Title
Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation with offsetting revenue in the amount of $13,000 to support the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court's Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator.
Staff Summary
* The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice has awarded the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court $13,000 to support the work of the Court's Self-Represented Litigant (SRL) Coordinator.
* Allowable uses for these funds are:
o Expand the specialized court call for SRLs in the family division to include dissolutions of parties with children.
o Expand Access to Justice initiatives to small claims, housing, foreclosure and expungements.
o Establish an accessible and efficient workspace in the Law Library for SRLs.
* This resolution authorizes an emergency appropriation of $13,000. The grant does not require a match.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice has awarded the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court $13,000 to support the work of the Court's Self-Represented Litigant (SRL) Coordinator for the grant period of December 1, 2019 through November 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the funding will be used to expand the specialized court call for SRLs in the family division to include dissolutions of parties with children, expand Access to Justice initiatives to small claims, housing, foreclosure and expungements and establish an accessible and efficient work space in the Law Library for SRLs; and
WHEREAS, the County Board must authorize an emergency appropriation of $13,000 to implement this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Board authorizes an emergency appropriation with offsetting revenue in the amount of $13,000, per the attached chart of accounts, to support the work of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court's Self-Represented Litigant (SRL) Coordinator for the grant period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
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