Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Human Services grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $276,101 for the Child and Family Connections grant.
Staff Summary
• The $276,101 Illinois Department of Human Services grant will continue to fund two Service Coordinator positions and offset existing staff salary and fringe benefits.
• The Service Coordinators provide evaluation and service coordination for children under age three who have suspected developmental delays, or those at high risk for developmental delays and assist families in connecting with Illinois Early Intervention providers for speech therapy, physical therapy, developmental therapy, and occupational therapy.
• The $276,101 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
• The grant award will be for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
• If grant funding for the services and positions end, and new funding is not secured, the services will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase delivered by our Prevention 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 $276,101 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will be fully offset by the above referenced items 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 $276,101 is hereby authorized in the Health Department budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications attached hereto and made part hereof; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revenue budgets as identified on the attached listing be modified as provided by increased funding from the following:
Illinois Department of Human Services - Child and Family Connections, $276,101.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 12, 2024.