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Joint resolution accepting the National Association of County and City Health Officials grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $62,250 for the Reducing Overdose through Community Approaches Mentee Program grant.
Staff Summary
* The $62,250 National Association of County and City Health Officials grant will fund postage for mailing program material, temporary contractual staff, and offset existing staff salaries and fringe benefits.
* The $62,250 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County's adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.
* The grant award will be for the period August 1, 2023, through February 28, 2024.
* If grant funding for the positions and services end, and new funding is not secured, the positions and services will be eliminated.
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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 a legitimate increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $62,250 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 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 $62,250 is hereby authorized in the Health Department 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 be modified as provided by increased funding from the following:
National Association of County and City Health Officials - Reducing Overdose through ...
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