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Agreement with Episcopal Social Services for Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority (JJA) Title V Grant to Continue the Aggression Replacement Training Program (Family Component).
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Recommended Action: Approve the Agreement and authorize the chairman, or designee, to sign all related documents.
Title V is a federally funded initiative used to assist local communities with their juvenile delinquency prevention efforts. The Title V grants program is based on a research based framework that focuses on reducing risk and enhancing protective factors to prevention youth from entering the juvenile justice system. Title V applicants must be a local unit of government; however, non-profit organizations can be designated as sub-applicants. In June 2011, Sedgwick County applied for a Title V grant on behalf of Episcopal Social Services Venture House. JJA approved Sedgwick County's application for the Family Aggression Replacement Training (ART) Program in the amount of $18,240 for the grant period of October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. The purpose of this grant is to expand Episcopal Social Services' ART program to add a family component allowing the program to serve additional youth and their families. The goals of the program are to reduce the number of youth who re-offend in the community and to enhance pro-social skills in program participants. We currently have a Title V grant for this program which expires September 30, 2011. The Board of County Commission approved the Title V Grant Application on May 25, 2011 (Legistar #11-0364).
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Financial Considerations: There is a 50% match (cash or in-kind) requirement for this grant. Episcopal Social Services will provide match dollars in the amount of $9,120 with in-kind services, so there will be no financial obligation from the County. There are no County staff to be added; this is strictly pass-through funding to Episcopal Social Services. In the sustainability plan in their grant application, Ep...
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