Title
Joint resolution accepting the Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seeker Services (SMASS) funds from the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,038,081 for grant administration and implementation.
Staff Summary
* In September the County Board approved a grant submission seeking funding through MMC's SMASS program, funded through the Illinois Department of Human Services.
* Lake County was awarded $1,038,081 in pass-through funding for the State's fiscal year 2024 (from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024).
* The funding will be distributed to key community providers to supplement their existing services to asylum seekers in Lake County, as follows: $669,900 to Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, $272,727 to Hispanic American Community Education Center (HACES) and $95,454 to North Suburban Legal Aid.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus made $42.5 million available through the Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seeker Services (SMASS) Notice of Funding Availability with applications due in September 2023; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will serve as a funding pass through to increase the capacity of community organizations currently working with asylum seekers in Lake County, as defined in the funding notice; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $1,038,081 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will be 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 $1,038,081 is hereby authorized in the Community Development 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 Chair of the Lake County Board or th...
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