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County staff: remaining $1.157 million 988 grant funds may be used for public outreach campaign
Summary
County staff said the state is allowing Sedgwick County to use remaining funds from its 988 operational grant—about $1.157 million—as a larger outreach campaign to promote 988; staff said communications is already engaged and the amendment will appear on the upcoming agenda.
The Clerk said Item E on the agenda is a first amendment to Sedgwick County’s 988 operational grant and cited the grant total as $1.157 million. "That is an ongoing grant that we get through state from federal state pass‑through from federal, uh 1.157 million," the Clerk said.
Anna, a county staff member, explained the amendment’s intent: the state is permitting the county to use remaining 988 funds to run a larger campaign encouraging more use of the 988 behavioral‑health crisis line. "The state is asking us to use remaining funds to do a large campaign to encourage more use of 988," Anna said, and she noted county communications staff have already been engaged.
No vote was recorded in the agenda read; the amendment will be part of the consent/regular agenda for formal consideration. The Clerk characterized the change as a state‑approved reallocation of remaining grant funds rather than new grant funding.
