Lake County Illinois - File #: 08-0671

• File #: 08-0671
• Version: 1
• Name: Family Center Grant
• Type: resolution
• Status: Regular Agenda
• File created: 9/23/2008
• In control: Law & Judicial Committee
• Final action: 10/14/2008
• Title: Joint Resolution authorizing the execution of Grant Award # 2008-CW-AX-K012 with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, and an emergency appropriation of $395,984 for the Lake County Family Visitation and Exchange Center.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2008	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/8/2008	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the regular agenda	Pass
10/7/2008	1	Law & Judicial Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title

Joint Resolution authorizing the execution of Grant Award # 2008-CW-AX-K012 with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, and an emergency appropriation of $395,984 for the Lake County Family Visitation and Exchange Center.

Staff Summary

•                     Lake County has received a $395,984 grant from the Office on Violence Against Women for the period October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2011 to establish a Family Visitation and Exchange Center for families with a history of domestic violence or child abuse.

•                     The 19^th Judicial Circuit will partner with A Safe Place to develop and implement this program.

•                     The grant will fund one (1) year of planning activities and two (2) years of implementation with no local match required.

•                     This resolution appropriates the $395,984 in new funding and authorizes the necessary approvals to formally accept this grant.

Body

WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women offers funding through the Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation  and Safe Exchange Grant Program to increase supervised visitation and safe exchange options for families with a history of domestic violence or child abuse; and

WHEREAS, the grant program funds one year of planning and development activities and the first two years of implementation without requiring a local match; and

WHEREAS, the 19^th Judicial Circuit has been awarded a $395,984 grant from the Office on Violence Against Women to establish a Family Visitation and Exchange Center in Lake County to meet the needs of local families impacted by domestic violence; and

WHEREAS, the 19^th Judicial Circuit will work with A Safe Place to develop and implement this program; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate the $395,984 in new funding and authorize the necessary approvals to formally accept this grant.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that it hereby authorizes the execution of Grant Award # 2008-CW-AX-K012 with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women for the period October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2011 for the Lake County Family Visitation and Exchange Center; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation of $395,984 be authorized per the attached chart of accounts with offsetting revenue deposited in account 101-3280010-45340-000-000-000-32004.

DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 14th day of October, A.D., 2008.