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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 Juvenile Justice Youth Service Program (JJYSP) grant awarded to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office (SAO) by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to continue the A Step Up Program that helps address youth involved in adolescent domestic battery within their homes, including an emergency appropriation of $47,125 in grant funds.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) is a collaborative effort of many government and private agencies addressing juvenile justice procedures and programs and is run by the SAO.
* The JJC received state grant funds in SFY 2021 to implement a JJYSP, Step Up Program in Lake County to help address youth involved in adolescent domestic battery within their homes. Step Up is an acronym for Stop-Think-Evaluate-Plan-Use-Patience. Through the Step Up Program, youth, and their parent(s) work with social workers for more than 21 weeks in group therapy sessions. The sessions utilize a restorative justice and Circumplex Family Systems Model to focus on accountability, empathy, communication, but also restoring relationships and establishing appropriate authority within the home.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office has been awarded a 12-month JJYSP
Grant in the amount of $47,125 from the IJJC through the IDHS for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
* The SAO will use the grant funding to continue the Step Up Program in Lake County by subcontracting with OMNI Youth Services, which is the Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services (CCBYS) agency in Lake County. OMNI Youth will provide two social workers to administer the program with the youth and their families. Funding will also be used for grant administration, program supplies, brochures, and outreach materials.
* The source of funding for this JJYSP project is 100 percent grant funds; no Cou...
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