Title
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) to enhance and strengthen the Lake County JJC, which is run by the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, including an emergency appropriation of $55,740 in grant funds.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) is a collaborative effort of many government and private agencies addressing juvenile justice procedures and programs that works to identify initiatives/areas in which attention or enhancement will benefit the County overall and the individuals involved.
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded a 12-month JJC Grant in the amount of $55,740 from the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS).
• The grant term is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use the funds to enhance and strengthen the JJC through annual training, outreach and focusing on programs that are proactive in preventing delinquency by supporting the creation and purchase of preventative/proactive printed materials and giveaways, webpage/website designer, national speakers for the annual Juvenile Justice Council Conference, a part-time JJC Coordinator, a JJC Coordinator cellphone.
• The source of funding for this JJC project is 100 percent grant funds; no matching funding is required.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has applied for and has been awarded a SFY24 JJC Grant from Illinois JJC through the Illinois DHS, for the time period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in the amount of $55,740.00; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use this funding to enhance and strengthen the JJC through annual 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.
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 $55,740 is hereby authorized for the SFY24 JJC grant program in expenditure accounts 101-3317010-71150, 79950 and 79940 and revenue account 101-3317010-45333; 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.