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i <br />EXHIBIT A <br />SUBGRAITME RESOLMON No . 7 9 - 6 4 <br />WHEREAS, The Board of County Conmissioners of Indian River County, <br />Florida, herein called the "Applicant" after thorough consideration of <br />the problem and available data, has hereby determined that the project <br />described below is in the best interests of the general public: <br />To establish a shelter for battered spouses and their <br />children who choose to be removed from a potentially or <br />actually dangerous domestic situation. This will provide <br />local law enforcement with the option of referring spouse <br />abuse victims to a shelter, thereby decreasing the possi- <br />bility that they will again be recalled to that have for <br />additional domestic disturbance calls. <br />Individual as well as group counseling will be provided <br />and the maximum stay will be six (6) weeks. Counseling will <br />be directed towards fostering awareness of individual capa- <br />bilities and responsibilities. Full utilization will be <br />made of presently existing community resources. <br />The shelter staff will work in conjunction with local <br />law enforcement agencies to provide valid statistics and <br />improved abilities to deal with this difficult problem of <br />spouse abuse. <br />WHEREAS, under terms of Public Law 90-351, as amended, the United <br />States of America has authorized the Law Enforcement Assistance Admirii- <br />stration, through the Florida Bureau of Criminal Justice Planning and <br />Assistance, to make Federal Grants to assist local governments in the <br />improvement of criminal justice; and <br />WHEREAS, the Applicant has examined and duly considered such Act <br />and the Applicant considers it to be in the public interest and to its <br />benefit to file an application under said Act and to authorize other <br />action in connection therewith; <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY 1E1E BOARD OF ODUM MMISSIONERS OF INDIAN <br />RIVER OOUM, EWRIEIA, 114 OPEN HTTING ASSUMED IN THE CITY OF <br />VERO BEACH, MDRIDA, 71U7. 5th DAY OF JULY ,1979, AS FOI.LMS: <br />PAGE. ONE OF 11ERD: <br />