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Sedgwick County corrections briefed commissioners on $6.6 million in adult KDOC grants and juvenile grant applications
Summary
The county's corrections director summarized three KDOC grant applications: an adult community corrections package totaling about $6.6 million, two juvenile grants, and community funding to grant evidence-based programs to local providers.
Steve Stonehouse, director of Sedgwick County Corrections, briefed commissioners on annual KDOC grants that the department applies for each year, including one adult package and multiple juvenile awards.
Steve said the adult funding request consolidates two programs — a probation program (AISP) and adult residential services — into a combined package "for that 6,600,000.0 and change." He said juvenile services funding covers JYAC IIP diversion programming and juvenile field services, and the department also applies for community funding from "evidence-based practice" funds to grant to local providers.
Why it matters: The adult grants cover core community-corrections operations that support supervision and residential services, while juvenile grants fund diversion and field services that affect juvenile justice programming and community providers. Steve emphasized these KDOC grants are recurring and submitted annually.
Next steps: Because the grant packages involve substantial dollars, staff and the chairman agreed to move the KDOC items from consent onto the new-business portion of the next agenda so commissioners and the public could review the grants in more detail.
Ending: The applications are routine annual submissions; the commission will consider the grants in new business and receive additional detail on the juvenile awards and community-provider allocations when presented.
