Title
Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State’s Attorney’s Violent Crimes Victims Assistance (VCVA) grant program awarded by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023, including an emergency appropriation of $36,600 in state funds.
Staff Summary
• This VCVA grant extension will enable continuation of services for victims of domestic violence.
• The grant is administered through the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for the performance period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
• Grant program goals include the promotion of fairness, accountability, and coordination of services for victims and witnesses of domestic violence, and the promotion of policy and procedure for domestic violence cases in order to improve response by law enforcement and court personnel.
• The grant funding of $36,600 offsets a portion of the salary of a domestic violence victim witness coordinator (DV Coordinator).
• The DV Coordinator position and grant is included in the State’s Attorney’s approved County Fiscal Year (CFY) 2022 budget.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Office of the Illinois Attorney General has approved the continuation of the State’s Attorney’s Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program, and $36,600 has been awarded for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding offsets a portion of the salary of a domestic violence victim witness coordinator, and
WHEREAS, the state grant extension of $36,600 must be formally accepted by Lake County and it is necessary to appropriate the grant extension funding; and
WHEREAS, the State’s Attorney’s Office recommends that the Chairman of the County Board, the State’s Attorney and the Treasurer be authorized to execute the necessary documents to accept and execute the grant extension; and
WHEREAS, if funding for this program ends, and new funding is not secured, the program and the position will be eliminated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, the Illinois Attorney General Violent Crime Victims Assistance grant extension for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, is hereby accepted and execution is hereby authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $36,600 in state grant funding and offsetting revenue is hereby authorized for the VCVA program grant as detailed in the attached chart of accounts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State’s Attorney shall serve as project director for the program, and accurate records of all necessary grant compliance requirements shall be kept by the State’s Attorney’s Office; and
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 award.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2022.