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CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $119,000 FOR TITLE II FUNDING FOR THE INTENSIVE SITE ENGAGEMENT PHASE II - DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONTACT.
Presented by: Steve Stonehouse, Deputy Director of Juvenile Services.
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: No
Never Applied: Yes
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
In 2008, the Sedgwick County Division of Corrections (SCDOC) was awarded a Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) grant from the MacArthur Foundation and began working as a member of the DMC Action Network with Phase I technical assistance provided by the Burns Institute (BI). BI provided SCDOC with a comprehensive assessment including data collection from each point along the Juvenile Justice Continuum and guidance in areas that needed improvement related to DMC.
Title II funding is available to acquire Phase II Intensive Site Engagement (ISE) technical assistance from the BI and systematically address the recommendations of their phase II assessment. The process of moving Sedgwick County forward mandates the need for expert technical assistance in the area of DMC and the ability to facilitate community engagement initiative that foster increased levels of understanding, investment and process change for those community leaders who are new to the DMC reform efforts. The Sedgwick County Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board (Team Justice) submitted a letter of support for the grant application on April 7, 2017 and stressed the importance of moving from phase I to phase II in Sedgwick County.
Funds are being requested to aid in the cost of a database upgrade currently being requested by the Division during 2018 Budget Development. If the decision package is not included in the 2018 Adopted Budget the funds will be returned to...
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