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Commission splits $40,000 pilot between Kansas Legal Services and Kansas Holistic Defenders
Summary
After extended discussion about duplication, data collection and local capacity, the Douglas County Commission voted 3–2 to split a $40,000 tenant eviction-defense pilot equally between Kansas Legal Services and Kansas Holistic Defenders to begin coordinated eviction-defense intake and data collection.
Douglas County commissioners voted 3–2 on May 13 to fund a seven-month tenant eviction-defense pilot, splitting $40,000 evenly between Kansas Legal Services (KLS) and Kansas Holistic Defenders (KHD). The decision follows weeks of debate about whether to honor a competitive RFP recommendation or to split the award to leverage existing local capacity.
Staff recommendation and fate of RFP: Assistant County Administrator Jill Jollicar told commissioners that a county scoring matrix had ranked Kansas Legal Services highest and that KLS offered an outcomes-reporting model staff found compelling.…
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