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Consideration of a grant in the amount of $111,904 for COMCARE'S Homeless Program Path Application.
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Recommended Action: Approve the application for the grant, and if awarded authorize acceptance of the grant and the Chairman to sign all necessary documents, including the grant award.
Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: N/A
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: COMCARE's Homeless Program has been providing services under the PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) grant for 17 years through the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. In this renewal application, COMCARE proposes to continue providing access to mental health and substance use treatment services for persons who are literally homeless. These services include:
- Street outreach;
- Screening and diagnostic treatment;
- Case management;
- Referrals to other providers, like primary healthcare and addiction treatment; and
- Technical assistance in applying for housing, benefits, employment, etc. as appropriate.
COMCARE's PATH funds will be utilized to support two full time (2.0 FTE) outreach case managers and 0.40 FTE office specialist to manage data for the program. COMCARE expects that approximately 400 literally homeless adults with mental illness and/or substance use will be outreached and 200 will be enrolled into services annually.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: 08/01/14
Grant period ends: 07/31/15
Source of funding
Grant: $111,904
Match: $34,492
Required Cash Match: $10,829
Required In-Kind Match: $23,663
Other funding:$0
TOTAL SOURCES: $146,396
Uses of funding
Operational costs: $146,396
Personnel: $133,217
Contractual services: $5,950
Operational supplies: $350
Equipment:$0
Indirect administrative costs:$6,879
Capital projects cost:$0
TOTAL USES $146,396
Source of matching funds: 310496-14 CC Admin, 20002863, 20002978
310346-14 CC Med Services, 20003180
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: N/A
Personnel considerations: This PATH grant will fund two full time outreach case managers, which have been funded through the grant previously, and 0.4 FTE of an office specialist, which is new this year. Peer support, previously 2 part time (0.5) FTE positions, will no longer be included in this grant.
Expected measurable outcomes: Through the PATH grant, staff will be able to provide the services necessary to help connect literally homeless individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to housing, income, medical insurance, primary medical care, and other resources so that they can start the recovery process.
Alternatives: Without these funds COMCARE's Homeless Program would be unable to maintain the current level of outreach and case management services. Services would have to be reduced or an alternative source of funding would need to be identified.
Policy considerations: All Sedgwick County policies have been followed in the development of this renewal grant application.
Legal considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A 19-101 and a simple majority vote is required.