Approved

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BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFTHEOOUNPi'OF SANTA CLARA

Is A. Poroz, ^Irk of the Board
Administration

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Prepared by: Andrea V,Perry, Sr. Health Care Analyst
Reviewed by: Aimee Reedy, Sr.

Manager

Submitted by: Guadalupe S. Olivas^mSvPublic Health Dir.
DATE:

April 21,2000

TO:

Santa Clara Countv

FROM:

Robert Sillen, Exe
Santa Clara Valle;

SUBJECT:

Su

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Jii^ctor
fth & Hospital System

Violence Prevention Action Plan(VPAP)Expenditure Plan FY 99/00

RECOMMENDED ACTION

Approve the attached recommended Violence Prevention Action Plan Expenditure Plan
for FY 99/00 which has been reviewed and approved by the Violence Prevention Task
Group.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

No additional General Fimds are required as a result of this action. The Board approved

$350,000 ongoing funding during the FY 99/00 budget heaimgs for implementation of
the Viblence Prevention Action Plan.
CONTRACT HISTORY

Not applicable.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION

Approval ofthe Violence Prevention Action Plan(VPAP)1999/00 Expenditure Plan will
allow for the release of the $350,000 in the annual general funds set aside to implement
year two ofthe VPAP.

The Public Health Department is a division of the Santa Clara Valley Health hM^I System. Owned and operated by the County of Santa Clara.
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BACKGROUND

The Violence Prevention Program was initiated in 1996 with a two-year grant from the
David & Lucile Packard Foundation: Since that time, with support from the Board of
Supervisors, the Violence Prevention Program has expanded and become
institutionalized. On April 6, 1999, after modifying the"Violence Prevention Action Plan
(VP-^^Eficommen^
the Board of Supervisors approved the 1998/99 VPAP
Expenditure Plan (with the exception of the Gdvemance recommendations) and released
$350,000 in annual general fund reserves set aside for its implementation.
At the December 7, 1999 meeting of the Board of Supervisor, the Board designated the
Violence Prevention Task Group (VPTG) as the organizational mechanism charged with
coordinating and guiding the implementation ofthe Violence Prevention Action Plan in a
collaborative, coordinated, arid efficient manner. The VPTG membership includes the
Lead Partners taking responsibility for components of the plan and the chairs and
directors (or their designees) from the following County-wide commissions, councils,
departments and agencies: (see Attachment A for the roster of current VPTG
membership)
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«
•
•
•

Domestic Violence Council
Child Abuse Cmmcil
Human Relations Commission
Office ofHuman Relations
Commission on the Status of Women

«
«
«
•

Office ofthe County Executive
Social Services Agency Admmistration
Department of Aging and Adult Services
Health & Hospital System (Public Health, Mental Health and Department of
Drug & Alcohol Services)

«

Mental Health Board

«

Office ofthe District Attorney

» Office ofthe Public Defender
• Office ofthe Sheriff

• Probation Department
« Department of Corrections

The first meeting of the Violence Prevention Task Group was convened by the Public
Health Department on February 3, 2000. The focus of the first meeting was to further
refine the organizational structure designated by the Board to implement the Violence
Prevention Action Plan. The discussion centered on delineating a decision-making

process and on understanding the roles and responsibilities of the VPTG, Lead Partners
and VPAP workgroups. In addition, the VPTG reached agreement on the criteria for
funding and process for review ofthe budget requests from the VPAP workgroups for FY
99/00 and FY 00/01.

The Funding Request Criteria adopted by the Violence Prevention Task Group states that
funding requests submitted to the VPTG must:
• Be consistent with the Action Plan recommendations.

«

Demonstrate a "Best Practices" approach to program implementation.
(Programs funded will demonstrate at a minimum, beginning evaluation
results and/or promising research-based results).
« Involve county and community agencies as collaborative partners.
• Maximize existing resources and include a plan for evaluation (with outcome
measures) and future funding.
• Contain a realistic timeline and workplan.
(Attachment B delineates both the timeline adhered to for requesting funds for FY
99/00 as well as the timeline for submitting funding requests for FY 00/01)
The VPTG meeting on March 3, 2000, focused on review of the budget requests
submitted to the Public Health Department's Violence Prevention Program for FY 99/00.
Each of the Lead Partners had submitted a four to ten page written Funding Request and
gave and oral presentation to VPTG members. At the March meeting, VPTG members
agreed to an additional special meeting to review two funding requests that were not
approved at the March 3^^ meeting. On April 7, 2000, the final two revised VPAP
funding requests for FY 99/00 were reviewed and approved by the VPTG members,(see
Attachment C for an outline of the VPAP Expenditure Plan for FY 99/00). The
Public Health Department presented the FY 99/00 VPAP Expenditure Plan to the Health
and Hospital Committee on April 19.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION

Failure to approve this action will result in the lack of funding to continue
implementation of the Violence Prevention Action Plan.
STEPS FOLLOWING APPROVAL

Return approved transmittal to SCVH&HS Administration.

Attachment A

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Task Group Members and Designees:
Lead Partner for the following Workgroups:
1. Child Abuse Council

Representative: Erin Simile, Chair
Designee: Rev. Anne Carlson
2. Commission on the Status Of Women

Representative: Gay Katilius, Chair
Designee: Jo Seavey
3. Domestic Violence Council

Representative: Paula Gann, Chair
4. Office of Human Relations

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Youth Task Force

Representative: James McEntee, Director
5. Human Relations Commission

Repre^ntative: Gertrude Welch, Chair
6. Social Services Agency

Promoting Awareness of Elder Abuse

Representative: Yolanda Lenier-Rinaldo, Director
Designee: Mary Helen Doherty
7. Department of Aging and AdultServices

Promoting Awareness of Elder Abuse

Representative: Betty Malks, Director
Designee: Jamie Buckmaster
8. Mental Health Board

Representative: Navah Statman, Chair

,9. Mental Health Department
Representative: Allan Rawland
Designee: Bob Porter

Workgroup to Prevent Violence Against People with
Disabilities and Famiiy Violence Prevention Training
In collaboration with the Public Health Department

Violence Prevention Program
10. Department of Alcohol and Drug Services
Representative: Bob Gamer

Alcohol Policy

Designee: Rogelio Balderas

11. Office of the District Attomey
Representative: George Kennedy, District Attomey
Designee: Margo Smith, Supervising Deputy DA
12. Office of the Public Defender

Representative: Jose Villarreal, Public Defender
Designee: David Mann
13. Office of the Sheriff

Representative: Laurie Smith, Sheriff
Designee: Undersheriff Bob Wilson.

14. Probation Department
Representative: John Cavalli, Chief of Probation

Designee: Glenn Arima
15. Office of the County Executive
Representative: Richard Wittenberg, County Exec.
Designee: Alice Foster, Deputy County Executive

16. Public Health Department
Representative: Guadalupe S. Olivas, Ph.D., Director
Chair, Violence Prevention Task Group

Public Awareness Campaign; Media Literacy; Parent
Education; Family Violence Prevention Training;
Proactive Outreach to Community and Media;
Community support for PeaceBuilderS.
In collaboration with Mental Health: Workgroup to
Prevent Violence Against People with Disabilities
In collaboration with community groups: the Firearms
Awareness Campaign
In collaboration with the Office of Human Relations:
Youth Task Force

17. Department of Corrections
Representative: Timothy Ryan, Chief of Corrections

Designee: Robert Bravo

Attachment B

Violence Prevention Action Plan (VPAP)
Criteria and Timeiine for Funding Requests
Timeline A FY 99/00 and Timeline B FY 00/01

Purpose and Process

The Violence Prevention Program has received $350,000 in ongoing funding from the Board
of Supervisors for the implementation of the Violence Prevention Action Plan (VPAP).
Workgroups, through their Lead Partners*, may submit funding requests to be used for the
implementation of specific sections of the VPAP. These requests must be submitted to the.
Public Health Department Violence Prevention Program (VPP). All requests will be reviewed
first by the VPP staff and then passed on to the Vioience Prevention Task Group(VPTG)for
review and approval. A proposed exjDenditure plan will then be presented to the Health and
Hospital System and ultimately to the Board of Supervisors for approval.
Funding Request Criteria

Funding requests presented to the Violence Prevention task Group(VPTG) must:
Be consistent with the Violence Prevention Action Plan Recommendations. '

Demonstrate a "Best Practices" approach to program implementation. (Programs
funded will demonstrate at a minimum, beginning evaluation results and/ or promising
research-based results.)
Involve counfy and community agencies as collaborative partners.
Maximize existing resources and include a plan for evaluation (with outcome measures)
and future funding.
Contain realistic timeline and workplan.

Timeline A: Funds Available: FY 99-00($350,000)
Tuesday February 22, 2000 by 5:00pm - Submit requests for funding to Public Health
Department Violence Prevention Program (PHD-VPP).

Friday February 25, 20OO - PHD-VPP to send out proposed Expenditure Plaii to VPTG
and Workgroups.

Friday March 3, 2000 1:30-3:30 - VPTG to approve 99/00 Expenditure Plan.
March 16 or April 5, 2000- Expenditure Plan Transmittal goes to the Health & Hospital
Committee: Roll over Funds.

April 2000 - Expenditure Plan goes to the Board of Supervisors for approval.
Execute contracts to encumber funds between April and late May.

Timeline B: Funds Available: $330,500($5,500 Rollover Fundsfrom FY 99/00 plus
$350,000 for FY 00/01 minus $25,000 for ongoing VPAP support)

• Wednesday June 14, 2000 5:00pm: Deadline for Funding Request submissidns to the
Public Health Department - Violence Prevention Program (PHD-VPP).
• June 14, 2000-July I4j 2000 - PHD-VPP compiles requests
• Monday July 17,2000- VPTG members receive Funding Request packet
• August 2000 - VPTG reviews and considers requests.
• Mid-August, 2000 - Expenditure Plan Transmittal goes to the Health & Hospital
Committee

• Early September 2000 - Expenditure plan goes to Board of Supervisors for approval
• September- October 2000 - Execute contracts

*Lead Partners are those entities that have been designated as being responsible for leading the implementation of a specific
section ofthe VPAP.

Attachment C

Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Violence Prevention Program

Proposed Budget Allocations for FY 99/00 Funds and some FY 98/99 Rollover Funds

VPTG

Approved

Funds
Allocated to

Public Health Dept.-

Summary of Areas Targeted in Recommended Allocations*
Public Awareness Campaign **

Violence Prevention

•

Lead Partners

Program (PHD-VPP)
(for contracted
services)

•
•

Launches the Public Awareness Campaign - Promoting Violence-Free
Relationships
This campaign is a broad-based,'multi-year, multi-media campaign
An RFP will be released to hire a communications consultant, who will
coordinate the implementation of this campaign. This consultant will be

for
FY 99/00

Totals

$150,000

$210,000
includes $60,000
roiled over from
FY 98/99

contracted by mid-June 2000.

PHD-VPP

Proactive Community Outreach and Proactive Outreach to Media
•

(for contract services
and supplies)

•
•
•

Youth Task Force(YTF)

Human Relations
Commission
in collaboration with

•

the PHD-VPP

•

(includes contract
services)

•

•

•

$59,500

$67,000

Funds Quarterly newsletter production and distribution ($1800)

includes $7,500
rolled over from
FY 98/99

Provides Leadership Training for Central Youth Task Force members(20
youth) in Fail, 2000($5,000)
Provides funds for mini-grant allocations by YTF members to youth
groups throughout Santa Clara County ($6,000)
Provides YTF support including:
• contracted staff support(1.0 PTE)($41,600)
• website development ($500)

•

transportation of youth to meetings arid.

•

dinner for meetings ($2,000)

600) ■

Prevention of Violence Against People with Disabilities

Health Department

•

(for contract services
and supplies)

$25,000

Funds Spring 2000 recruitment efforts ($1000)

SCVH&HS Mental
in collaboration with
the PHD-VPP

$25,000

Provides training for a Speakers Bureau on working with the media on
violence and violence prevention efforts
Provides a training for media representatives on how to sensitively and
accurately cover violence and violence prevention efforts
Supports the participation and planning of comniunity and media events
Supports materials development and distribution

$15,000

$15,000

$30,000

$30,000

$40,000

$40,000

$25,000

• $25,000

$344,500

$412,000

Expands the scope of work for the "best practices" Resource Inventory to
include:($10,000)
•
National, state and local models of what works or is highly
promising as related to criminal justice laws and programs
• Comparison of current Santa Clara County community practices
with "Best Practices"

•

Identification of opportunities for action in our county community
and recommendations for prioritization within and outside of local
govemment

•

Mental Health Dept.

Provides support for three Public Hearings in Fall 2000($5,000)

Famiiy Vioience Prevention Training
•

(contract services)

Provides Family Violence Prevention training to all Mental Health
Department staff(Public Health received training in fall 1999)

PHD - Data Mgmt

intimate Partner and Violent Sexual Assault Survey

and Statistics

•

Allows for the addition of an intimate partner and violent sexual assault

•

modules to the Behavior Risk Factors Survey which is planned for
implementation this Spring
The addition of these modules will help further define the Scope and

(contract services)

magnitude of intimate partner violence in Santa Clara County
PHD -VPP

Violence Prevention Action Plan Support for FY 99/00***
•

(for contract services

Provides support for VPP staff including supplies, trainings, grant writing
and consultation

and supplies)
Totals

•Funding requests and additional background information on any of these recommended areas are available upon request
Please contact the Violence Prevention Program.at 408-885-7924.
** A workplan for this campaign was presented to the Board of Supervisors August 1999; Campaign has been developed and is ready for
impiemeritation.
*** These support funds have been designated as an ongoing allocation by the VPTG.

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Implementation Activity
Organizational Structure Development
New Organizational Structure for County
Violence Prevention Effort Established

1999/2000 Accomplishments - To - Date
On December?, 1999, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the modified governance and
organizational model-the Violence Prevention Task Group(VPTG). The VPTG has been designated by
the Board to coordinate and-guide the implementation of the VPAP. The following has been
accomplished in the past four months by the Public Health Department and VPTG:
♦ Recruited membership for the VPTG which includes representation from the following county
commissions and agencies addressing violence prevention: Domestic Violence Council, Child Abuse
Council, Human Relations Commission, Office of Human Relations, Commission on the Status of
Women, Office of the County Executive, Social Services Agency, Department of Aging & Adult
Services, Health & Hospital System, Mental Health Board, Office of the District Attorney, Office of the
Public Defender, Office of the Sheriff, Probation Department, Department of Corrections.
♦ Convened the VPTG to review and refine operational procedures.
♦ The VPTG has adopted criteria for its decision making process regarding its review of requests for
use of violence prevention allocated funds.
♦ The VPTG has reviewed and made recommendations to the BOS for the expenditure allocation of

FY 99/00 funds and is currently recruiting requests for use of the FY 00/01 funds.
VPAP Recommendation Implementation
Lead Partner: Public Health Department-Violence-Eravention-Rrogram
1. Public Awareness and Education

Media Campaign

The Public Awareness and Education (PA & Ed)Committee was convened to assist with the
development of multimedia, multiyear public education campaign to promote violence free
relationships.
The PA & Ed Committee spent several months researching best practices with public education
efforts and developed the initial mission and objectives for the campaign.
In August 1999, Holly Potter, of HTPotter Communications-Strategies for Prevention, was hired as
the communications consultant for the purpose of assisting with the next planning phase: identifying

audiences, message development, long term planning for the campaign and resource development.
Holly Potter has worked with the PA & Ed committee to accomplish the following:
♦ Convened a Strategy Team of community leaders and stakeholders to advise the
consultant during the planning process
♦ Conducted numerous o.ne-on-one leadership interviews and 8 roundtable
discussions with diverse community leaders and stakeholders to identify messages,
audiences, languages, and themes for the public education campaign.
♦ Conducted a telephone poll involving several hundred county residents.
A Request for Proposals has been developed for the Implementation of the Public Awareness and

Education campaign. It is expected to be released in June, 2000.

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2. Public Awareness and Education

(PA&E) Committee - Community
Outreach and Outreach to Media

1999/2000 Accompiishments ^ To - Date
♦ The Violence Prevention Program joined a number of county agencies, the City of San Jos6 and the
San Jos6 Police Department to organize the "Silence the Violence" Bus Tour in September, 1999.
♦ This bus tour traveled to five cities in California with the purpose of educating media, opinion leaders

and the public about the need for increased investment in violence prevention programs for youth.
♦

Community Outreach funds were used to support the Child Abuse Symposium, the Domestic
Violence Council's annual conference, and an educational presentation on Assets Development for
Youth.

♦

♦

The Berkeley Media Studies Group has been hired to assist in the development of a Speakers
Bureau and develop a media training for the VPTG and others to support the public education and
awareness campaign.
The committee is planning a training for media representatives on how to effectively and sensitively
cover violence and violence prevention efforts in the media.

3. Media Literacy & Parent Education

♦

A successful conference on primary prevention and media literacy was held on December 3, with
over 400 in attendance.

♦

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Santa

Clara County Social Services Agency and several other county and community agencies sponsored

♦

and funded the conference.

Both keynote speakers Dr. David Walsh and Robin Karr Morse stressed the importance of early

intervention and the need to support parents and others raising and nurturing children.
♦ As a follpw-up to the conference the first meeting of the Media Literacy & Parent Education was held
on March 30, 2000. The committee is currently developing a proposal to bring a "best practices"
violence prevention training to childcare providers and parents and is committed to securing funding
for the training.
♦ The committee is planning an all day media literacy conference for parents and youth in December
2000.

4. Family Violence Prevention Training

♦, The Public Health Department worked with the Social Services Agency, Mental Health and county
Domestic Vioience agencies to develop a curriculum for the family violence prevention training.
♦

500 Public Health employees received a daylong training on family violence prevention in October
1999.

♦

5. Building Community Support for

♦

PeaceBuilders

♦
♦
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A curriculum for the Mental Health Department is under development for implementation in
September 2000.
The first Santa Clara County PeaceBuilder Awards were presented at the December 3rd Violence
Prevention conference to three individuals(a youth, school counselor and community volunteer) who
exemplify Peace Building skills in their community.
The PeaceBuilders prograrfi has been working closely with Heart Springs, Inc., the distributor of
PeaceBuilders, to strategically develop a community implementation plan.
The Public Health Department received funding during mid-year budget hearings to expand the

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1999/2000 Accomplishments - To - Date
PeaceBuilders program to 10 new schools in FY 00/01.

The 10 new schools have been identified and a new(FIE .5) Health Educator has been hired to
work with parents and community members.
A proposai.was submitted to-the City/County JPA to bring the PeaceBuilders Program to 5 additional
school sites in FYOO/01.

6. Develop a Gomprehensive Information

The InteragenCy Task Force, chaired by the County Executive's Office, has worked closely with
Information Systems to lay the foundation for a more coordinated system of data collection and

System on Violence (CISV)

analysis across departments.
SociometriCs has been hired as a consultant to provide technical assistance for initial development of
a data warehouse for violence prevention; Efforts are underway to integrate the data warehouse
concept with the cross system evaluation project.
In December 1999 the Public Health Department received a grant award of $150,000 from the David

& Lucile Packard Foundation for Project DATA (Developing A Team Approach)to support the
continuing development of the Violence Prevention Information Library (VPIL), a component of the
CISV.

Project DATA funding will be used to establish an effective collaborative process for the creation of

the VPIL and will assist in the development of a pilot of such a data system by linking a limited
number of databases.

Carol Sullivan, MA, has been hired to produce a Violence Prevention Resource Inventory to increase
community,awareness and capacity about available community resources for the purpose of
maximizing coordination and decreasing duplication.
An assessment survey has been distributed on a countywide basis to individuals and agencies

working on violence prevention in their communities. The purpose of this survey is to gather
information on current violence prevention efforts and best practices.
The Resource Inventory is expected to be completed by July 1, 2000.
The Public Health Department has identified additional violence oriented modules to be included in

the survey process it undertakes among adults as well as children and youth. Through the pooling of
this funding, resources for this effort have been maximized.

VPAP Recommendation Implementation
Community Lead Partners
1. Youth Leadership - Youth Task Force

The Youth Task Force(YTF)organized a Youth Panel for the January 27'" Creating a Hate-Free

Commission in collaboration with the

♦

Violence Prevention Program

♦

Community Conference.
The YTF will be participating in a leadership training early in 2000. .
The YTF was a sponsor and participant in the Silicon Valley Youth Service Day Youth Summit on

♦

The YTF is currently recruiting new members for the Task Force.

♦

The first quarterly newsletter was distributed in the last week of April, 2000.

Lead Partner: Human Relations

April 15, 2000.

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2. Work Group to Prevent Violence and
Abuse Against People with Disabilities
Lead Partner- Mental Health

Department in collaboration with the

Violence Prevention Program

1999/2000 Accomplishments - To - Date
♦ Barbara Waxman Fidduccia, a nationally recognized disability consultant, has been hired to produce
a "best practices" resource inventory on policies and programs addressing violence against people
with disabilities.

♦ A work group, with leadership from the County Commission on Persons with Disabilities, is working
to plan a series of public hearings this Fall to gather input from persons with disabilities regarding
issues of violence and abuse.

3. Promote Awareness of Elder Abuse
Lead Partner:

Department of Aging & Adult Services

♦ The Social Services Agency/Department of Aging and Adult Services spearheaded the initial public
awareness and education effort "Respect Your Elders" Campaign which was launched in spring
1999.

♦ The Violence Prevention Action Plan's Public Awareness and Education Committee partnered with
the Social Services Agency, the Council On Aging and the City of San Jos6 to promote the
Campaign and the new Adult Protective Services 800 telephone number for reporting incidents of
abuse and neglect.

♦ Planning is underway to explore opportunities to integrate elder abuse awareness into the overall
Public Awareness and Education Campaign.

4. Firearm Awareness Campaign
Lead PartnerSAFEKIDS Coalition in coliaboration

with the Violence Prevention Program

♦ The Public Health Department's Violence Prevention Program has been an active participant in the
initiation of the Firearm Safety Subcommittee of the Santa Clara/San Mateo SAFEKIDS Coalition.

♦ The SAFEKIDS Firearm Safety Subcommittee has been working since Fall, 1999 to address the
issue of firearm safety for children.

♦ The subcommittee is comprised of people from law enforcement, fire departments, hospitals, health
departments, and community-based organizations.

♦ The Public Health Department - Violence Prevention Program is currently developing a service
agreement with the SAFEKIDS Coalition to develop and implement a firearm awareness and safety
campaign directed to the adult public. Once the campaign is developed, a report will be presented to
the Board of Supervisors for their approval in Fall, 2000.

5. Welfare To Work: 100 Families

Mentoring Project
Lead Partner: Council of Nonprofits
6. Alcohol Policy
Lead Partner:

Department of Alcohol and Drug

♦ The first class of 8 mentors was trained and graduated in the summer of 1999. They are currently
placed with families at neighborhood Self-Sufficiency Centers. A second class is being developed for
spring 2000.

♦ A successful all day planning session was held on November 16, 1999 to engage the community in
the environmental strategies policy formulation

♦ The Alcohol Policy work group is continuing their work to develop "best practices" in three policy
areas; Responsible Beverage Service (RBS), Land Use/Taxation & Advertising.
♦
♦

In March, 2000, Teresa Shook, Esq., expert in alcohol policy, was hired as a consultant to assist the
work group.
The Alcohol Policy work group expects to present policy recommendations to the Board of

Supervisors in Fall, 20OO.
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