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Joint resolution accepting the 2020 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Community Awareness Project sub-grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $5,000.
Staff Summary
• Since 1981, NCVRW has been annually observed in April and is intended to increase public awareness and knowledge about the wide range of rights and services available to people who have been victimized by crime.
• A $5,000 sub-grant was awarded to the State’s Attorney’s Office by the National Association of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) under a VOCA grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, within the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice.
• The 2020 NCVRW theme is “Seek Justice - Ensure Victims’ Rights - Inspire Hope.”
• The program funds will be used during the 2020 NCVRW, April 19-25, to promote community awareness of crime victims’ rights and services and will support the purchase of NCVRW event supplies, speaker and announcements.
• The source of program funding is 100 percent federal VOCA; no match is required.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has applied for and has been awarded a 2019 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Community Awareness Project grant from the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) under a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, within the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice, in the amount of $5,000; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will use this funding to promote community awareness of crime victims’ rights and services during 2020 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week; and
WHEREAS, the Victim of Crime Act grant is in the amount of $5,000, and it is necessary to appropriate this amount; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Victims of Crime Act grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office by NCVRW is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $6,000 is hereby authorized for the 2020 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project in 101-3330010-79950-000-000-000-(reporting category to be set by the controller), with offsetting revenue of $5,000 in 101-3330010-45334-000-000-000-(reporting category to be set by the Controller); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State’s Attorney shall serve as the project director for the program, and accurate records of all necessary grant compliance requirements shall be kept by the State’s Attorney’s Office.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 12, 2020.