Title
Joint resolution approving the re-appropriation of a Justice and Mental Health Collaboration: Planning and Implementation Grant in the amount of $250,000 for the Lake County Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
Staff Summary
• In November 2016, the County Board passed a resolution to accept a Sheriff’s Office grant award in the amount of $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs to assist with costs associated with implementing a Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Program.
• The goal of the grant is to coordinate Crisis Intervention Team training for 395 police officers, corrections officers, and dispatchers throughout Lake County within the grant period expiring in September 2020.
• Funds were initially emergency appropriated concurrently with the acceptance of the grant award in fiscal year 2016, but the budget appropriation was not carried over. No revenue has yet been received nor has any expense been booked in prior fiscal years.
• The grant funded training began in November 2018. Three classes have been completed with 87 public safety professions completing the course.
• Emergency re-appropriation of grant fund revenue and expense in the amount of $250,000 must be approved in order for the Sheriff’s Office to fund the training and seek grant reimbursement.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office is committed to addressing the mental health and substance abuse issues that affect law enforcement and exist in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, said commitment led to the Sheriff’s Office applying for a U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs for a Justice and Mental Health Collaboration: Planning and Implementation Grant; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs awarded the Sheriff’s Office a grant in an amount of $250,000 towards the implementation of a Crisis Intervention Team Program which was approved by the County Board in November 2016; and
WHEREAS, with these grant funds, the Sheriff’s Office will provide Crisis Intervention Team training to 395 police officers, correctional officers and dispatchers throughout Lake County prior to September 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $250,000 to accommodate the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration: Planning and Implementation Grant is hereby authorized as follows:
Amount Fund
$250,000 101-3001110-45334-000-000-000-00000
(Revenue - Federal Grant)
Amount Fund
$250,000 101-3004110-79940-000-000-000-00000
(Misc. Contractual Services)
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 11, 2019.