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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
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding: $24,250 (COMCARE)
TOTAL SOURCES $862,031
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs:
Personnel: $712,201 ($483,965 for Corrections and $228,236 for COMCARE)
Contractual services: $139,450 (includes $97,200 for Higher Ground, $24,250 for COMCARE - Medicaid Fees and $18,000 for Corrections)
Operational supplies: $2,500
Equipment: $7,880
Indirect administrative costs: $0
Capital projects cost: $0
TOTAL USES $862,031
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: Medicaid Fees
Budget Authority Adjustment: New internal orders will be created to manage these funds. For 2015, additional budget authority of $70,535 is requested within 31095-252, COMCARE-SCOAP, and $247,483 is requested within 33072-253, Corrections-Adult Intensive Supervision Program (AISP).
Personnel Considerations: We are requesting 4.0 FTE be added to the Corrections staffing table, (4) B220 Intensive Supervision Officer I positions.
Expected Measurable Outcomes: To strengthen probation supervision, community safety and client success by increasing behavioral interventions proven to reduce recidivism with adult felony offenders.
Alternatives: If not approved, Sedgwick County will not receive this funding from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Policy Considerations: N/A
Legal Considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101 and K.S.A. 75-5292 et seq. Pursuant to the County's grant policies and procedures, this grant application requires approval from the Board of County Commissioners. A simple majority vote is required.