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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,381,366 FOR THE KANSAS JUVENILE JUSTICE AUTHORITY (JJA) SFY13 FUNDING APPLICATION .
Presented by: Mark Masterson, Director, Sedgwick County Department of Corrections.
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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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 SFY13 funding application for Prevention and Graduated Sanctions programs. The total award = $3,381,366 ($3,139,634 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 3, 2012.
This grant funds the following programs:
Graduated Sanctions:
Juvenile Case Management = $1,668,850
Juvenile Intensive Supervision Program = $739,226
Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center = $731,558
Prevention:
Administrative Structure = $24,173
D.A.'s Juvenile Intervention Program = $157,849
Detention Advocacy Service = $59,710
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2012
Grant period ends: June 30, 2013
Source of funding
Grant: $3,381,366
Required Match:
Required Cash Match:
Required In-Kind Match:
Other funding:$
TOTAL SOURCES: $3,381,366
Uses of funding (Note: Include any required matches in your totals.)
Operational costs: $3,381,366
Personnel: $2,854,860
Contractual services: $482,036
Operational supplies: $44,470
Equipment:$
Indirect administrative costs:$
Capital projects cost:$
TOTAL USES $3,381,366
Source of matching funds:
Source of other funding:
Budget Authority Adjustment: 33003-253; 33005-253; 33012-253; and, 33060-253
Personnel considerations: None
Expected measurable outcomes: This grant requires outcome information for prevention programs only.
Detention Advocacy Service:
Process Outcome: In SFY13, Kansas Legal Services will provide continued legal representation to the conclusion of the legal process to 100% of youth detained in secure care 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 A: To provide legal representation at all detention hearing dockets for 100% of youth needing counsel in SFY13 (excluding those who refuse or require separate counsel), as measured by program records maintained by Kansas Legal Services.
Behavioral Outcome B: To increase by 1% (from 98% to 99%) in SFY13, the percentage of program participants that 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 280 juvenile offenders in SFY13, as measured by program participation records maintained by the District Attorney's Office.
Behavioral Outcome: To maintain 95%, the percentage of program participants not charged with a new crime within 12 months after successfully completing the program, as measured by program completion records maintained by the District Attorney's Office.
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.