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CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $740,966.15 FOR KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH TIYOSPAE, INC. (DBA HIGHER GROUND) FOR SUBSTANCE TREATMENT/PEER MENTORING SERVICES AND A MOU WITH COMCARE FOR THERAPIST/CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
Presented by: Glenda Martens, 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, and authorization to enter into contract with Tiyospaye, Inc. (DBA Higher Ground) for substance treatment /peer mentoring services and a MOU with COMCARE for therapist/case management services.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: The SFY20 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 recidivism with adult felony offenders as a result. The SFY20 budget includes funding to sustain current positions that provide cognitive skills programming peer mentoring and mental health strategies provide to reduce recidivism. In addition, the application requests funding to restore a peer mentor/substance treatment provider that was not funded in SFY19 and addition of a position for implementation of Batterer's Intervention Program. The Community Corrections Advisory Board approved the grant application/fiscal workbook submissions at their March 28, 2019 meeting.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2019
Grant period ends: June 30, 2020
Source of funding
Grant: 740,966
Required Match: $0
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