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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,220,232 FOR THE KANSAS JUVENILE JUSTICE AUTHORITY (JJA) SFY14 FUNDING.
Presented by: Jodi Tronsgard, Project Manager, Sedgwick County Department of Corrections.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant, and if awarded authorize acceptance of the grant and establishment of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: Sedgwick County began receiving Juvenile Justice Authority funding for local juvenile justice programming in 1998. There will be a continuation of the existing utilization of County resources. In order to continue to receive grant funds, Sedgwick County must submit a SFY14 funding application for Prevention and Graduated Sanctions programs. The total award = $3,220,232 ($2,978,500 graduated sanctions + $241,732 prevention). No grant match is required. The Sedgwick County Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board (Team Justice) approved this funding application on February 1, 2013. The grant application is due on or before March 15, 2013.
This grant funds the following programs:
Graduated Sanctions:
Juvenile Case Management = $1,534,072
Juvenile Intensive Supervision Program = $660,588
Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center = $783,840
Prevention:
D.A.'s Juvenile Intervention Program = $74,405
Detention Advocacy Service = $167,327
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2013
Grant period ends: June 30, 2014
Source of funding
Grant: $3,220,232
Required Match:
Required Cash Match:
Required In-Kind Match:
Other funding:
TOTAL SOURCES: $3,220,232
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $3,220,232
Personnel: $2,707,403
Contractual services: $475,679
Operational supplies: $37,150
Equipment:$
Indirect administrative costs:$
Capital projects cost:$
TOTAL USES $3,220,232
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: 33060-253, 33012-253, 33003-253 and 18004-259
Personnel considerations: None
Expected measurable outcomes: The grant requires outcome information for prevention programs only.
Detention Advocacy Service:
Process Outcome: To increase by 1% (from 238 to 240) in SFY14, the number of minority and low-income youth in secure detention who receive case management services (156 youth) and short-term intervention services (84 youth), as measured by program participation records maintained by Kansas Legal Services.
Process Outcome: In SFY14, Kansas Legal Services will provide continued legal representation to the conclusion of the legal process to 100% of youth who are accepted for case management or short term intervention services who do not already have appointed counsel (excluding those who refuse or require separate counsel), as measured by program records maintained by Kansas Legal Services.
Behavioral Outcome: To increase by 1% (from 89% to 90%) in SFY14, the percentage of program participants who do not return to the Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF) during case management, as measured by JDF admission records.
Behavioral Outcome: To increase by 1% (from 95% to 96%) in SFY14, the percentage of program participants who do not return to the Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF) during continued legal representation, as measured by JDF admission records.
D.A.'s Juvenile Intervention Program:
Process Outcome: To serve 160 juvenile offenders in SFY14, as measured by program participation records maintained by the District Attorney's Office.
Behavioral Outcome: To maintain 98%, the percentage of program participants not charged with a new crime within 12 months after successfully completing the program, as measured by juvenile court records compiled by the Sedgwick County Department of Corrections.
Alternatives: If we do not submit a funding application for approval, we will not be able to receive these JJA funds.
Policy considerations: None
Legal considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101. A simple majority vote is required.