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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
Required Cash Match: $0
Required In-Kind Match: $0
Other funding: $0
TOTAL SOURCES: 740,966
Uses of funding (Note: Include any Required Matches in your totals)
Operational costs: $740,966
Personnel: $293,858
Contractual services: $444,542
Operational supplies: $2,566
Equipment: $0
Indirect administrative costs: $0
Capital projects cost: $0
TOTAL USES $740,966
Source of matching funds: $0
Source of other funding: $0
Budget Authority Adjustment: Request for additional budget authority in 33072-253 for 2019 totaling $370,483.
Personnel considerations: There are no planned personnel changes from the previous year for Sedgwick County staffing at 4 FTE.
Expected measurable outcomes: To strengthen probation supervision, community safety, and client success by increasing behavioral interventions proven to reduce recidivism among adult felony offenders.
Requirements from Sedgwick County: Department of Corrections and Finance will be responsible for collecting and reporting program/fiscal quarterly reports to KDOC.
Alternatives: If Sedgwick County does not apply, we will not receive funding from KDOC for local services.
Policy considerations: None.
Legal considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101 and K.S.A. 75-5292 et seq. Pursuant to County’s grant policies and procedures, this grant application requires approval from the Board of County Commissioners. A simple majority vote is required.