Title
CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,160 FOR THE KANSAS JUVENILE JUSTICE AUTHORITY (JJA) TITLE V GRANT.
Presented by: Mark Masterson, Director, 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.
Body
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 research based framework that focuses on reducing risk and enhancing protective factors to prevent 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. Episcopal Social Services (ESS) Venture House is requesting Sedgwick County apply for a Title V grant on their behalf to continue the family component of their Aggression Replacement Training (ART) program in Wichita/Sedgwick County. This is the 3rd and final year of eligibility for Title V funding for this program. The completed application is due to the Juvenile Justice Authority on June 1st.
Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
The ART (family component) program is a dual component program, consisting of a youth group and a parent-guardian group, utilizing an evidence-based curriculum. ART is a multimodal cognitive behavioral intervention designed to alter the behavior of chronically aggressive adolescents and children. The program uses repetitive learning techniques to teach participants to control impulsiveness and anger and to use more appropriate behaviors with the purpose of improving social skill competence, anger control and moral reasoning. The goals of the program are to reduce the number of youth who re-offend in the community and to enhance pro-social skills ...
Click here for full text