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Joint Resolution authorizing the application, acceptance, and emergency appropriation of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the amount of $5,000 for the purpose of enhancing the State’s Attorney’s Office’s capacity to provide intimate partner violence prevention education and outreach.
Staff Summary
• Under this JAG program, the City of Waukegan, the City of Zion, and Lake County on behalf of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, are eligible for a joint award of $39,442 in FY 2021 grant funds.
• The potential allocation of the eligible funds is $5,000 to Lake County on behalf of the State’s Attorney’s Office, $24,697 to the City of Waukegan, and $9,745 to the City of Zion.
• The State’s Attorney’s Office will use the $5,000 for printed materials and social media outreach, informing the Lake County community about intimate partner violence.
• The source of program funding is 100 percent federal JAG; no match is required.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, on behalf of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (LCSAO), the City of Waukegan, and the City of Zion has applied for a 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) that provides grant monies to local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, funding will be used to enhance the LCSAO’s commitment to Lake County through outreach about intimate partner violence with printed materials and social media activities; and
WHEREAS, grant funding is in the amount of $5,000, which will be appropriated in the County FY 2021 budget; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and required by the Granting Agency that a Memorandum of Understanding between Lake County, the City of Waukegan and the City of Zion be executed in order to define how the grant funds will be disbursed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the acceptance and execution of a JAG grant from the United State Department of Justice for the LCSAO is hereby authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriation in the amount of $5,000 is hereby authorized 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).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board, the Lake County State's Attorney, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the necessary documentation in order to accept the grant renewal.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on September 14, 2021.