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Joint resolution accepting the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $136,870.
Staff Summary
* In April 2022, the Sheriff's Office applied for a SCAAP Grant with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. The grant allowed payment to be made to units of local government that have incurred certain types of cost due to undocumented aliens that have been convicted of at least one felony or two misdemeanors and who were incarcerated for at least four days between the reporting period of July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020.
* The Sheriff's Office received notification on November 2, 2022, that it had been awarded $136,870 and that the Sheriff can inform the Office of Justice Programs where the grant funds will be spent. Grant funds can be used to defray the cost of construction, training/education, training for corrections officers, consultants, medical services, mental health services, vehicles, pre-release/re-entry programs, technology, workforce recruitment and retention of the jail workforce and disaster preparedness.
* The Sheriff's Office would like to use the grant funds for medical and mental health services for inmates in the Lake County Jail.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff's Office applied for and was awarded a SCAAP Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs in the amount of $136,870; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff's Office submitted a grant request to use the grant funds for medical and mental health services for inmates in the Lake County Jail; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chair of the Board, the Lake County Sheriff, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to approve an emergency appropriation in the amount of $136,870 and execute the necessary documentation to accept...
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