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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State's Attorney Violent Crime Victims Assistance (VCVA) grant program awarded by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.
Staff Summary
* This is a request to renew the VCVA grant administered through the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, with a grant period from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Funding for this grant began in 1990 and has been renewed each year.
* Grant program goals include the promotion of fairness and accountability, coordination of services for victims and witnesses of domestic violence, and the promotion of policy and procedure for domestic violence cases in order to improve response by law enforcement and court personnel.
* This state grant will fund $67,923.08 for salary and $29,076.92 for fringe benefits for one full-time Domestic Violence Victim Specialist (DV Coordinator) to serve as a liaison to victims of domestic violence in Lake County. This is not a new position.
* If funding for this position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Office of the Illinois Attorney General has approved the continuation of the State's Attorney's Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program, and $97,000 was awarded for the time period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds of $97,000 for this program will fund the salary and benefits of a full time DV Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget was approved with $97,000 of expenses and $95,000 in revenues. The grant renewal provides an additional $2,000 of offsetting revenue in the amount of $2,000 to be credited to account 101-3314010-45333.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County State's Attorney's Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General is hereby authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State's Attorney shall ...
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