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File #: 21942    Version: 0 Name: COMBAT - Outside Agencies
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/9/2025 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 6/16/2025 Final action: 6/18/2025
Title: A RESOLUTION transferring $1,788,171.00 within the 2025 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime, anti-violence, drug prevention and treatment activities, and law enforcement school-based initiatives and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $13,863,341.00.
Sponsors: Donna Peyton
Indexes: ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX FUND, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, TRANSFER
Attachments: 1. 21942 Adopted, 2. RLA, 3. Fiscal Note - 25-213 - COMBAT Programming, 4. Res 20697, 5. Res 20882, 6. Ord 5815, 7. Res 21520C, 8. Exhibit A 2025 COMBAT Programming Funding Reccommendations, 9. RLA, 10. RLA

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION transferring $1,788,171.00 within the 2025 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime, anti-violence, drug prevention and treatment activities, and law enforcement school-based initiatives and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $13,863,341.00.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 21942, June 18, 2025

 

INTRODUCED BY Donna Peyton, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the Anti-Crime sales tax in 2016 to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs and violent crime in our community; and,

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Crime Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,

 

WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Prosecuting Attorney, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment and prevention activities and law enforcement school-based initiatives; and,

 

WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission solicited proposals from community and police agencies seeking to provide anti-crime, anti-violence and anti-drug prevention and treatment activities and law enforcement school-based initiatives; and,

 

WHEREAS, these proposals were evaluated by outside reviewers who made funding recommendations to the Commission; and,

 

WHEREAS, after review of the outside evaluators’ recommendations, the COMBAT Commission has recommended that the Prosecuting Attorney be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies for services to be provided from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as set out below:

Organization/Agency

Program Type

Amount

Ad Hoc Group Against Crime

Prevention

$160,000.00

Amethyst Place

Prevention

$96,000.00

Artists Helping the Homeless (AHH)

Prevention

$67,200.00

ArtsTech

Prevention

$140,000.00

Blue Springs School District

Prevention

$46,000.00

Bridge Leadership Academy

Prevention

$101,150.00

Calvary Community Outreach Network

Prevention

$78,045.10

Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

Prevention

$80,000.00

Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA)

Prevention

$50,340.48

Child Protection Center, Inc.

Prevention

$130,903.68

Citizens of the World Charter School

Prevention

$60,204.20

Kansas City Municipal Court Division

Prevention

$64,414.00

Community Assistance Council

Prevention

$33,813.50

Community LINC

Prevention

$84,000.00

Community Services League

Prevention

$120,000.00

Crossroads Charter Schools

Prevention

$70,000.00

Delasalle Education Center

Prevention

$160,000.00

Eastern Jackson County Youth Court

Prevention

$80,800.00

Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center

Prevention

$96,000.00

First Call

Prevention

$29,315.70

Footprints, Inc

Prevention

$80,000.00

FosterAdopt Connect

Prevention

$49,920.00

Front Porch Alliance-Kansas City

Prevention

$24,500.00

Full Employment Council, Inc.

Prevention

$120,000.00

Girl Scouts

Prevention

$56,890.00

Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas

Prevention

$216,027.00

Greater KC LINC

Prevention

$85,000.00

Guadalupe Centers, Inc.

Prevention

$74,934.72

Healing House

Prevention

$183,868.80

 

 

 

 Organization/Agency

 Program Type

 Amount

Heart of America Council, Boys Scouts of America (BSA)

 Prevention

 $128,699.20

Hickman Mills C-1 School District

Prevention

$96,000.00

High Aspirations

Prevention

$144,000.00

Hope Faith Homeless Assistance Campus

Prevention

$85,000.00

Hope House, Inc

Prevention

$84,990.00

Housing Services of Kansas City

Prevention

$49,485.12

Independence Health & Animal Services

Prevention

$90,000.00

Independence Youth Court

Prevention

$109,440.00

Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council

Prevention

$57,600.00

Jackson County CASA

Prevention

$75,140.16

Journey to New Life, Inc

Prevention

$96,000.00

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey (KCFAA)

Prevention

$41,298.24

KC Mothers in Charge

Prevention

$100,000.00

Kansas City Youth Court

Prevention

$80,000.00

KC Metro Crime Commission

Prevention

$53,644.80

Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Prevention

$32,085.90

MindDrive Inc.

Prevention

$59,500.00

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)

 Prevention

 $136,485.12

Morningstar Development

Prevention

$33,277.00

Newhouse

Prevention

$42,063.00

Operation Breakthrough

Prevention

$16,800.00

Reconciliation Services

Prevention

$35,000.00

ReDiscover

Prevention

$33,600.00

reStart, Inc.

Prevention

$154,749.00

Rose Brooks Center

Prevention

$48,000.00

Sisters in Christ

Prevention

$161,816.64

Synergy Services, Inc.

Prevention

$61,200.00

The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City

Prevention

$50,000.00

True Light Family Resource Center

Prevention

$35,000.00

Truman Medical Centers - Project RISE

Prevention

$240,000.00

Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation

Prevention

$136,000.00

United Inner City Services dba Early Start

Prevention

$20,000.00

Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Prevention

$100,000.00

Urban Ranger Corps

Prevention

$32,000.00

WeCode KC

Prevention

$85,000.00

Whatsoever Community Center

Prevention

$36,000.00

Youth Ambassadors, Inc.

Prevention

$72,673.92

Youth Guidance

Prevention

$100,000.00

Organization/Agency

Program Type

Amount

Bridge Leadership Academy (Hickman Mills)

STRIVIN

$180,000.00

Center for Conflict Resolution

STRIVIN

$164,584.80

Community Services League

STRIVIN

$324,471.12

Organization/Agency

Program Type

Amount

Greater Impact

STRIVIN

$374,400.00

Hope House

STRIVIN

$150,893.00

KC Metro Crime Commission

STRIVIN

$80,250.00

Mattie Rhodes Center

STRIVIN

$336,283.20

Sisters In Christ

STRIVIN

$348,172.00

                    Prevention (Prevention & STRIVIN) Subtotal

 

$7,610,929.40

 

 

 

Organization/Agency

Program Type

Amount

Amethyst Place

Treatment

$127,437.00

Benilde Hall

Treatment

$489,257.00

Children's Mercy's TIES Program

Treatment

$78,000.00

Cornerstones of Care

Treatment

$277,068.00

First Call KC

Treatment

$78,443.00

Footprints, Inc.

Treatment

$441,449.00

Guadalupe Centers

Treatment

$116,630.00

Healing House, Inc

Treatment

$436,266.00

Heartland Center for Behavioral Change

Treatment

$440,503.00

Journey to New Life, Inc

Treatment

$120,000.00

KVC Behavioral Healthcare Missouri

Treatment

$100,000.00

Mattie Rhodes Center

Treatment

$145,200.00

Ozark Recovery Housing Imitative

Treatment

$200,000.00

Plaza Academy

Treatment

$25,000.00

ReDiscover

Treatment

$449,919.00

reStart

Treatment

$81,491.00

Rose Brooks Center

Treatment

$90,995.00

Saint Luke’s Hospital d/b/a Crittenton

Treatment

$93,500.00

Sheffield Place

Treatment

$158,253.00

Sisters In Christ

Treatment

$360,000.00

Swope Health Services

Treatment

$142,500.00

Truman Medical Centers-BH

Treatment

$120,000.00

Welcome House, Inc.

Treatment

$390,000.00

                                                            Treatment Subtotal

 

$4,961,911.00

        

 

 

Organization/Agency

Program Type

Amount

City of Blue Springs Police Department

LESBI

$225,000.00

City of Buckner Police Department

LESBI

$80,000.00

City of Grandview Police Department

LESBI

$10,500.00

City of Independence Police Department

LESBI

$225,000.00

City of Lee’s Summit Police Department

LESBI

$225,000.00

City of Lone Jack Police Department

LESBI

$75,000.00

City of Oak Grove Police Dept

LESBI

$75,000.00

Jackson County Sheriff's Office

LESBI

$150,000.00

KC Board of Police Commissioners (KCPD)

LESBI

$225,000.00

 

 

 

                                                                                                                              LESBI Subtotal

 

 $1,290,500.00

                                            Total 2025 Available Funding

 

$13,863,340.40

 

and,

 

WHEREAS, the execution of agreements for the services of these agencies, in the amounts indicated, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within the 2025 Anti-Crime Sales Tax fund be and hereby is made:

DEPARTMENT/DIVISON

CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION

FROM

TO

 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

 

 

 

COMBAT Programming

 

 

 

008-4407

56006- Community Crime Treatment

$1,788,171

 

008-4407

56005- Community Crime Prevention

 

$1,788,171

 

and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Prosecuting Attorney be and hereby is authorized to execute agreements with the outside agencies listed above, in the respective amounts indicated, in forms to be approved by the County Counselor; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and is hereby authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the agreements.

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

 

__________________________                                                               

County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21942 of June 18, 2025, was duly passed on June 18, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

Yeas _______7__________                                          Nays ______0________

 

 

Abstaining ______0_______                                          Absent _____2_______

 

 

 

 

______________________                                                               ______________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Note

Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     008                     4407                     56006

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                                                                    COMBAT Programming

Community Crime Treatment

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $1,788,171.00

 

There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     008                     4407                     56005

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                                                                    COMBAT Programming

Community Crime Prevention

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $7,610,930.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     008                     4407                     56006

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                                                                    COMBAT Programming

Community Crime Treatment

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $4,961,911.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     008                     4407                     56007

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                                                                    COMBAT Programming

Community Crime LESBI

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $1,290,500.00

 

 

 

________________________                                                               ________________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Chief Administrative Officer