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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.00 FROM THE VICTOR MURDOCK FUND FOR COMCARE'S COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant and if awarded authorize the acceptance of the grant. Per County Resolution 64-2013, this will be submitted to the County Manager for final approval and signature when award is received.
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Grant Renewal: No
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: The Community Crisis Center (CCC) is one of COMCARE's eight program sites and is the site applying for grant. The CCC opened at 635 N. Main in Wichita, Kansas, on July 24, 2015. COMCARE of Sedgwick CCC provides 24/7 access to integrated mental health and substance use disorder crisis services at a single location in Wichita. There are a variety of services that the new CCC provides, including:
• 24 hour walk-in assessment and crisis intervention service
• 23-hour outpatient crisis observation
• Short-term crisis residential/stabilization services
• Crisis sobering/detox services
• Mobile crisis services
• 24/7 suicide prevention hotline
• Peer warm lines and peer crisis services
There are an increasing number of law enforcement referrals to behavioral health crisis services at the CCC. It is important for law enforcement officers to have a separate entrance to the building so it can keep them separate from families and other consumers entering the building. Also, with the addition of the sobering and detoxification services at the Center, it provides a separate area for these consumers who can sometimes present with challenging and loud behavior.
The funds will be used to enhance security measures at the new Community Crisis Center. There is a back alley entrance to the building at 635 N. Main that currently does not have camera and remote access. With these grant funds, Sandifer Engineering would provide and install an intercom to view and communicate with visitors wanting to gain access to the Community Crisis Center.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts:10/01/2015
Grant period ends: 09/30/2016
Source of funding
Grant: $ 5,000.00
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding:$0
TOTAL SOURCES: $5,000.00
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $0
Personnel: $0
Contractual services: $5,000.00
Operational supplies: $0
Equipment:$0
Indirect administrative costs:$0
Capital projects cost:$0
TOTAL USES $5,000.00
Source of matching funds:
Source of other funding:
Budget Authority Adjustment: No additional budget authority is being requested. There is sufficient budget authority included in the 2015 and 2016 budgets.
Personnel considerations: None. No new staff will be added with this grant.
Alternatives: If this grant application is not approved the CCC will be forced to find another source of funding for this portion of the security project.
Policy considerations: All Sedgwick County policies were followed in the review of the amendment and development of the grant application.
Legal considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101 and a simple majority vote is required. Compliance with federal laws, specifically the Fair Housing Act, is a requirement for this grant.