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INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTa 4000 Gateway Centre 81vd., Suite 200, Pinellas Park, FL 33782-6138 Phone: (727) 544-3900 Fax: (727) 544-5577 E-Mail: hac@HelpAChildInc.org www.HelpAChild.org INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT • 0 President/CEO This Agreement regarding child abuse criminal investigations is entered into between Help A Child, Inc. (hereinafter known as HAC) and the Clearwater Police Department (hereinafter known as CPD) to provide the following cooperative services: 1. The CPD agrees to refer appropriate cases of severe physical abuse and sexual abuse involving children which come to their attention to HAC when HAC services are required. 2. The CPD agrees to work cooperatively with HAC, in the common interest of the child victim. 3. The CPD maintains full responsibility for final decisions regarding the criminal investigation and arrests of any perpetrators. 4. The CPD agrees to participate in the HAC staffings when appropriate. 5. The CPD agrees to keep HAC reports confidential, as per statutes. 6. HAC, in accordance with Florida Statute Ch 39.303 regarding Child Protection Teams, agrees to provide forensic medical evaluations and consultation regarding children who are alleged to be abused or neglected, family psychosocial evaluations, psychological evaluations, forensic interviews, and multidisciplinary staffings, when warranted. 7. HAC agrees to provide crisis intervention and short-term therapy to children who are victims of abuse and/or have been exposed to significant violence. 8. HAC agrees to provide referrals and referral information for child victims and non- offending caretakers for outpatient mental health services and psychological evaluations as indicated. 9. HAC will make its facility available to CPD investigators for purposes of interviewing victims and/or witnesses, conferencing with HAC staff and having confidential communications with other entities.. 10. HAC agrees to provide Child Protection Team reports to CPD upon request. 11. HAC agrees to hold information shared by CPD confidential. This agreement is mutually entered into by Help A Child, Inc. and the Clearwater Police Department on this, the day of February, 2008. This agreement can be terminated by either party within thirty (30) days written notice. c Patsy W. Buk r Help A Child, Inc. C.? Chief id Klein Clearwater Police Department 4000 Gateway Centre Blvd., Suite 200, Pinellas Park, F1V 3?0g-§1P8P 1: &3 Phone: (727) 544-3900 Fax: (727) 544-5577 E-Mail: hoc@HelpAChildInc.org RECEIVED Board of Directors www.HelpAChild.org OFFICE OF Board Officers February 7, 2008 701LICF. CHIEF Edwin J. Kozlowski Chairman Chief Sid Klein Terry Cox Clearwater Police Department Vice Chairman 645 Pierce Street Karen Burns, M.B.A. Treasurer Clearwater, FL 33756 Bobbie Gilgosch Secretary Dear Chief Klein, Board Members Carl E. Clayton I am enclosing an interagency agreement that I would like for you to enter into g Y Holly Hayes Edwards, Ph.D. with Help A Child, Inc. This agreement will assist Help A Child to gain full David S. Hood Tanya Kozlowski accreditation as a Children's Advocacy Center. We have had partial Shawna M. Mucnrio, Esquire accreditation for years, and one of the important steps that we need to take for Bryan Rumpf full accreditation is to have interagency agreements with law enforcement Frederick D. Terry, D.D. Beth Timberlake agencies, the State Attorney's Office, and mental health organizations. Laura M. Vargas Christine L. Weigle I am not certain as to your knowledge of Help A Child and our whole Administration continuum of services, so I would like to share a bit of our background. We Sally M. Smith, M.D. have been working in child protection in Pinellas since 1979. We started as a Medical Director Patsy W.Buker, Ed. S. grant program at All Children's and we have grown to become our own non- President/CEO profit corporation that operates six important programs for victims of abuse, neglect, and exposure to violence. I am enclosing our brochure in order to Programs Sponsored By: give you an overview of our services, which are all available free of charge to HEALT victims and most are available 24/7. We work very closely with your staff from the Clearwater Police Department. The CARS project is supported by Award No. V6063 awarded by the We provide medical exams of victims, risk assessments and multidisciplinary Office for Victims of Crime, case staffings that are often attended by your detectives. The working Office of Justice Programs. Sponsored by Help A Child, Inc. relationship is important to us and important to child abuse victims. and the State of Florida. Juvenile Welfare Board Please look this agreement over and sign it if you are comfortable with it. There is nothing new in it that is not already part of our working process, but 1 Pinellas County this puts it in writing. If you have any questions or concerns, by all means, Board of Commissioners please call me so that we can discuss them. I can be reached at 727-544- 5599. Please keep one signed original of the agreement for your records and i Pinellas County Health Dept. return the other original to me at your earliest convenience. City of St. Petersburg Thank you in advance for helping us to achieve this accreditation and helping SIP e gb-g °" us to better serve child victims. low E 00 "Infinity" The League to Aid Abused Sincerely' Children and Adults, Inc. 0. National Exchange Club Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Patsy W. Buker, Ed.S. President/CEO C]