Footprints Inc

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

VA IS PROVIDING PER DIEM FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH THE OPERATIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.

THE KANSAS CITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT COALITION (KC-SATRSC) IS COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY KANSAS CITY-BASED AGENCIES THAT ARE ALIGNED TO FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFLICTED WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. IT IS MADE UP OF FAITH-BASED PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CENTERS, LOCAL MEDICAL CENTERS, PREVENTION PROVIDERS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS. THESE PARTNERS WORK COLLECTIVELY TO PROVIDE A NETWORK OF TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES IN KANSAS CITY AND OTHER AREAS OF THE MISSOURI WESTERN REGION. THE PURPOSE OF KC-SATRSC IS TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE EXISTING PROGRAMS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA FOR INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHOSE LIVES ARE IMPACTED BY THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR OTHER DRUGS. THESE AGENCIES, ALONG WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, OPERATE IN A RECOVERY ORIENTED SYSTEM OF CARE (ROSC) TO DELIVER SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. THIS VISTA PROJECT WILL BUILD LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COALITION AND ITS FRONT LINE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS. THE INVOLVEMENT OF VISTAS AT THE INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES WILL ASSIST THEM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR EFFORTS IN THE LOW INCOME, PRIMARILY MINORITY COMMUNITIES OF KANSAS CITY THAT ARE BEING DEVASTATED BY OPIOIDS AND OTHER DRUGS. ALONG WITH SIX MEMBER AGENCIES HOSTING A VISTA, TWO FULL-TIME VISTAS WILL SUPPORT OF THE KANSAS CITY ADDICTION TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT COALITION TO HELP TAKE ITS MESSAGE TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THIS INVOLVES SUPPORTING EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY SUCH AS THE "RECOVERY WORKS" AND THE "STAND FOR RECOVERY" MESSAGING CAMPAIGNS. THESE ARE INTENDED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, PROMOTE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND TO REDUCE THE SHAME ASSOCIATED WITH SUDS. INCREASED COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION AND RESHAPING ATTITUDES AROUND RECOVERY WILL ALL WORK TO STRENGTHEN KANSAS CITY'S LOW INCOME, PRIMARILY MINORITY COMMUNITIES. THE VISTAS ASSIGNED TO THE COALITION WILL ALSO PROVIDE GRANT WRITING AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT, EVENT PLANNING AND OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING TASKS. THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MEMBER AGENCIES THROUGH PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE CERTIFICATION PROCESSES WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RECOVERY RESIDENCES.