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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,754,585 FOR COMCARE'S PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AGREEMENT.
Presented by: Tim Kaufman, Assistant County Manager, Department of Public Services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the grant award, authorize the budget authority request, and authorize the Chairman or his designee to sign all necessary documents.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: The Participating Community Mental Health Center Contract is the primary funding contract for COMCARE from the State of Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). The contract establishes COMCARE as a participating community mental health center (CMHC), and also designates it as the mental health authority for Sedgwick County. The agreement describes the responsibilities, compensation amounts, and the necessary services COMCARE must provide as a participating mental health center. These services include case management, attendant care, psychosocial rehabilitation, and an array of crisis services, which COMCARE must make available to adults with a severe and persistent mental illness, and to children with a serious emotional disturbance. The contract also includes performance outcomes COMCARE must achieve through its community mental health services.
There were two significant changes that occurred during contract negotiations that increased the total funding amount awarded to COMCARE for fiscal year 2018. First, block grant funds are included in this funding award. KDADS is no longer utilizing CMHC hubs for the distribution of block grant funds. Second, due to legislative decisions CMHCs received an increase in funding for fiscal year 2018, for COMCARE that is about $1.5 million dollars.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: 7-1-17
Grant period ends: 6-30-18
Source of funding
Grant: $6,754,585
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding: $0
TOTAL SOURCES $6,754,585
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $
Personnel: $6,754,585
Contractual services: $
Operational supplies: $
Equipment: $
Indirect administrative costs: $
Capital projects cost: $
TOTAL USES $6,754,585
Source of matching funds:
Source of other funding:
Budget Authority Adjustment: Additional budget authority in the amount of $1,451,488 is being requested for fiscal year 2018.
Personnel considerations: No additional personnel will be required.
Expected measurable outcomes: The contract specifies the necessary outcomes COMCARE must achieve through its community mental health services, including vocational status, residential status, and readmissions to inpatient treatment facilities. Through the contract, COMCARE is required to provide an array of supports to adults with severe and persistent mental illness and to children with a serious emotional disturbance to achieve these outcomes.
Alternatives: Without this agreement with the State, COMCARE would no longer be the mental health authority for Sedgwick County, would no longer be able to bill Medicaid for community based services, and would no longer receive significant grant support for its work with uninsured mentally ill residents of Sedgwick County.
Policy considerations: All Sedgwick County policies have been followed in the development and review of this contract.
Legal considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101, et seq., and K.S.A. 19-4001, et seq., and a simple majority vote is required.