ORDINANCE NO. 230845
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Sponsor: Director of the Health Department
Authorizing the Director of Health to execute a contract with Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission, for a total contract amount not to exceed $900,000.00, for Supporting People Re-entering the Community Following Incarceration services, from previously appropriated funds.
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WHEREAS, Jackson County, Missouri, has a persistently high rate of individuals returning from the Missouri Department of Corrections and other bordering state corrections systems with 80% of these individuals being first incarcerated between the ages of 20-34, which are typically the primary years for academic achievement and vocational skill development1; and
WHEREAS, due to their incarceration, those who are re-entering the community will have challenges with identifying livable wage jobs that match their skill level; and
WHEREAS, the inability to find legal means of income can make it more difficult for returning citizens to avoid illicit activities that jeopardize their freedom; and
WHEREAS, these challenges can make it more difficult for them to avoid the cycles of retaliatory violence that they left behind while they were incarcerated2; and
WHEREAS, three vendors applied for the RFP EV3161 Supporting People Re-entering the Community Following Incarceration and Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission was selected as the awardee; and
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission is a public safety nonprofit that was established in 1949 to fight crime and corruption; and
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission established the Second Chance program in 2008 as an employment first model for returning citizens that provides intensive case management with limited funds for wraparound services; and
WHEREAS, Second Chance has more than 13 years of experience in reducing barriers to community reintegration, increasing individual and fami...
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