Title
Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $50,000 in funding from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and ratifying the renewal of Intergovernmental Agreement for the 19th Judicial Circuit's Access and Visitation for State Fiscal Year (FY) 2026.
Staff Summary
* The 19th Judicial Circuit receives grant funding from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide mediation services for never-married parents involved in visitation and custody-related disputes in an effort to increase child support collections from this population.
* The state would like to continue funding the 19th Judicial Circuit's program in the amount of $50,000 for State FY 2026.
* This Access and Visitation grant does not require matching funds.
* The Access and Visitation grant funding period is July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit entered into an agreement in State Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide mediation services for non-married parents involved in visitation and custody-related disputes; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services would like to continue funding the 19th Judicial Circuit's program in the amount of $50,000 for State FY 2026; and
WHEREAS, this Access and Visitation grant does not require matching funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $50,000 is requested to allocate these funds into the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit county FY 2025 budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Board authorizes an emergency appropriation in the amount of $50,000 to implement the Access and Visitation Grant Agreement for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this County Board of La...
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