Title
Joint resolution accepting the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant to benefit homeless individuals and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $410,000.
Staff Summary
• The $410,000 SAMHSA grant will be used to create a mental health illness/substance abuse team that will serve individuals experiencing homelessness in Lake County.
• The $410,000 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.
• The grant award will be for the period September 30, 2018 through September 29, 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 $410,000 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2019 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 $410,000 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
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revenue budgets as identified on the attached listing be modified as provided by increased funding from the following:
SAMHSA - Grants to Benefit Homeless Individuals, $410,000.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 15, 2019.