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Joint resolution authorizing an 18-month extension for the State's Attorney's Office Prosecutor-based Victim Assistance Program through a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant awarded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) including an emergency appropriation of $268,887 in federal funds for the period of July 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023.
Staff Summary
* This VOCA Prosecutor-based Victim Assistance grant extension will enable continuation of this program that provides advocacy services to the currently under-served sexual assault, misdemeanor domestic violence, elder abuse, and aggravated battery victim populations.
* The grant is administered through the ICJIA for the performance period of July 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023.
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office currently receives Victim of Crime Act grant funding from ICJIA to support two Victim/Witness Coordinator positions in the office. The Victim/Witness Coordinators work with the victims throughout the criminal justice process by providing them with advocacy, on-going support, and an understanding of the criminal court process.
* The additional funding of $268,887, will be used to fund a portion of the salary and benefits for a Sexual Assault Victim/Witness Coordinator and the salary and benefits for a full-time Domestic Violence Victim/Witness Coordinator. No county funds are required.
* If funding for these positions end, and new funding is not secured, the positions will be eliminated.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) announced an eighteen-month extension and additional funding in the amount of $268,887 for the continuation of the State's Attorney's Prosecutor-Based Victim Assistance Program through a Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) grant which will provide support and advocacy to under-served victims of sexual assault, misdemeanor domestic violence, elder abuse and aggravated battery during the period of ...
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