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Joint resolution authorizing the application, acceptance, and emergency appropriation of a 2017 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), awarded by the United States Department of Justice, in the amount of $10,000 for the purpose of enhancing the State's Attorney's Office's K-9 unit through training, awareness, education, and outreach to support victims of crime in Lake County.
Staff Summary
* This is an application for the federal JAG Program in which funding supports a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.
* This JAG funding is a formula grant program. The amount appropriated is apportioned among states based on a statutory formula based upon the local jurisdiction's population and crime statistics.
* This JAG grant has been awarded since 2005.
* Under this program, the City of Waukegan, the City of Zion, and Lake County on behalf of the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, are eligible for a joint award of $44,601 in fiscal year (FY) 2017 grant funds.
* The potential allocation of the eligible funds is $10,000 to Lake County on behalf of the State's Attorney's Office, $24,601 to the City of Waukegan, and $10,000 to the City of Zion.
* The State's Attorney's Office will use the $10,000 to enhance the K-9 unit through training, education, awareness and outreach in Lake County to support victims of crime with the purchase of training, K-9 equipment, supplies, brochures, and printed materials. The grant period is three years.
* The program is fully funded by the federal grant and does not require local matching funds.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, on behalf of the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, the City of Waukegan, and the City of Zion has applied for an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant that provides grant monies to local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Co...
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