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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Court Services Program Prosecution Support Grant, administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), with $27,750 in federal funds for July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, and a reduction in the grant revenue of $7,912.
Staff Summary
· This is a renewal of the Juvenile Court Services grant, formerly the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant, a federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) grant administered through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). Funding for this grant began in 1999 and has been renewed each year. Federal funding for this program has been approved through 2014.
· The purpose of this grant program is to retain a sixth Assistant State’s Attorney in the Juvenile Division to allow greater focus on diverting non-violent cases from formal court action to accountability based programs, and the reduction of overall case backlog.
· The program continues funding support for 47% of salary for one Assistant State’s Attorney (ASA).
· A reduction in the budgeted grant amount by $7,912 is needed to accommodate the decrease in award ($7,912) and match ($880) amounts.
· Sources of Program Funding include $27,750 in federal funds, $3,083 in matching funds provided from the State’s Attorney’s Asset Forfeiture Fund, and $16,861 in County contribution as budgeted in the State’s Attorney budget, for a grant program total of $47,694.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), has announced the continuation of a 12-month formula-based grant in the amount of $27,750 for the State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Court Services program, which will support the retention of prosecutors, in turn allowing a greater focus on diverting non-violent cases from formal court action to accountability based programs, and the reduction of overall case backlog; and
WHEREAS, the grant program will fund 47% of the s...
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