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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) grant awarded to and by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to enhance and strengthen the Lake County JJC by the SAO, including an emergency appropriation of $55,740 in grant funds.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County JJC is a collaborative effort of many government and private agencies addressing juvenile justice procedures and programs.
• The JJC works to identify initiatives/areas in which attention or enhancement will benefit the County’s JJC overall and the individuals involved.
• The SAO has been awarded a 12-month JJC Grant in the amount of $55,740 from the IJJC through the IDHS.
• The grant term is July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
• The SAO will use the funds to enhance and strengthen the JJC through annual training, outreach and focusing on programs that are proactive in preventing delinquency.
• Grant program funding will support a contracted part-time JJC Coordinator, the creation and purchase of preventative/proactive printed materials, outreach supplies, training, and education.
• The source of funding for this JJC project is 100 percent grant funds; no County funding is required.
• If program funding is reduced or eliminated the program and staff will be eliminated.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has applied for and has been awarded a SFY 2023 JJC Grant from the Illinois JJC through the Illinois DHS, for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, in the amount of $55,740; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use this funding to
enhance and strengthen the JJC through training, outreach, and focusing on programs that are proactive in preventing delinquency; and
WHEREAS, the JJC Grant is in the amount of $55,740 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.
WHEREAS, if program funding is reduced or eliminated, commensurate expense
reductions or new revenue increases shall be made, or if necessary, the program will be eliminated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County,
Illinois, that the JJC Grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office by the IJJC through the Illinois DHS is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $55,740 in state grant funding and offsetting revenue is hereby authorized for the JJC grant as detailed in the attached chart of accounts; 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 award.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on September 13, 2022.