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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin and the Aldermen
FROM: Lt. Michael Abbs # 912
DATE: January 8, 2020
SUBJECT:
The Aurora Police Department is requesting the approval of the attached memorandum of understanding between the Aurora Police Department ("APD") and Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area ("FSA"). This agreement would provide for an Aurora Police Department social worker. The social worker is to be employed by FSA.
PURPOSE:
FSA will provide a full time social worker to work with police department personnel and with members of the community to accomplish police department and City goals of public safety by helping those with mental illness and those in crisis. This social worker program will also include two social work student interns to assist with a variety of program objectives. This agreement will give the citizens of Aurora greater access to services which include crisis assessments and therapy sessions close to home and in a safe environment.
BACKGROUND:
FSA and APD personnel have been in constant communication due to the relatively recent prior agreement that resulted in office space being provided for FSA personnel to more efficiently provide services to citizens of Aurora. These services include Screening, Assessment, and Support Services (SASS.) Both FSA and APD have believed that there could be substantial benefits to Aurora citizens if social worker services could be provided for them. APD personnel have also believed that a social worker could provide the added benefit of freeing up sworn police officer time in select cases: the social worker could actually take the place of the police officer in certain follow-up situations. FSA personnel related that they could provide the majority of the cost of the social worker for the first year if APD could provide $21,200. FSA secured $21,200 from the Dunham fund with the stipulation that APD match this amount. Ofc. Doug Rashkow worked to secure this amount from a number of ...
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