Title
Joint resolution accepting an additional $30,000 of rental assistance of Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seeker Services (SMASS) funds from the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $30,000.
Staff Summary
• On October 8, 2024 the Lake County Board approved the acceptance of $1,130,238 in SMASS funds from MMC.
• An additional $30,000 of funding was made available to Lake County for eligible expenses incurred during the grant performance period.
• All funding will be pass-through to Mano a Mano for previously incurred rental assistance expenses.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County was awarded $1,130,238 of pass-through funding by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) to support the services of community agencies serving people experiencing homelessness and/or asylum seekers; and
WHEREAS, an additional $30,000 was made available to Lake County by MMC for eligible expenses incurred prior to June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, subrecipient (Mano a Mano) incurred $30,000 of additional eligible rental assistance expense prior to June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will be 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 $30,000 is hereby authorized in the Community Development 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 Lake County Board Chair or their designee is hereby authorized to amend the necessary grant and subrecipient agreements.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 12, 2025.