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Joint resolution approving an emergency appropriation of $43,579 for fiscal year 2025 accepting additional funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health Harm Reduction Community Linkages grant.
Staff Summary
* The Health Department received $43,579 in additional grant funding for the period of September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025, which was not previously appropriated because the grant resources were approved after the County's adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
* This funding supports harm reduction organizations to expand services and strengthen connections to prevention, treatment, and support for individuals with opioid use disorders.
* This grant funds supplies, training, contractual services, indirect expenses and offsets existing staff salary and fringe benefits.
* If funding for the positions and services end, and new funding is not secured, the positions and services will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
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, the additional funding amount totaling $43,579 for the period of September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025, has not been previously appropriated, having been approved after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will be fully offset by the above referenced items thereby not requiring the expenditure of local tax revenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $43,579 is hereby authorized in the Health Department Fiscal Year 2025 budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications attached hereto and made part hereof; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revenue budgets as identified on the attached listing b...
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