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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Byrne Community Project grant assisting the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI) to help reduce violence by increasing community response of shootings and approving an emergency appropriation of $1,000,000 in grant funds.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (LCSAO) has been awarded $1,000,000 in BJA Byrne Community Project for the two-year period of October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2028.
• LCSAO will use these funds to cover 100 percent of the salary and benefits of the four Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI) staff, a contractual Youth Outreach Coordinator, a contract with the North Chicago Police Department for a Community Outreach Specialist and a subaward to the Waukegan Township for the GVPI Peacemaker services.
• If funding for the positions and services end, and new funding is not secured, the positions and services will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded a Bureau of Justice Assistance Byrne Community Project grant, for the time period of October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2028, in the amount of $1,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use this funding to further implement its Gun Violence Prevention Initiative through the funding of GVPI staff salary and benefits as well as a contract with the Peacemakers who engage in direct interruption services; and
WHEREAS, the BJA grant is in the amount of $1,000,000 and it is necessary to emergency appropriate this amount.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the IDHS grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that $1,000,000 is hereby authorized for the BJA Byrne Community Project grant in the revenue and expenditure accounts as noted in the attached budget; 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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairperson 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 November 10, 2026.