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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,965,732 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) FOR SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Adrienne Byrne-Lutz, Director, Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application of the grant; the electronic submittal of the application for the grant; and authorize the Chairman to sign all necessary documents; including the grant award agreement containing substantially the same terms and conditions as the application; and approve the establishment of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request at the time the grant documents are executed.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
KDHE provides Aid to Local (ATL) Grant Funding opportunities to support specific or targeted health service needs on an annual basis. The ATL Grant application opportunity covers many, but not all, of the grants awarded from KDHE to the Health Department. This grant represents 17% of the Health Department budget and 29% of all grants received.
The Health Department was awarded $1,892,724* for the previous SFY 2016; we are requesting an average combined overall increase of $73,008 or 3.86% above the SFY 2016 award or the equivalent of $5,844 (0.3%) above our SFY 2016 request to provide the same services. Without this funding, many programs would be drastically reduced or services would no longer be provided.
The Health Department is requesting ATL funding in the amount of $1,965,732; combined with the required match of $367,642 for a total of $2,333,374 for SFY 2017. (See Attachment 1 for an overview of funding by category requested for SFY 2017, as well as a list of the amount of funding requested and awards received for SFY 2016.)
Two grant categories, Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health, both require a 40% match funding requirement. (See Attachment 2 for M...
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