Title
Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Court Services Program Prosecution Support Grant and an emergency appropriation of $28,722.
Staff Summary
· This is a renewal of the Juvenile Court Services grant, formerly the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant, a federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) grant administered through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Funding for this grant began in 1999 and has been renewed each year. Federal funding for this program has been approved for March 1, 2011 through February 28, 2012.
· The purpose of this grant program is to retain a sixth Assistant State’s Attorney in the Juvenile Division to allow greater focus on violent juvenile offender prosecutions, and the reduction of overall case backlog.
· The emergency appropriation of $3,633 is needed to accommodate the increase in award ($3,270) and match ($363) amounts, both of which will come from non-County sources.
· Sources of program funding include $28,722 in federal funds, $3,191 in matching funds provided from the State’s Attorney’s Asset Forfeiture Fund and $16,991 from the County, for a program total of $48,904.
· Program costs include $34,038 in salary and $11,596 in benefits (for the 50% assignment to the grant), and $3,270 in equipment for a program total of $48,904.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has announced the continuation of a 12-month formula-based grant in the amount of $28,722 for the State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Court Services program, which will support the retention of prosecutors, in turn allowing a greater focus on violent juvenile offender prosecutions, and the reduction of overall case backlog; and
WHEREAS, the grant program will fund 50% of the salary of one Assistant State’s Attorney in the Juvenile Division and a new digital sender for the Juvenile Division in support of this program and
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