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County to contract with seven vendors for Alzheimer's respite services
Summary
Staff said Sedgwick County will award vendor contracts to seven providers to deliver respite services for people with Alzheimer's and dementia; the program is new and the item appears on consent.
Sedgwick County staff said the county will enter vendor contracts with seven providers to deliver respite care for people experiencing Alzheimer's and dementia as part of a new program.
Deputy County Manager Tim Kaufman described the program and vendor approach: "It's a new program, and so we've identified 7 different vendors that we will contract with to deliver those services." The briefing placed the contracts on the consent agenda; the Agenda Review transcript does not include contract amounts or vendor names.
Why it matters: the contracts aim to expand respite services for caregivers and people with dementia. Staff framed the approach as a distributed vendor model to deliver services countywide.
Next steps: vendor agreements and service details will appear in the commission packet; no vote or award tally is recorded in the Agenda Review transcript.
