Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $298,498 for the Sustainability grant.
Staff Summary
• The $298,498 IDHS grant will fund retention bonuses, sign on bonuses, and cover costs of Behavioral Health services for unfunded or underfunded clients.
• The $298,498 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget.
• The grant award will be for the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
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 will be used for a new position that will be eliminated if or when this grant’s funding is no longer available and no other funding source outside of property tax dollars has been identified; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $298,498 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2022 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 $298,498 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:
Illinois Department of Human Services - Sustainability Grant, $298,498.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2022.