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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 for state fiscal year (SFY) 2019, including grant funding of $35,000, which includes an increase of $4,000 from SFY 2018.
Staff Summary
* This is a request to renew the VCVA grant administered through the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, with a grant period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
* 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 $35,000 to offset the salary of a domestic violence victim witness coordinator (DV Coordinator). Funding has increased from the previous year by $4,000.
* The DV Coordinator position and grant is already included in the State's Attorney's approved fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget.
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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 $35,000 was awarded for the time period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds of $35,000 for this program will supplement the salary of a full time DV Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, funds have already been appropriated in the FY2018 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 all costs associated with this Coordinator position are already appropriated in the State's Attorn...
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