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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of a Greater Illinois - Reimagine Public Safety Act (GI-RSPA) grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office through the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) Bureau of Violence Prevention Services (VPS) to help reduce violence by providing emotional or trauma-related therapies, and through assistance with housing, employment, job training/placement, family engagement, and wrap-around support services, including grant funding and an emergency appropriation of $300,000.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded $300,000 in grant funds by the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS), Bureau of Violence Prevention Services (VPS).
• The grant term is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use the funds to fund and supply a Gun Violence Therapist, and to contract with Waukegan Township to engage in direct violence interruption services on behalf of the Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI).
• Grant program funding in the amount of $111,567 will cover 100% of the salary and benefits of the Gun Violence Therapist, and fund the purchase of a laptop and accessories. If funding for this position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
• Grant program funding in the amount of $188,433 will be sub-awarded to Waukegan Township to cover the salary/benefits of a Violence Interrupter and Case Manager, and fund the purchase of laptops and accessories, cell phones, a Case Management database, and outreach supplies.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded a SFY24 Grant from the Illinois DHS VPS, for the time period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in the amount of $300,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use this funding to further implement its Gun Violence Prevention Initiative through the hiring and supplying of a Gun Violence Therapist, and sub-contracting with Waukegan Township to engage direct interruption services; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Illinois - Reimagine Public Safety Act (GI-RPSA) grant is in the amount of $300,000 and it is necessary to appropriate this amount; and
WHEREAS, the State’s Attorney’s Office recommends that the Chairman of the County Board, the State’s Attorney and the Treasurer be authorized to execute the necessary documents to accept and execute the grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the GI-RPSA grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office by the Illinois DHS VPS is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that $300,000 is hereby authorized for the SFY24 GI-RPSA grant program in expenditure accounts 101-TBD-51110, 61020, 71150 and 71500, and revenue account 101-TBD-45333; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State’s Attorney shall serve as the project director for the program, and accurate records of all necessary grant compliance requirements shall be kept by the State’s Attorney’s Office.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board, the Lake County State’s Attorney, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the necessary documentation in order to accept the grant renewal.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 8, 2023.