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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,927,373 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Claudia Blackburn, Health Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the electronic submission of the grant application and authorize the Chairman to sign all necessary documents; including the grant award agreement containing substantially the same terms and conditions as the application; and approve the establishment of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request at the time the grant documents are executed.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: KDHE provides Aid to Local Grant Funding opportunities to support specific or targeted health service needs on an annual basis. The Aid to Local Grant application opportunity covers many, but not all, of the grants awarded from KDHE to the Health Department. Grants from KDHE and other sources account for approximately 63% of the total Health Department budget. This grant represents 16% of the Health Department budget and 25% of all grants received. We are requesting an 11% increase over the 2012-13 award. Without this funding, many programs would be drastically reduced.
The Health Department is requesting Aid to Local funding in the amount of $1,927,373; combined with the required match of $412,688 for a total of $2,340,061 for the SFY 2014. (See Attachment 1 - Chart 1 provides an overview of funding by category requested for SFY 2014, as well as a list of the funding awards received for the SFY 2013.)
Three grant categories require match funding:
a) Chronic Disease Risk Reduction (#2) has a 25% match requirement;
b) Family Planning (#5) and
c) Maternal and Child Health (#17) both have a 40% match requirement.
Additionally, the State Formula (#1) block grant includes a...
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