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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,525,721 FOR THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - JUVENILE SERVICES (KDOC-JS) SFY17 FUNDING.
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 and establishment of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
Sedgwick County began receiving funding for local juvenile justice programming in 1998. In order to continue to receive grant funds, Sedgwick County must submit a SFY17 funding application for Prevention and Graduated Sanctions Programs. The total award equals $1,525,721 ($1,442,057 for Graduated Sanctions plus $83,664 for Prevention). No grant match is required. The Sedgwick County Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board (Team Justice) approval requirement was waived by KDOC-JS. The grant application is due on or before June 30, 2016. The SFY17 grant is a continuation of funding from SFY16, July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, due to juvenile justice system reforms related to SB367.
This grant funds the following programs:
Graduated Sanctions:
Juvenile Case Management- $755,098
Juvenile Intensive Supervision Program- $325,833
Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center- $361,126
Prevention:
Detention Advocacy Service- $83,664
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2016
Grant period ends: December 31, 2016
Source of funding
Grant: $1,525,721
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding:
TOTAL SOURCES: $1,525,721
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $1,525,721
Personnel: $1,311,566
Contractual services: $197,406
Operational supplies: $16,749
Equipment:$0
Indirect administrative costs:$0
Capital projects cost:$
TOTAL USES $1,525,721
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: Approval of the agenda item and receipt of the grant would require 2016 budget adjustments in the fund centers as outlined in the attached grant budget forms. Total additional budget authority requested for 2016 is $340,891.
Personnel Considerations: None
Expected Measurable Outcomes: The grant requires outcome information for prevention programs only.
Detention Advocacy Service:
Process Outcome: To serve 240 youth in SFY17, the number of minority and low-income youth in secure detention who receive case management services (150 youth) and short-term intervention services (90 youth), as measured by program participation records maintained by Kansas Legal Services.
Process Outcome: In SFY17, Kansas Legal Services will provide continued legal representation to the conclusion of the legal process to 100 percent of youth who are accepted for case management or short term intervention services who do not already have appointed counsel (excluding those who refuse or require separate counsel), as measured by program records maintained by Kansas Legal Services.
Behavioral Outcome: To increase by 1 percent (from 86 percent to 87 percent) in SFY17 the percentage of program participants who do not return to the Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center (JIAC) and/or the Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF) during case management, as measured by JIAC and/or JDF admission records.
Behavioral Outcome: To increase by 1 percent (from 91 percent to 92 percent) in SFY17 the percentage of program participants who do not return to the Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center (JIAC) and/or the Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF) during continued legal representation, as measured by JIAC and/or JDF admission records.
Alternatives: If we do not submit a funding application for approval, we will not be able to receive these KDOC-JS funds.
Policy Considerations: None
Legal Considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101. A simple majority vote is required.