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File #: 25-1533   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/24/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/28/2025 Final action:
Title: Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with The SAFE Alliance d/b/a SAFE to provide victim, services, safety, and support services to survivors of sexual and domestic abuse and/or violence, to add one 12-month extension for the term ending on September 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $1,205,528, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $10,753,572. Funding: $1,205,528 is available in the Austin Public Health Department's Operating Budget.
Attachments: 1. Recommendation for Action
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Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with The SAFE Alliance d/b/a SAFE to provide victim, services, safety, and support services to survivors of sexual and domestic abuse and/or violence, to add one 12-month extension for the term ending on September 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $1,205,528, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $10,753,572. Funding: $1,205,528 is available in the Austin Public Health Department’s Operating Budget.

 

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Lead Department

Austin Public Health.

 

Fiscal Note

Funding in the amount of $1,205,528 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Operating Budget.

 

Prior Council Action:

August 29, 2024 - Council authorized negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with The SAFE Alliance d/b/a SAFE to provide victim services, a bridge to safety, and support services to survivors of sexual and domestic abuse and/or violence, to add one 12-month extension option in an amount not to exceed $1,205,528 for the term ending on September 30, 2025, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $9,548,044, approved on consent 10-0. Council Member Harper-Madison was absent.

 

August 31, 2023 - Council authorized negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 12 to an agreement with The SAFE Alliance, to add one 12-month extension option beginning October 1, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $1,107,495, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $8,295,707, on consent without objection.

 

For More Information:

Adrienne Sturrup, Director, 512-972-5167; Laura LaFuente, Assistant Director, 512-972-5077; Akeshia Johnson-Smothers Social Services Agreements Administration Manager, 512-972-5567; Juanita Jackson, Business Process Consultant, 512-972-6163.

 

Additional Backup Information:

This action will authorize the negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 15 to an agreement with The SAFE Alliance d/b/a SAFE to provide victim services, bridge to safety, and support services to survivors of sexual and domestic abuse and/or violence. The mission of The SAFE Alliance, previously named the Travis County Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Survival Center, is to end sexual and domestic violence through safety, healing, prevention, and social change for residents of Austin/Travis County.

 

The agreement was renewed from 2016 to 2025, including Amendment Nos. 1 through 14. Amendment No. 2 was a no cost amendment.

Term

Extension Option

Agreement Change Amount

Total Agreement Amount

Not to Exceed Amount

Initial

n/a

n/a

$2,166,000

$4,332,000

Amendment 1

n/a

$129,960

$2,295,960

$4,591,920

Amendment 2

n/a

n/a

$2,295,960

$4,591,920

Amendment 3

n/a

$35,204

$2,331,164

$4,591,920

Amendment 4

n/a

$19,573

$2,350,737

$4,591,920

Extension 1

1 / 3

$802,495

$3,153,232

$4,591,920

Extension 2

2 / 3

$932,495

$4,085,727

$4,888,222

Amendment 7

n/a

$130,000

$4,215,727

$5,148,222

Extension 3

3 / 3

$932,495

$5,148,222

$5,148,222

Extension 4

4 / 4

$932,495

$6,080,717

$6,080,717

Extension 5

5 / 5

$932,495

$7,013,212

$7,013,212

Amendment 11

n/a

$175,000

$7,188,212

$7,188,212

Extension 6

6 / 6

$1,107,495

$8,295,707

$8,295,707

Amendment 13

n/a

$46,808.07

$8,342,515.07

$8,295,707

Extension 7

7 / 7

$1,205,528

$9,548,043.07

$9,548,044

Proposed Extension 8

8 / 8

$1,205,528

$10,753,571.07

$10,753,572