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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State's Attorney Violent Crime Victims Assistance (VCVA) grant program awarded by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024, including grant funding of $95,000 and an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,348.
Staff Summary
* This is a request to renew the VCVA grant administered through the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, with a grant period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Funding for this grant began in 1990 and has been renewed each year.
* Grant program goals include the promotion of fairness and accountability, the 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 SFY 2024 grant will fund $65,404 for salary and $28,248 for fringe benefits for one full-time Domestic Violence Victim Specialist (DV Coordinator) to serve as a liaison to victims of domestic violence in Lake County, as well as $1,348 to fund relevant staff training on trauma-informed care, an increase of $58,400 from the SFY 2023 award of $36,600.
* The DV Coordinator position and grant are already included in the State's Attorney's approved Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget and an emergency appropriation of $1,348 is necessary for the grant funded training.
* If funding for this position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
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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 $95,000 was awarded for the time period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds of $95,000 for this program will fund the salary and benefits of a full time DV Coordinator, and provide trauma-informed training to relevant staff; and
WHEREAS, $93,652 has already been approp...
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