Title
Consideration of a grant in the amount of $10,374.36 from the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to extend the Interim Housing Program.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the amendment and authorize the Chairman to sign.
Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: Yes
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: COMCARE of Sedgwick County receives a grant from the Kansas State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to provide the Interim Housing Program, which provides temporary housing for individuals discharged from Osawatomie State Hospital, a nursing facility for mental health, or other state institution or system of care setting who would otherwise be homeless. A six-month transition period, during which they receive case management and other mental health services, is allowed to help the client secure more permanent housing.
This contract was scheduled to end June 30, 2012, but the amendment extends the contract from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. It also provides a new award amount of $10,374.36 to cover this additional time period. There are no other contractual changes.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: 07/01/12
Grant period ends: 06/30/13
Source of funding
Grant: $10,374.36
Required Match: N/A
Required Cash Match: N/A
Required In-Kind Match: N/A
Other funding: $4,249.00
TOTAL SOURCES: $14,623.36
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $0.00
Personnel: $0.00
Contractual services: $14,623.36
Operational supplies: $0.00
Equipment:$0.00
Indirect administrative costs:$0.00
Capital projects cost:$0.00
TOTAL USES: $14,623.36
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: 310756-13, Unencumbered Cash
Budget Authority Adjustment: N/A- no additional budget adjustment is required.
Personnel considerations: N/A- no additional personnel will be required.
Expected measurable outcomes: Individuals being discharged from the state hospital or other residential facility with no home to exit to can use the placement provided by this grant as an emergency housing option, rather than exiting to a homeless shelter.
Alternatives: Without the funds included in this grant COMCARE could not continue providing interim housing services for homeless individuals released from the state hospital.
Policy considerations: All Sedgwick County policies were followed in the review of this amendment.
Legal considerations:The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101 and a simple majority is required.