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Attachment 1 other Tubman programs and external resources with the goal of removing barriers to access, so the client and their family can move forward with as much support as possible. Last fiscal year, Tubman assisted 4,100 victim-survivors of domestic abuse through the criminal and/or civil court processes, 1,154 of whom were in Ramsey County. Ramsey County Legal Funding History: Tubman applies for the “Domestic Violence Support Services” grant through Saint Paul- Ramsey County Public Health when it comes up for RFP to request support for our Ramsey County Legal Advocacy program. Tubman’s history with this grant is as follows: May 2020-present: $0 May 2015- April 2020:$25,000/yr 2010-2014:$39,317/yr 2005-2009: $45,038/yr NOTE: There was a separate Joint Prosecution Project grant in partnership with the County Attorney’s office funded by MN Office of Justice Programs that provided $46,500 each year for 2015-2016, but that project did not continue after the funding period. Impact of Funding Cuts: Unfortunately, we have had to make some difficult decisions in the last few years after the entirety of the Ramsey County Domestic Violence Support Services funding was awarded to the St. Paul Intervention Project. Tubman’s loss of Ramsey County funding plus the fact that State crime victim services funding has remained at the same level since 2018 despite rising costsmeant that we had to cut staffing as well as limit the scope of service to Ramsey County residents—even while demand for legal services rose dramatically. Previously the Ramsey County Legal Advocacy Team was staffed at 4.5 FTEs. In 2020, due to the reduction of county funding to zero, we eliminated a .5 FTE Legal Advocate position. In October 2021, we had to go a step further and eliminate an additional full-time Legal Advocate position leaving only 3 FTEs on the team. Because of this, we no longer had enough capacity to serve all victims of domestic violence in suburban Ramsey County and made the very hard decision to focus on intimate partner relationship violence only. That reduction has resulted in over 20% less clients served in the last year. Additionally, although we have had to reduce services, requests for legal assistance have continued to skyrocket. Tubman received over 3,900 calls related to requests for legal services in the last fiscal year. That is in addition to the information and referrals that criminal and civil court clients received in person, in writing, or by phone. This data reflects the ongoing high demand for legal services, and additional resources are needed to meet that need. Qbhf!24!pg!286