2010-104 RES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT - CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER

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The Children's Advocacy Center of Paris P.O. Box 536, Paris, Texas 75461 Phone: 903-784-5787 Fax: 903-784-7104 www.cacparis.org June 4, 2010 Chief Bob Hundley Pnris Police Oepartment 2910 Clnrksville St. Paris, Texas 75460 Dear Chief Hundley: The Children's Advocnry Center of Paris (CAG) is a private non-profit organimtion. As you already know, CACs were stnrted so that when children hnd to be interviewed about possible sexun) nnd/or physical abuse, there wos n neutral, non-threntening place for the child to corne. By reducing the number of times these children must share the detnils of the nbuse, and hnving nll of the departments thnt investignte child nbuse come together in one location for the benefit of the child, we cnn lessen the trnuma for these innocerrt victims. Services provided by the Center include but nre not limited to fiorensic interviews (which serve ns nn investigative tool for nll agencies involved), riedicnl and mental henlth services, cnse tracking, tenm coordination, court testimony and court accompaniment for victims and their fnmily members. Estnblished in 1999, the CAC has served 2,468 children nnd their non-offending fnmily members. The avernge number of children served per year is 235. Approximately 60% of all children served by the Center live in the city of Paris. The CAC is proud of the work ihat we hnve been able to nccomplish by working as n team with the Paris Police Departntent, Child Protective Services and the County Attorney's Office. Although we nre n non-profit orgnnization, we still Iwve all of the day to day opernting expenses nssociated with running a smnll business. As we do not charge for nrry of the services provided, we must look to the community, our inter-agency partners and foundations/grnnts for financial nssistnnce. Between successfu) grant requests nnd (ocal fundraising, we are able to rnise a substnntial nmourrt of our operating expenses. However, many of our grnnts nre rratch grnnts or designnted grants, mmning funds mny only be spent for certnin nllownble expenses. Mnny foundntions prefer to fund new projects, etc. instead of providing funding for daily operating expenses. We must continue to seek funding sources to offset dnily opernting expenses. The amount of 12 500 that we nre requesting from the Pnris Police Oepnrtment/City of Pnris is essential to the continued operntion of the Center especinlly during a time when the costs of utilities continues to rise. 5ecuring the requested funding ensures that the CAC is able to provide the services required every time thnt we nre called by police inves'Figntors. We nppreciate the work that you nnd the Paris Police Department do to protect children in Paris nnd we are glad that we can nssist in this endeavor. Sincerely, ik ~Mitzi White Executive Director Making a difference in the lives of abused chi[dren a _ ~ .V}'