Lake County, IL
File #: 08-0336    Version: 1 Name: Female Probation Grant
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/18/2008 In control: Law & Judicial Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/12/2008
Title: Joint Resolution authorizing the execution of Program Agreement No. 405207 with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and an emergency appropriation of $26,667 for the 19th Judicial Circuit “Community-Based Transitional Services for Female Offenders Program” for the time period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009
Attachments: 1. Chart of Accounts, 2. Agreement 405207

Title

Joint Resolution authorizing the execution of Program Agreement No. 405207 with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and an emergency appropriation of $26,667 for the 19th Judicial Circuit “Community-Based Transitional Services for Female Offenders Program” for the time period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009

 

Staff Summary

•                     The Administrative Office of the 19th Judicial Circuit’s program agreement with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the "Community-Based Transitional Services for Female Offenders" program expires September 30, 2008.

•                     This program provides group counseling sessions to women probationers who have also been victims of trauma; approximately 108 women have successfully completed this program since it began in 2004.

•                     The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority has prepared a new agreement to continue this program for the time period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009 with $20,000 in Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds and $6,667 in matching funds from the Probation Services Fee Fund. 

•                     The funding is the same as last year and will provide for two 10-week psycho-educational groups facilitated by NICASA for about 30 women offenders.  

•                     This resolution authorizes the execution of the new program agreement and an emergency appropriation of $26,667 to reflect the continued funding.

 

Body

WHEREAS, the Administrative Office of the 19th Judicial Circuit’s program agreement with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the "Community-Based Transitional Services for Female Offenders" program expires September 30, 2008; and

 

WHEREAS, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority has prepared a new agreement to continue this program for the time period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009 with $20,000 in Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds and $6,667 in matching funds; and

 

WHEREAS, matching funds are available in the Probation Services Fee Fund 250; and

 

WHEREAS, the County Board must authorize the execution of a new program agreement and an emergency appropriation of $26,667 to reflect the new budget.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that Program Agreement No. 405207 with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and an emergency appropriation of $26,667 for the 19th Judicial Circuit “Community-Based Transitional Services for Female Offenders Program” for the time period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009 is hereby approved; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board, the Administrative Office of the 19th Judicial Circuit, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the necessary documentation in order to accept the program agreement attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Resolution; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation with offsetting revenue is hereby authorized in the amount of $26,667 per the attached chart of accounts; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an interfund transfer from account 250-3210010-79920 to account 101-3200040-49920 in the amount of $6,667 is also authorized.

 

DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 12th day of August, A.D., 2008.