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CONSIDERATION OF A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (KDOC) GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $597,303 TO STRENGTHEN PROBATION SUPERVISION, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CLIENT SUCCESS BY INCREASING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM WITH ADULT FELONY OFFENDERS.
Presented by: Steve Stonehouse, Interim Director, Sedgwick County Department of Corrections.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant, and if awarded authorize acceptance of the grant, the establishment of budget authority as provided in the Financial 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 SFY2017 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 - SFY2016 awards were encouraged to submit a proposal with the intent of sustaining or enhancing strategies that have been implemented. The FY2017 budget includes funding to sustain current positions that provide cognitive skills programming, peer mentoring and mental health strategies proven to reduce recidivism.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2016
Grant period ends: June 30, 2017
Source of funding
Grant: $597,303
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding: $0
TOTAL SOURCES: $597,303
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs:
Personnel: $480,503 ($248,244 for Corrections and $232,259 for COMCARE)
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