Sedgwick County Grants

 

The purpose of the 5310 Urban Transportation grant is to allow access to transportation in the 5310 urban jurisdiction for residents that have limited or no access to a vehicle. Sedgwick County Transportation (SCT) connects communities to one another providing low cost and accessible transportation. Utilizing SCT allows for an individual to be mobile and independent; encourages social interaction that has great health benefits both mentally and physically; helps reduce poverty and strengthens the economy; reduces traffic that is good for the environment and finally, allows for the elderly and persons with disabilities to remain in their choice of community, reducing institutionalization. SCT provides for any trip with purposes including: medical appointments, work and education opportunities, social services, shopping, and banking.

Funds are used to purchase two conversion, low-floor accessible vans to serve both the rural and urban communities in Sedgwick County. Purchasing vehicles through this grant will eliminate service and jurisdictional gaps as identified in the State Coordinated Plan of ride transfers working with Reno County (RCAT system) and coordinating with Wichita Transit. The funds are also used to invest in a full camera security system for each vehicle to enhance the security of our fleet, drivers and passengers during service hour.

K-RAD provides relief to unpaid caregivers of individuals with a probable diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. Such services replace the direct care by the caregiver for short or intermittent periods for the purpose of temporarily relieving the burden of those care tasks.

The SHICK Coordinator and volunteers answer Medicare benefit questions and helps individuals understand available supplemental insurance and Plan D options.

The CDDO shall, directly or by subcontract, serve as a single point of entry to IDD services and provide information, referral and explanation of available services, and service providers for individuals with IDD, including non-Medicaid community-based options.

Funding will be used to build a program team approach which will support early detection and intervention. This program team will support meeting the needs of persons with early psychotic disorders, specifically first episode psychosis between the age of 15 and 36; Early intervention programs are designed to bridge existing services for these groups and eliminate gaps between child, adolescent, and adult mental health programs.

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Service will support statewide CMHCs and CCBHCs to develop and expand behavioral health crises services by providing 24/7/365 days out of the year, life-saving mobile response to all individuals in need.

According to SAMHSA’s National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care, Best Practice Toolkit, the mobile crisis response team should be available to reach any person in the service area in their home, workplace, school, or any other community-based location of the individual in crisis in a timely manner, 24/7/365. For safety and optimal engagement, two person teams are encouraged to be put in place to support emergency department and justice system diversion.

The mobile crisis response (MCR) team is comprised of trained professionals to provide a solution-focused and recovery-oriented assessment and stabilization of the behavioral health crisis at hand. While aiming to always provide the least restrictive intervention that can safely meet the needs of those in crisis, they will seek to diffuse the situation; safety plan with the individual and then work to connect them to the most appropriate resources in the community. The mobile crisis response team will engage police only in high-risk situations. The MCR team aims to refer individuals in crisis to behavioral health support and treatment organizations in their community to reduce the likelihood that individuals experiencing behavior health crises will end up in the emergency department or incarcerated.

KDADS intends to support the CMHCs and CCBHCs in creating and expanding Mobile Crisis Response teams that meet the needs of their individual communities, to reduce the utilization of

Funding for the Scope of Work - Community Based Behavioral Health Services is comprised of funding allotments from Federal Mental Health Block Grant, Mental Health Reform, the Governor's Mental Health Initiatives, and State Aid. The CMHC shall use funds from this agreement to provide to persons in the priority target populations as defined by K.S.A. 39-1602 and stated above community-based behavioral health services including, but not limited to:

 

1. 24-hour, 7 days a week emergency treatment and first response services;

2. Crisis responsiveness (including mobile crisis response);
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 facilitie􀀵 for mental health, psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs), county jails, and state hospital alternatives for children and adolescents; including, discharge planning beginning the first day of an admission, connecting to community resources, facilitating necessary services upon discharge, and supports needed to remain residing safely in the least restrictive environment and in their community of choice.

The State of Kansas Judicial Branch remains dedicated to its mission of resolving disputes and potecting individual rights by ensuring equal, fair, and timely justice under the rule of law for all people of Kansas. In alignment with this mission, the Supreme Court adopted Rule 191 forming the Specialty Court Committee and tasked to find innovative resolutions aimed at the prevention, intervention, and enforcement on reducing recidivism through the use of specialty courts, such as Veterans Treatment Courts. This grant will establish a new Veteran Treatment Court in the 18th Judicial District Court located in Sedgwick County, Kansas over a 36-month period.

JCAB, Reinvestment, Regional Collaboration

Graduated Sanctions and Delinquency Prevention

The State of Kansas Judicial Branch remains dedicated to its mission of resolving disputes and protecting individual rights by ensuring equal, fair, and timely justice under the rule of law for all people of Kansas. In alignment with this mission, the Supreme Court adopted Rule 191 forming the Specialty Court Committee and tasked to find innovative solutions aimed at the prevention, intervention, and enforcement of mental health, drug, alcohol, and substance abuse in the State of Kansas with an emphasis on reducing recidivism -through the use of specialty courts, such as Veterans Treatment Courts.

 

These courts are specialized dockets that utilize therapeutic or problem-solving procedures to address underlying factors that may be contributing to a party’s involvement in the criminal justice system, like mental illness or drug, alcohol, or other addiction. Kansas specialty courts are operated by judicial branch judges and personnel.

The proposed grant will establish a new Veteran Treatment Court in the 18 Judicial District Court located in Sedgwick County, Kansas over a 36-month period.

The State of Kansas Judicial Branch remains dedicated to its mission of resolving disputes and protecting individual rights by ensuring equal, fair, and timely justice under the rule of law for all people of Kansas. In alignment with this mission, the Supreme Court adopted Rule 191 forming the Specialty Court Committee and tasked to find innovative solutions aimed at the prevention, intervention, and enforcement of mental health, drug, alcohol, and substance abuse in the State of Kansas with an emphasis on reducing recidivism -through the use of specialty courts, such as Veterans Treatment Courts.

These courts are specialized dockets that utilize therapeutic or problem-solving procedures to address underlying factors that may be contributing to a party’s involvement in the criminal justice system, like mental illness or drug, alcohol, or other addiction. Kansas specialty courts are operated by judicial branch judges and personnel.

The proposed grant will establish a new Veteran Treatment Court in the 18 Judicial District Court located in Sedgwick County, Kansas over a 36-month period.

The HMEP grant program was established in 1990 by the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act. In 1993, PHMSA began issuing grants to assist States, Territories, and Native American Tribes to "develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans" within the National Response System and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986. The HMEP grant program is designed to allow grantees the flexibility to implement training and planning programs that address differing needs for each location based on emergency response capabilities, commodity flow studies, and hazard analysis.

The purpose of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is to protect the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards.

Funding is used to build and strengthen the abilities of public health departments for the purpose of supporting Strategic National Stockpile preparedness and response planning activities.

The Reproductive Health and Family Planning program assists individuals and couples in planning the number and spacing of their children. Programs are voluntary and confidential. Family Planning clinics in Kansas are primarily located in County Health Departments. Services vary by site but include: annual well-women exam, pregnancy testing, counseling, and referrals made as needed, basic infertility services, birth control, including natural family planning and abstinence, sexually transmitted infections  and treatment, pap tests, and breast cancer screenings.

The Kansas Immunization Program works in collaboration with local health departments and other health care providers to reduce or eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases that can cause disability and death. 

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.

Every five years, KDHE conducts a comprehensive needs assessment to determine gaps in health status and health system capacity in serving the MCH population. Guidelines for this grant includes: at least 30% of the funds must be used for preventive and primary care services for children. At least 30% percent must be spent for services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. No more than 10% may be used for administering the funds paid under this section. Funding is also to be spent on preventative and primary care services for pregnant women, mothers, and infants up to age one, however there are no requirements regarding the percentage to be spent. 

Overdose Data to Action: Limiting Overdose through Collaborative Actions in Localities (OD2A: Local) funds 40 city, country, and territorial health departments to build a strong foundation of cooperation and partnership across public health, behavioral health, health systems, community organizations, and public safety. This is necessary to build cohesive programs that reach people throughout communities and close gaps in access to services. 

KDHE seeks to support the hiring, recruitment, retention, and organizational development, and core infrastructure improvement of the public health workforce in Kansas.

Health Department Infrastructure Formula Grant.

The 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.

The JAG Program allows states and units of local government, including tribles, 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.

The DNA laboratory has accumulated a backlog over the past several years. With newer scientists recently becoming proficient in screening the laboratory has been able to process backlogged sexual assault cases and move them into the queue for DNA analysis, thus creating a shift in workflow bottleneck and increased awareness of supply costs associated with the additional analysts. The goal of this project is to use funding for required equipment and supplies so sexual assault cases and homicides awaiting analysis may be processed for CODIS entry.

The Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center (RFSC) serves as the Crime Laboratory and Medical Examiner's Office for Sedgwick County, Kansas. The center provides autopsy services to agencies within Sedgwick County and 20 other counties in the region, including comprehensive post-mortem toxicology testing. This project aims to replace one of the three critical instruments; thus funding will be used to purchase one LC-MS/MS system. Funding will also be used to eliminate the existing backlog so that full accreditation can be achieved and maintained going forward.

To support Regional Forensic Science Center performs antemortem and postmortem toxicology testing by  . Antemortem testing is performed for local law enforcement cases involving driving under the influence of alcohol and drug-facilitated crime. Postmortem testing assists the Coroner in SG County and surrounding counties in determining the role of drugs and toxins in cause and manner of death.

The Victim Advocate, working as a first responder for victims, has assisted the Sheriff's Office in better responding to the emotional and physical needs of crime victims and has provided early crisis intervention. The Victim Advocate assists primary and secondary victims with stabilization of their following victimization, assists victims in understanding the criminal justice system, educates victims of their rights as a crime victim, and strives to provide a measure of safety to the victims. The Sheriff's Office desires to continue these services and resubmit our application for VOCA funding through the Victims of Crime Act grant. This continued funding will allow our Victim Advocate to continue providing these much-needed services to victims of crime.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is the grantee and administrator of the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The Kansas ICAC works directly with the Wichita-Sedgwick County Exploited and Missing Child Unit. Together, these units investigate all exploitation, missing, human trafficking, physical and sexual abuse cases involving child victims. The Kansas ICAC – with its forty-four (44) task force affiliate agencies serve 515,416 residents of Sedgwick County and 2,913,021 residents of Kansas, which is an approximate increase of 1.1% over the last census. ICAC affiliate agencies include city, county, and federal law enforcement. Additionally, Kansas has 10,370 registered sex offenders with 15% of those residing in Sedgwick County. Kansas ICAC partners with state and federal prosecutors and enforcement agencies. Kansas ICAC will continue to build relationships and enlist new task force affiliates and partners to combat the issue of child exploitation. The Task Force will work to: increase the number of both proactive and reactive investigations; increase the number of forensic examinations; increase the number of referrals received from other ICAC Task Forces and federal partners; increase the capabilities of the Kansas ICAC Task Force agencies in the investigation of technology-facilitated crimes against children; enhance the Kansas ICAC Task Force’s effectiveness in preventing these types of offenses; and formalize law enforcement partnerships through written agreements.