Title
Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State's Attorney's Violent Crime Victims Assistance (VCVA) grant program awarded by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, including grant funding of $31,000, and an increase in revenue in the amount of $2,840.
Staff Summary
• This is a request to renew the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act (VCVA) grant administered through the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, with a grant period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
• Funding for this grant began in 1990 and has been renewed each year.
• Grant program goals include the promotion of fairness, accountability and coordination of services for victims and witnesses of domestic violence, and the promotion of policy and procedure for domestic violence cases in order to improve response by law enforcement and court personnel.
• The grant will fund $31,000 to offset the salary of a Domestic Violence Victim Witness Coordinator (DV Coordinator); funding has increased from the previous year by $2,840.
• The coordinator position and grant is already included in the State’s Attorney’s approved fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Office of the Illinois Attorney General has approved the continuation of the State's Attorney’s Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program, and $31,000 was awarded for the time period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds of $31,000 for this program will supplement the salary of a full time Domestic Violence Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, funds have already been appropriated in the FY 2015 budget for this Program; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that the Lake County State's Attorney's Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General is hereby authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an increase in the grant revenue budget in account 101-3314010-45333 in the amount of $2,840 be approved; and whereas, all costs associated with this Coordinator position are already appropriated in the State’s Attorney’s approved FY15 budget in accounts 101-3314010-51110, 51240, 74080, 74100,74110; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State’s Attorney shall serve as project director for the program, and accurate records of all necessary grant compliance requirements shall be kept by the State's Attorney's Office; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board, the Lake County State's Attorney, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the necessary documentation in order to accept the grant renewal.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on July 14, 2015.