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Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services grant, and the renewal of Intergovernmental Agreement No. 2015-55-024-K5D for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit’s Access and Visitation Program and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $45,000 for state fiscal year (SFY) 2017.
Staff Summary
• The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit receives grant funding from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide mediation services for never-married parents involved in visitation and custody-related disputes in an effort to increase child support collections from this population.
• The state would like to continue funding the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit’s program in the amount of $45,000 for SFY 2017.
• This access and visitation grant does not require matching funds.
• This program conducted 370 mediations, from July 2014 through June 2015.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit entered into an agreement in SFY 2009 with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide mediation services for never-married parents involved in visitation and custody-related disputes; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services would like to continue funding the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit’s program in the amount of $45,000 for SFY 2017; and
WHEREAS, this access and visitation grant does not require matching funds; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve the renewal of the intergovernmental agreement and appropriate the $45,000 in funding to formally accept this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that it hereby approves Agreement No. 2015-55-024-K5D with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and an emergency appropriation of $45,000 for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit’s Access and Visitation Program for SFY 2017; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the $45,000 be appropriated in account 101-3200010-71140-000-000-000-32002 with offsetting revenue to be deposited in account 101-3200010-45340-000-000-000-32002.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 12, 2016.