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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of a Greater Illinois - Reimagine Public Safety Act (GI-RSPA) grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Bureau of Violence Prevention Services (VPS) to help reduce violence and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $125,767, as well as increasing the headcount of the State's Attorney's Office by one full time employee.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded $125,767 in grant funds by the IDHS, (VPS).
• The grant term is July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use the funds to fund and supply two Gun Violence Prevention Initiative Victim Specialists, and to contract with Waukegan Township to engage in direct violence interruption services on behalf of the Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI).
• Grant program funding in the amount of $62,287 will cover 100% of the salary and benefits of the two Gun Violence Prevention Initiative Victim Specialists. One of these will be a new position within the State’s Attorney’s Office headcount. If funding for this position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
• Grant program funding in the amount of $56,942 will be sub-awarded to Waukegan Township to cover the salary/benefits of a Violence Interrupter and Case Manager, and fund the purchase of laptops and accessories, cell phones, a Case Management database, and outreach supplies.
• If funding for this position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded a State Fiscal Year 2025 Grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services Bureau of Violence Prevention Services, for the time period of July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, in the amount of $125,767; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use this funding to further implement its Gun Violence Prevention Initiative through two Gun Violence Therapists, (one of which will be a new State’s Attorney’s Office’s headcount), and sub-contracting with Waukegan Township to engage direct interruption services; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Illinois - Reimagine Public Safety Act (GI-RPSA) grant is in the amount of $125,767 and it is necessary to appropriate this amount; and
WHEREAS, the State’s Attorney’s Office recommends that the Chair 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 GI-RPSA grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office by the IDHS VPS is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $125,767 is hereby authorized for the SFY25 GI-RPSA grant program in expenditure and revenue accounts as identified 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 Chair 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 13, 2024.