ORDINANCE
NO. 200218
Estimating and appropriating a
$60,000.00 grant from Jackson County COMBAT in the Neighborhoods Grants Fund to
fund the Kansas City Municipal Court Truancy Court Program; designating
requisitioning authority and recognizing an accelerated effective date.
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Kansas City Municipal Truancy
Court is to ensure that children between the ages of 7 and 17 are in school as
mandated by law, the Truancy Intervention Program (TIP) is designed to improve
the school attendance of youths who are referred to the program by their school
districts and to empower parents and guardians who were cited for their
children not attending school as directed under the compulsory law while giving
resources to the families as needed; and
WHEREAS, through this program, referrals are
made to community agencies but due to extreme economic deprivation of program
participants, many cannot afford needed services. COMBAT grant funding will pay
for services that participants would not have received otherwise to increase
program success and reduce violent risk factors; and
WHEREAS, with the COMBAT grant funding, the Municipal Court
will serve up to 300 Truancy Court participants and employee a Case Manager to
work specifically with Truancy Court parents, guardians and children by
identifying and addressing barriers and root causes of truant behavior and
providing field-based case management services, linkages, resource and
follow-up services to families who choose to participate in the program rather
than receive imposed sanctions by the judge; and
WHEREAS, Truancy Court TIP services include but are not
limited to anger management and parenting classes for parents and guardians in
need of those services, service referrals for children acting out in school, at
home or displaying aggressive behaviors or experiencing trauma, mental health
and drug addiction, school supplies and hygiene kits to families if needed, and
weekly contact with the Case Manager; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Court Administrator, on behalf of the
City of Kansas City, Missouri, is authorized to accept a $60,000.00 grant from
Jackson County COMBAT to fund the Kansas City Municipal Court Truancy Court
Program by designating requisitioning authority and recognizing an accelerated
effective date.
Section
2. That the revenue in the following account of the Neighborhoods Grants Fund is
hereby estimated in the following amount:
20-2580-270001-480165
Jackson County COMBAT Grant $60,000.00
Section
3. That the sum of $60,000.00 is hereby appropriated in the following accounts
of the Neighborhoods Grants Fund:
20-2580-275802-A-G27JCCMT20 Jackson
County COMBAT Grant $44,000.00
20-2580-275802-B-G27JCCMT20 Jackson
County COMBAT Grant 14,137.00
20-2580-275802-C-G27JCCMT20 Jackson
County COMBAT Grant 1,863.00
TOTAL
$60,000.00
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4. That the Administrator of Municipal Court is designated requisitioning
authority for Account No. 20-2580-275802.
Section 5. That this ordinance,
appropriating money, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated
effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and
shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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I hereby certify that
there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation
to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance,
otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which
payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy
L. Queen
Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Alan
Holtkamp
Assistant City Attorney