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Joint resolution accepting a System of Care grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000.
Staff Summary
* Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a System of Care grant from SAMHSA for a period of four years totaling in the amount of $3,050,000.
* The first amount is $1,200,000 to fund expanded services for Lake County youth experiencing behavioral health disorders.
* System of Care is a nationally recognized best practice in children's mental health and provides children and their families with a coordinated, comprehensive network of behavioral health services and support.
* Grant funds/program income will be used to cover salary and fringe costs for 18 new staff members, eight of whom will provide billable services.
* The $1,200,000 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County's adoption of the fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget.
* The grant award will be for the period September 30, 2017 through September 29, 2018.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase delivered by its Clinical Operations Unit; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will provide a legitimate increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $1,200,000 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2017 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will fully offset expanded services for Lake County youth experiencing behavior health disorders, thereby not requiring the expenditure of local tax revenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000 is hereby authorized in the Health Department budget as identifi...
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