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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $98,500 FOR THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - JUVENILE SERVICES (KDOC-JS) TITLE II GRANT.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant, and if awarded, authorize acceptance of the grant and the establishment of budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this request.
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Title II is a federally funded initiative used to assist local communities with their juvenile delinquency prevention efforts. The Kansas Advisory Group (KAG) is seeking requests for Title II Formula Grants funded by allocations from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The KAG desires to fund evidence-based approaches to system reform which address alternatives to detention and that are data-driven and outcome-based. As a condition precedent to funding, the KAG will only fund activities which address the issue of safely reducing detention populations. The completed application is due to the Kansas Department of Corrections - Juvenile Services by January 16, 2015.
Grant Renewal: No
Never Applied: Yes
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
If approved, the Sedgwick County Department of Corrections (SCDOC) would contract with St. Francis Community Services to recruit, train and support five alternative-to-detention foster care beds for youth classified as dually adjudicated, Child in Need of Care (CINC) pending disposition on a juvenile case, and youth that need wrap around services as identified by a validated risk/needs assessment tool. The target population will include both male and female youth between the ages of 10 - 17. The funding request is $98,500 for the grant period April 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015. There are no match requirements for this grant, so there will be no financial obligation from the County. There are no County staff to be added; this is strictly pass-thru funding to St. Francis Community Services. The County is eligible to reapply for these funds, and detention-alternative beds will be eliminated if funding is not approved next year. The Sedgwick County Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board (Team Justice) certified that the program is consistent with the local community comprehensive plan on January 9, 2015.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: April 1, 2015
Grant period ends: September 30, 2015
Source of funding
Grant: $98,500
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding: $0
TOTAL SOURCES $98,500
Uses of funding (Note: Include any required matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $
Personnel: $
Contractual services: $98,500
Operational supplies: $
Equipment: $
Indirect administrative costs: $
Capital projects cost: $
TOTAL USES $98,500
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: A new internal order will be established. Additional budget authority totaling $98,500 is requested in the amount reflected in the attached grant budget forms.
Personnel Considerations: N/A
Expected Measurable Outcomes:
St. Francis Community Services will report on the following mandatory outcome measures:
-Number of program youth served
-Number and percent of program youth offending (reoffending) (short-term and long-term)
-Number and percent of program youth completing program requirements
-Number and percent of program youth exhibiting desired change in targeted behaviors (short-term and long-term)
Additionally, grantees must report on core performance measures (output and outcome) for the program area (delinquency prevention) as required by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Alternatives: If we do not submit the signed application to KDOC-JS then detention alternative beds will not be available to our target population of youth. Consequently, there will not be five designated foster care beds available as an alternative to detention.
Policy Considerations: N/A
Legal Considerations: Pursuant to the County Grant Applications and Awards Policy, the County Manager can approve new grants that do not include new or additional FTEs, do not require any matching funds, and are for a total of less than $100,000.00.