Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Human Services Redeploy Illinois Grant; and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $261,360.
Staff Summary
• The Redeploy Illinois Grant will provide community-based intervention services for court involved youth in Lake County.
• Services include mental health, substance abuse, and delinquency intervention for youth in underserved areas of Lake County.
• Contracts will be established for in-home and community-based Functional Family Therapy (FFT), and trauma informed training for all therapists and Juvenile Probation Officers.
• The grant period is July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
• If grant funding for the services and/or positions end and new funding is not secured, the services and/or positions will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Human Services has provided Redeploy Illinois Grant totaling $261,360 to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit; and
WHEREAS, services include mental health, substance abuse, and delinquency intervention for youth in in underserved areas of Lake County; and
WHEREAS, contracts will be established for in-home and community-based Functional Family Therapy (FFT), and trauma informed training for all therapist and Juvenile Probation Officers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Illinois Department of Human Services Redeploy Grant awarded to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $261,360 is hereby authorized for Illinois Department of Human Services Redeploy Grant in the revenue and expenditure accounts as noted in the attached budget for the grant period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on July 14, 2026.