Title
Consideration of a grant in the amount of $3,356.00 from the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabiliation Services to extend the interim housing program.
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Grant Renewal: N/A
Never Applied: N/A
Applied; not awarded: N/A
Grant Summary and Timeline: The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services provides a grant of $13,424.00 to COMCARE of Sedgwick County for its Interim Housing Program, which provides immediate housing for persons who are homeless and discharged from the state hospital, a nursing facility for mental health, or other state institution or system of care setting. The proposed amendment extends the current agreement by three months, from June 30 to September 30, 2011, and also raises the contract allocation by $3,356.00 to cover the associated costs for that time period.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: 07/01/2010
Grant period ends: 09/30/2011
Source of funding
Grant: $3,356.00
Required Match: N/A
Required Cash Match: N/A
Required In-Kind Match: N/A
Other funding:N/A
TOTAL SOURCES
Uses of funding
Operational costs: $0
Personnel: $0
Contractual services: $3,356.00
Operational supplies: $0
Equipment:$0
Indirect administrative costs: $0
Capital projects cost:$0
TOTAL USES: $3,356.00
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: N/A
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 a...
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