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Joint resolution seeking approval for the execution of a new Court Improvement Grant agreement, originating from a US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Administration for Children, Youth and Families grant program, administered through the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts on behalf of the Illinois Supreme Court, and authorizing an emergency appropriation for a total award of $196,336 in federal funds for performance period of 17 months from May 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.
Staff Summary
· This program fits within the State Court Improvement Program high-priority category of improving the quality of legal representation for endangered children and families.
· The goals of the program include: to strengthen the infrastructure of child protection cases in Lake County, and to improve outcomes for victims and non-offending family members of familial abuse and neglect.
· The program’s objectives include: solidifying relationships and co-processes between Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Family Court, Criminal Court, and Juvenile Court; and to integrate and unify case management protocols among all response facets of child protection in coordination with the Lake County Sexual Assault Coordinating Council.
· The program is up to 75% funded by the granting agency with $196,336 in federal funds, with a minimum 25% in-kind local match provided through $80,744 in expenses already allocated to the State’s Attorney’s Children’s Advocacy Center budget totaling an emergency appropriation of $277,080.
· The program’s federal funding will support 100% of the cost of 17 months of salary, fringe and administrative expenses of a new principal Assistant State’s Attorney position to be housed in the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office.
· The new Assistant State’s Attorney position will serve child victims and non-offending family members of familial abuse and neglect by providing front-end screening an...
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