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Joint resolution accepting the Susan G. Komen Foundation grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $25,000 for the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program to fund screening mammograms.
Staff Summary
• The $25,000 Susan G. Komen grant will fund screening mammograms for uninsured Lake County women.
• The $25,000 in grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the FY17 budget.
• The grant award will be for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
• The $25,000 in grant money will assist the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center in providing needed mammograms to approximately 176 women.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase delivered by our 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 $25,000 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, be it resolved, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $25,000 is hereby authorized in the Health Department budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications attached hereto and made part hereof; and
Susan G. Komen Foundation - Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, $25,000;
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 4, 2017.