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CONSIDERATION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH WICHITA HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESIDENT SERVICE COORDINATION PROGRAM AT MCLEAN, GREENWAY MANOR, ROSA GRAGG AND BERNICE HUTCHERSON APARTMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $243,000.
Presented by: Annette Graham, LSCSW, Executive Director, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging / Sedgwick County Department on Aging.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Chairman to approve and sign the Resident Service Coordination Agreement and grant the necessary budget authority.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Background: The City of Wichita has provided a Resident Service Coordinator Program in partnership with the agency to provide Resident Service Coordination for WHA , funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since 2002. This program is managed by the Wichita Housing Authority (WHA) and is funded by the U.S, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) grant. Central Plains Area Agency on Aging (CPAAA) will utilize a qualified employee to provide service coordination at four locations for 40 hours a week. The contract is for one year January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, and may be extended two (2) additional one year terms. Resident housing locations for the service are: Rosa Gragg, Greenway Manor, Bernice Hutcherson and McLean apartments.
The Resident Services Coordinator will assist residents to identify services that will assist them to remain independent and age in place, and will coordinate the delivery of services in the four public housing facilities listed above. Services include, but are not limited to, the coordination or delivery of the following:
· Transportation coordination for tenants.
· Attendant and homemaker services.
· Health and wellness services.
· Legal and financial services.
· Assistance in filling out forms and documents.
· Medical, in-home therapy and prescription drug services.
· Assistance with tenant organization grant applications.
· Counseling
· Crisis Control
· Building community through support of tenant associations.
· Promotion of recreational, educational and social service activities and gatherings.
Financial Considerations: This agreement is for a total of $243,000 over three years - $73,000 a year from the ROSS grant thru the City of Wichita and $24,000 from Public Housing operating funds (City of Wichita).
Grant period starts: January 1, 2014
Grant period ends: December 31, 2016
Source of funding
Grant: $219,000
Required Match: $
Required Cash Match: $
Required In-Kind Match: $
Other funding: $24,000
TOTAL SOURCES: $243,000
Cost Center#/Fund Center: 34011-254
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $
Personnel: $183,000
Contractual services: $24,000
Operational supplies: $6,000
Equipment: $
Indirect administrative costs:$30,000
Capital projects cost: $
TOTAL USES $243,000
Source of matching funds:
Source of other funding: Public Housing operating funds (City of Wichita)
Budget Authority Adjustment: N/A. The attached budget form outlines one year of the three years of funding.
Personnel considerations: N/A
Alternatives: Not accept the agreement to perform Resident Service Coordination.
Policy considerations: N/A
Legal considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101, et seq. The grant has been reviewed by the Sedgwick County Counselor's Office. Approval of the grant application is by simple majority vote.