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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) funding to continue the State's Attorney's Victim/Offender Mediation (VOM) program, administered by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC), housed within the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), in the amount of $37,125.
Staff Summary
* A VOM program has been a priority for the Lake County Juvenile Justice Council and the State's Attorney's Office for several years, addressing the goals of reducing juvenile recidivism and assuring offender accountability.
* The VOM funding began in 2010 and has been renewed each year.
* this renewal is for the performance period of July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016.
* The program is 90 percent funded by the grant in the amount of $37,125, and a 10 percent cash match in the amount of $4,125, for total program funding of $41,250; no match funds are being requested from the County's general fund, but are being provided from local partners or the State's Attorney's Money Laundering Forfeiture Fund.
* The program supports one part time coordinator to provide a neutral party for the facilitation of the program. The coordinator is contracted to minimize costs. The program will also fund supplies to support the program.
* This program works in conjunction with the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit's Juvenile Voluntary Supervision Diversion Program, and provides a platform for victims to talk face to face with juvenile offenders of nonviolent crimes.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC), housed within the IDHS has announced the continuation of the State's Attorney's Victim Offender Mediation (VOM) program, with a 12 month renewal that includes $37,125 in federal funds to provide victim offender mediations during the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the program budget includes $37,125 in federal funds and $4,125 in match, which will be appropriated in...
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