training costs for its approximately 65 officers; she said the state made the award with an emphasis on Jamestown but the county received authorization to expand services outside the city. She added the first year is planning-focused and distribution could be reevaluated in future years based on need.
The chair called for a voice vote; committee members answered "Aye" and the chair declared the motion carried.
The transcript records the total award ($847,225), the line-item distribution amounts named above, the requirement to hire a STRIVE coordinator, proposed personnel hires in the DA's office and probation, and that some funds will be amended into the 2025 budget. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally or the formal state contract text.
