City of Topeka Social Service Grants

Emergency Services and Preventive/Counseling are defined as follows:

• Emergency Aid – Programs which provide assistance given to cover essential needs on an emergency or crisis basis.
  
• Preventive/Counseling – Programs which provide services on an ongoing or as-needed basis to help at-risk individuals and families stabilize their lives and avoid or overcome emergencies.

City of Topeka – Social Services Funding Priorities (Year 2024): Outcome based, quality, cost effective social services to handle vulnerable citizens with care, minimize victimization and crime, minimize turnover in neighborhoods, and optimize success.

• Senior citizen neighborhood-based programming to include – meals, activities, transportation
  
• Medical assistance for low-income individuals
• Programs for at-risk youth
• Emergency housing and utility assistance
• Neighborhood and independent living based services for persons with severe and persistent mental illness
• Support services for residents who are non-English-speaking

 All grantees must be in compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the implementing regulations 28 C.F.R. Part 35 as to all of its facilities and programs.

Information about eligible expenses can be found at https://www.uwkawvalley.org/sites/unitedwaydgco/files/RFPs/SSG%20RFP%202024_FINAL.pdf#page=3.

Estimated Total Program Funding: