Title
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 Juvenile Justice Youth Service Program (JJYSP) grant awarded to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) to implement 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 Lake County State's Attorney's Office. The JJC works to identify initiatives/areas in which attention or enhancement will benefit the County's JJC overall and the individuals involved.
* The JJC proposed to the IJJC to implement a Juvenile Justice Youth Service Program (JJYSP), Step Up, in Lake County to address youth involved in adolescent domestic battery within their homes. Through the Step Up Program, youth and their parent(s) work with social workers for 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 by providing individualized support and services option for these youth to improve the juvenile recidivism rate.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office has been awarded a 12-month JJYSP Grant in the amount of $47,125 from the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS). The source of funding for this JJC project is 100 percent grant funds; no matching funding is required.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office will use the grant funding to implement a Step Up Program in Lake County by subcontracting with OMNI Youth Services, ...
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