Title
Joint resolution accepting the Health Resources and Services Administration grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $406,176 for expanding access to quality substance use disorder and mental health services.
Staff Summary
• The Health Resources and Services Administration grant, in the amount of $406,176, will be used to support and expand medication-assisted treatment services.
• This additional grant funding was not previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the fiscal year 2018 budget.
• The grant award will be for the period September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase delivered by our Clinical Operations Unit; 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 $406,176 was not previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2018 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 $406,176 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
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revenue budgets as identified on the attached listing be modified as provided by increased funding from the following:
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - SUD-MH, $406,176.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 13, 2018.