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County discusses KDHE grant work on IDD crisis intervention and a KDHE agreement for cancer screenings
Summary
Sedgwick County staff briefed commissioners on KDHE-funded pilot projects for crisis intervention services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and on an agreement with KDHE to provide breast and cervical cancer screenings to income-eligible women; staffing adjustments tied to grants were also discussed.
Sedgwick County staff told commissioners the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) previously awarded grant funding for pilot projects studying crisis intervention services for the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) population. County staff said the original grant award timing did not align with the county budget cycle and requested extended budget authority to spend the awarded funds through the remainder of the year.
Tim (county staff) said the grant award had been accepted and that the county would host representatives from the START Institute at the University of New Hampshire at a county staff meeting on April 8 to review community survey findings related to the pilot work. Tim also said the county would adjust staffing tables because some previously grant-funded positions will end when state contracting for certain services transitions to a different entity; the county expects to add replacement positions funded by separate grant dollars to continue necessary work.
Separately, staff described an agreement with KDHE to allow the county health department to provide breast and cervical cancer screenings to income-eligible women under state program authority (item AF). The agreement was presented as routine public-health contracting.
Why it matters: KDHE grant funding supports local pilot projects and public-health services; staffing adjustments reflect resource shifts when state contracts and grant flows change.
Ending: Staff said they will extend budget authority for the KDHE award, host START Institute presenters in April and implement staffing adjustments funded by available grants.
