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CONSIDERATION OF A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (KDOC) GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $837,781 TO STRENGTHEN PROBATION SUPERVISION, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CLIENT SUCCESS BY INCREASING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM WITH ADULT FELONY OFFENDERS.
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 establishment of budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this request and implementation of the staffing table changes identified in the Personnel Considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: N/A
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: The FY2016 Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) budget includes funding to support the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (HB2170). The purpose of the funding is to enhance and/or develop behavioral health programs/interventions in the community and reduce revocations as a result. Community Corrections agencies who received SFY2014 and SFY2015 awards were encouraged to submit a proposal with the intent of sustaining or enhancing strategies that have been implemented.
The FY2016 budget includes funding to sustain current positions that provide cognitive skills programming, peer mentoring and mental health strategies proven to reduce recidivism. Additional funding is requested to add four program providers, Intensive Supervision Officer I's, that will provide additional evidence-based cognitive skills programming for community corrections clients that score moderate to very high on the Level Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R).
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2015
Grant period ends: June 30, 2016
Source of funding
Grant: $837,781
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
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