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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State's Attorney's Prosecutor Based Victim Services grant program, awarded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), including $61,127 in federal funds.
Staff Summary
* This grant renewal is for the Prosecutor Based Victim Services program, a victim assistance grant administered through ICJIA for the performance period of October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016.
* Funding for this grant began in 1991 and has been renewed each year.
* The focus of this grant is to provide advocacy services to the currently under served sexual assault victim population.
* The federal funds are allocated to 75 percent of the grant assigned Sexual Assault Victim Witness Coordinator's time and salary.
* Sources of program funding include federal funds in the amount of $61,127; matching funds of $15,282, consisting of $7,755 from the State's Attorney's Asset Forfeiture Fund and $7,527 in County contribution as budgeted in the State's Attorney's budget, for a grant program total of $76,409.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the ICJIA has announced the continuation of the State's Attorney's Prosecutor Based Victim Services program, with a 12 month renewal that includes $61,127 in federal funds to provide advocacy services to victims of sexual assault during the period October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the grant program will fund 75 percent of the salary for a full time Sexual Assault Victim Witness Coordinator in the Specialized Victims Division, and is comprised of $61,127 in federal funds and a required match of $15,282 for a total of $76,409; and
WHEREAS, the grant renewal must be formally accepted by Lake County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that Program Agreement #215077 with the ICJIA for the Lake County State's Attorney's Prosecutor Based Victim Services program in the amount of $76,409 for the period October...
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