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Consideration of a Grant in the amount of $290,941 for Enhanced Supported Employment of Kansas (ESEK).
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Recommended Action: Approve acceptance of the grant , authorize COMCARE's Executive Director or their designee to electronically sign the grant agreement, implementation of the Staffing Table changes identified in the Personnel Consideration section of this request, and authorize the establishment of budget authority as provided in the Financial Consideration section of this request.
Grant Renewal: No
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Background: In an effort to strengthen the existing Individual Placement Support (IPS) Supported Employment Services in Kansas, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) applied for the Transforming Lives Through Supported Employment grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) . The Transforming Lives Through Supported Employment grant is a research grant using the IPA evidenced practice model. KDADS received the grant and has selected two Community Mental Health Centers to implement the expansion of Supported Employment.
COMCARE was selected as one of two Mental Health Centers to receive this research grant that will fund the Enhanced Supported Employment of Kansas (ESEK). The focus of this grant will be on expanding IPS Supported Employment Services to adults suffering from a serious mental illness, including those who have a mental illness and a co-occurring substance use disorder. The goal of this grant is to strengthen the existing infrastructure needed to maintain and expand supported employment services throughout the state of Kansas and increase the number of individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring mental and substance use disorder that obtain and retain competitive employment. There will also be a local steering committee that will work to identify and ameliorate barriers that individuals with mental illness face...
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