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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center's Violent Crime Victim Assistance (VCVA) grant awarded by the Illinois Attorney General's Office for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026, including grant funding of $81,000.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County Children's Advocacy Center has been awarded $81,000 in grant funds from the Illinois Attorney General's Office.
* The grant term is July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
* The Lake County Children's Advocacy Center will use the funds to fund the salary and partial fringe benefits for a Bilingual Victim Advocate/Forensic Interviewer.
* If funding for the positions ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Attorney General's Office has renewed a 12-month continuation of the Violent Crime Victim Assistance (VCVA) grant for the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center (LCCAC) program to provide Spanish speaking forensic interviews and advocacy services to child victims of crime during the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds of $81,000 are awarded to the LCCAC, an Illinois not-for-profit as a charitable organization subject to Illinois' Charitable Trust Act and will provide the salary and partial benefits for the existing Bilingual Victim Advocate/Forensic Interviewer; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the renewal as described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Program Agreement with the Illinois Attorney General's Office for the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center to provide forensic interviews and advocacy to child victims as set forth by the National Children's Alliance Standards, for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all revenue and expenditure accounts to be appropriated as detailed on the attached financial spreadsheet and a...
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