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Joint resolution accepting the Health Care Foundation of Northern Lake County, Illinois, Department of Human Services, and Friends for Health grants and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $154,300 for fiscal year (FY) 2017.
Staff Summary
* The Health Care Foundation of Northern Lake County awarded an additional $5,000 for the Round Lake Area Student Health and Wellness Center; and these funds will be used for an external consultant to provide input on operations for the period November 21, 2016, through November 20, 2017.
* The Illinois Department of Human Services awarded an additional $90,000 for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program; and these funds will be used to add personnel and supplies to the WIC program for the period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.
* Friends for Health awarded $59,300 for the North Shore Health Center; and these funds will be used for a part-time breastfeeding counselor, to support women's health/family planning services, and to fund a pregnancy program center for the period December 1, 2016, through November 30, 2017.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase delivered by Clinical Operations; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will provide a legitimate increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $154,300 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the fiscal year 2017 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will be fully offset by the above referenced items thereby not requiring the expenditure of local tax revenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $154,300 is hereby authorized in the Health Department budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications attached hereto ...
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