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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center’s Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding awarded by the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois (CACI) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including an emergency appropriation of grant funding of $219,591.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center/Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded $219,591 in grant funds from the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois (CACI).
• The grant term is July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
• The Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center will use the funds for the continuation of contractual mental health services provided by the Lake County Health Department and Youth and Family Counseling.
• Funds will also be used towards On-Call Special Pay for staff who are on-site for a forensic interview after regular business hours or on weekends.
• If funding for these programs end, and new funding is not secured, the programs will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois (CACI) has renewed a 12-month continuation of a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant for the Children’s Advocacy Center program to provide on-call special pay for staff and mental health services to child victims of crime during the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds of $219,591 will provide contractual mental health services through the Lake County Health Department and Youth and Family Counseling; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center (LCCAC) will implement on-call special pay for staff who attend a forensic interview on-site outside of regular business hours; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the renewal as described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Program Agreement with the CACI for the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center to provide on-call special pay to staff and mental health services to child victims as set forth by the National Children’s Alliance Standards, for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all revenue and expenditure accounts to be emergency appropriated as detailed on the attached financial spreadsheet and allocated to CAC VOCA Grant Management Center 3302010; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center in conjunction with the State’s Attorney’s Office shall serve as the project director for the program, and accurate records of all necessary grant compliance requirements shall be kept by the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Board and Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the necessary documentation to accept the grant renewal.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 12, 2025.