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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance and emergency appropriation of a state fiscal year (SFY) 2016 Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) Project Implementation grant in the amount of $40,000 for the time period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, to enhance and strengthen the Lake County JJC, which is run by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County JJC is a collaborative effort of many government and private agencies addressing juvenile justice procedures and programs.
* The JJC works to identify initiatives/areas in which attention or enhancement will benefit the County's JJC overall and the individuals involved.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office has been awarded a 12 month JJC Project Implementation Grant in the amount of $40,000 from the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS).
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office will use the funds to enhance and strengthen the JJC and to distribute and train on a collaborative resource guide to help unify the approach in which delinquent youth are assisted by focusing on programs that are proactive in preventing delinquency.
* Grant program funding in the amount of $10,000 will support the purchase of preventative/proactive program information supplies, brochures, posters, safety cards, and JJC conference speaker. Additional program funding in the amount of $30,000 supports additional, temporary personnel costs for the program coordinator for the duration of the program.
* The source of funding for this JJC project is 100 percent grant funds; no match funding is required.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office has applied for and has been awarded a 2016 JJC Project Implementation grant from the Illinois JJC through the Illinois Department of Human Services, for the time period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in the amount of $40,000; and
WHEREAS,...
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