Sedgwick County Grants

 

The SMP Program is designed to reduce Medicare and Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse through distribution of materials such as brochures and handouts and coordinate activities that allow volunteers to meet with benficiaries and answer simple questions.

Older Americans Act (OAA) and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will enhance the following programs: Area Plan Administration, Title III-B Supportive Services, Title III-C (1) Congregate meals, Title III-C (2) Home Delivered Meals, Title III-D Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services, Title III-E National Family Caregiver Support Program, Non-Federal B,C-1 &C-2 Services (KDADS State Match).

RSVP is America's largest volunteer network for people aged 55 and older. Approved volunteers receive training from the organization where they will serve, and supplemental insurance while on duty. RSVP volunteers do not receive monetary incentives; however those who drive quite a bit will have the opportunity to receive a gas gift card volunteers also invited to a yearly recognition banquet.

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) received a 988 State and Territory Cooperative Agreement grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and is partnering with the three National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) contract centers in Kansas. The three contact centers are NSPL certified to provide 24/7 coverage for 988 calls and the goal is to ensure a 90% in-state answer rate. To achieve this goal, COMCARE will recruit, hire and train behavioral health workforce staff to respond, intervene, and provide follow-up to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. These efforts will help Kansas successfully implement 988 and meet the demands of citizens who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.  

The CMHC shall use funds from this agreement to provide to persons in the priority target populations as defined by K.S.A. Community-based services including, but not limited to: 1) 24-hour, 7 days a week emergency treatment and first response services; 2) crisis responsiveness; 3) evaluation, assessment, and treatment; 4) screening for admission to a state psychiatric hospital, when applicable and required by K.A.R. 30-61-10; and follow-up with any consumer seen for or provided with any emergency service and not detained for inpatient care and treatment, to determine the need for any further services and/or referral to any services; 5) basic outpatient treatment services; 6) basic case management services for adults and basic community-based support services for children, adolescents, and their families; 7) Liaison services to State psychiatric hospitals, nursing facilities for mental health psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTEFs), County jails, and State hospital alternatives for children and adolescents; including discharge planning beginning the first day of a admission, connecting to community resources, facilitating a "warm hand-off" upon discharge, and follow-up.

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), Behavioral Health Services Commission announced the Mobile Crisis Responses & Development Grant  to support development and expansion of behavioral health crisis by providing 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days out of the year, life-saving mobile response Statewide to all individuals in need.

The 18th Judicial District Community Corrections has been awarded $5,015,379.31 for FY2023 which includes: $4,080,515.72 for Graduated Sanctions; $167,327.28 for Delinquency Prevention; and $767,536.31 for Juvenile Advisory Board (JCAB) funding for evidence-based programs as outlined in the grant application.

The Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) is Federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) passed through to Sedgwick County from the State of Kansas. The purpose of the EMPG program is to assist counties in enhancing and sustaining an emergency management program for the protection of life and property in the community.

An effort to support vaccine clinics include, but are not limited to, reaching out to those whom vaccine is recommended, training providers and partners on the appropriate storage and handling of the vaccine, equipping health care providers to discuss the vaccine and administer it to patients, ensuring adequate clinic staff availability, and ensuring systems can track vaccines administered and provide recall tracking and notification to complete vaccine series.

Funds may be used for salaries overtime, one-time pay adjustments, related benefits, and contracts for staff associated with provision of COVID-19 (and routine) vaccine activities. Funds may also be used for vaccine education, promotion, outreach, and equipment or supplies associated with vaccine and vaccine administration.

More than 970 community-based volunteer units across the country make up the National Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). These groups locally organize and utilize volunteers - medical, non-medical, and others to promote healthy living throughout the year and prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.

The Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund is a general revenge enhancement program that provides additional assistance to eligible revenue sharing Counties and eligible Tribal governments. There is no timeline for this grant, the first payment will be available immediately after approval and will be eligible on a rolling basis. The second payment is expected after the start of the calendar year 2023.

This funding will be used to enhance DNA typing capability by providing supplies, equipment, and software for analysts in training, to equip, trainees and qualified scientists with ergonomic and efficient workspace, and to provide all scientist with instrumentation that meets the requirements set forth by industry quality assurance standards and accreditation requirements. This enhances the capacity of the workforce within the Biology/DNA section so that more cases can be tested, provides improved screening tools for identification of probative stains, and allows continued use of automated systems that are critical for every step of the analytical process. All of these objectives will result in faster turn-around times and overall decrease in the accumulated backlog.

The DNA laboratory has accumulated a backlog over the past two years due to qualified scientist promotions, time dedicated to scientists in training, and ongoing validation projects. With newer scientists completing training, the laboratory has been able to conduct screening on all sexual assault cases and move them into the queue for DNA analysis, thus creating a shift in workflow bottleneck and an increased awareness of supply costs associated with the additional analysts. The goal of this project is allocation of funding for required equipment and supplies so the identified positive sexual assault samples, and other cases awaiting analysis, may be processed and uploaded to CODIS whenever eligible.

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs  and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following programs: 1) law enforcement programs; 2) prosecution and court programs; 3) prevention and education programs; 4) corrections and community corrections program; 5) drug treatment and enforcement programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness program (other than compensation) and 8) mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams.