INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEWENT
The Greater Nashua iviental Health Center and the City of Nashua, NH
AGREEMENT made this day of the month of , 2012 by and
between the City of Nashua, New Hampshire (hereinafter “Contractor’), a municipal corporation with
a principal place of business at 229 Main Street, Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 and the Greater
Nashua Mental Health Center (GNMHC) (hereinafter “Subcontractor), 100 West Pearl Street,
Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 (collectively referred to as the “Parties’). The Parties hereby enter
into this Independent Contractor Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement”) under the terms and conditions
set forth below. This contract is effective from October 17, 2012 — September 30, 2074.
A. Scope of Services
The City of Nashua and the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center mutually agree to the following
regarding the City of Nashua’s Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant
Program Subcontract:
41. GNMHC will:
a. Ensure the Office on Violence Against Women's (OVW) Cooperative Agreement
deliverables are met according to the Special Conditions outlined in the Cooperative
Agreement including, but not limited to, visitation center operations, Memoranda of
Understanding, site plans, policies and procedures and security plans.
b. Ensure timely submission of required administrative and financial reports to the City
of Nashua’s Safe Havens’ Program Coordinator and Financial Manager.
c. Operate a Visitation Center in Nashua that will provide supervised visitation and safe
visitation of children by and between parents in situations involving domestic
violence, child abuse, sexual assault and stalking.
d. Ensure that contract funds are not used to support individual counseling, family
counseling, parent education, support groups or therapeutic supervision.
e. Ensure that victims are not required to attend or utilize parent education or other
program services in order to participate in the services provided at the Visitation
Center.
f. Respond to requests for information regarding the Visitation Center from the City,
OVW, OVW's Technical Assistance Team or the Visitation Centers Advisory
Council's members.
g. Employ a Program Specialist who will be responsible to oversee the day-to-day
operations of the services covered under this contract.
h. Participate in required OVW-sponsored trainings and required Technical Assistance
webinars, phone conferences and site visits as determined by the City of Nashua.
i. Attend regularly scheduled meetings convened by the above named agencies and
organizations. Engage other stakeholders as appropriate.
j. Inform the Division of Public Health and Community Services Safe Havens Program
Coordinator of needs and planning issues that may require the attention of the City.
k. Recruit members, plan for and facilitate meetings of the Visitation Center's Advisory
Council.
|. Responsible for coordination of communications between Advisory Council members,
GNMHC, and the City.
m. Participate in the development and implementation of the Visitation Center's Policies
and Procedures Manual according to the requirements of the Office of Violence on
‘Women’s Cooperative Agreement.
n. Develop and implement adequate security measures, including but not limited to,
adequate facilities, procedures, and personne! capable of preventing violence, for the
operation of supervised visitation programs or safe visitation exchanges.
o. Visitation staff and supervisors must have approval from the City and OVW before
participating in any trainings that have been recommended by the Advisory Board
and are either funded by OVW or would occur during staff hours funded by OVW.
p. All expenditures must be clearly stated in the OVW approved budget and budget
justification. Any and all deviations must receive prior approval by the City. Any
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