The Sedgwick County Commission
established the Community Crime Prevention Fund around the time the jail was
being expanded. As the cost figures for the jail expansion began to grow, the
Commission made a commitment to target approximately $1 million in funds
annually to prevent youth from entering the justice system rather than continue
to spend millions and millions of dollars to incarcerate individuals. Through a
comprehensive community risk assessment, four priority risk factors were
identified: 1) Family Management Problems; 2) Early & Persistent Anti-Social
Behavior; 3) Lack of Commitment to School; and 4) Academic Failure in Late
Elementary School. Crime prevention funding is targeted at reducing the
prevalence of these four risk factors in the community.
Funds are distributed through a competitive bid process. Agencies submit
proposals for programs that addressed one or more of the risk factors. The
Sedgwick County Grant Award Committee reviews the proposals and makes
recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. Funded programs are
required to establish outcomes and then are monitored regularly to determine
their success in achieving the outcomes. In order to ensure the desired crime
prevention goals, Sedgwick County has begun over the last few years to target
more funding to programs considered evidence-based, i.e. tested, effective
programs (either Blue Print Models or Communities That Care model programs).
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