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CONSIDERATION OF A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (KDOC) GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $612,750 TO STRENGTHEN PROBATION SUPERVISION, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CLIENT SUCCESS BY PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS PROVEN TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM WITH ADULT FELONY OFFENDERS.
Presented by: Jay Holmes, Deputy Director of Adult Programs, Division 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: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: The SFY2018 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. The FY2018 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, 2017
Grant period ends: June 30, 2018
Source of funding
Grant: $612,750
Required Match: $0
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding: $0
TOTAL SOURCES: $612,750
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $
Personnel: $495,850 ($250,854 for Corrections and $244,996 for COMCARE)
Contractual services: $107,900 (includes $102,900 for Higher Ground and $5,000 for Corrections)
Operational supplies: $9,000
Equipment: $
Indirect administrative costs: $
Capital projects cost: $
TOTAL USES $612,750
Source of matching funds:
Source of other funding: COMCARE will use $24,250 of Medicaid fees to cover contractual expenses.
Budget Authority Adjustment: New internal orders will be created to manage these funds.
Personnel considerations: None.
Expected measurable outcomes: To strengthen probation supervision, community safety and client success by increasing behavioral interventions proven to reduce recidivism with adult felony offenders.
Requirements from Sedgwick County: The Division of Corrections will be responsible for collecting and reporting program/fiscal quarterly reports to KDOC.
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.