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Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Human Services grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $239,749 for the Regional Substance Use Prevention Integration Center grant.
Staff Summary
* The $239,749 Illinois Department of Human Services grant funding is to reduce alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use among youth aged and emerging adults, while addressing the non-medical use of prescription drugs across these age groups.
* The Board of Health approved this request at their meeting on August 28, 2024, and the funding includes four existing Community Health Specialists, supplies, trips and training, contractual services, indirect charges, and existing staff salary and fringe benefits.
* The $239,749 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County's adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
* The grant award will be for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
* If grant funding for the services end, and new funding is not secured, the services will be eliminated.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the $239,749 Illinois Department of Human Services grant funding is to reduce alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use among youth aged and emerging adults, while addressing the non-medical use of prescription drugs across these age groups.
WHEREAS, the Board of Health approved this request at their meeting on August 28, 2024, and the funding includes four new Community Health Specialists, supplies, trips and training, contractual services, indirect charges, and existing staff salary and fringe benefits.
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase delivered by our Prevention Unit; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will provide an increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $239,749 has not been previously appropriated, having been award...
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