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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) 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 enhance and strengthen the Lake County JJC, which is run by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, including an emergency appropriation of $55,740 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 that works to identify initiatives/areas in which attention or enhancement will benefit the County overall and the individuals involved.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office has been awarded a 12-month JJC Grant in the amount of $55,740 from the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS).
* The grant term is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office will use the funds to enhance and strengthen the JJC through annual training, outreach and focusing on programs that are proactive in preventing delinquency by supporting the creation and purchase of preventative/proactive printed materials and giveaways, webpage/website designer, national speakers for the annual Juvenile Justice Council Conference, a part-time JJC Coordinator, a JJC Coordinator cellphone.
* The source of funding for this JJC project is 100 percent grant funds; no matching funding is required.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office has applied for and has been awarded a SFY24 JJC Grant from Illinois JJC through the Illinois DHS, for the time period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in the amount of $55,740.00; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office will use this funding to enhance and strengthen the JJC through annual traini...
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