Title
Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation of $45,000 and the execution of an agreement with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to continue the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit’s mediation services for never-married couples.
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 $45,000 for state fiscal year 2014.
· This access and visitation grant does not require matching funds.
· Last year, this program served 223 families, resulting in 170 parenting plans and 84 cases where the non-custodial parent received more time with children.
Body
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit entered into an agreement in state fiscal year 2009 with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide mediation services for never-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 $45,000 for state fiscal year 2014; and
WHEREAS, this access and visitation grant does not require matching funds; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve the new intergovernmental agreement and appropriate the $45,000 in funding to formally accept this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that it hereby approves Agreement No. 2012-55-024-K5D with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and an emergency appropriation of $45,000 for the 19th Judicial Circuit’s Access and Visitation Program for state fiscal year 2014; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the $45,000 b...
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