Title
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and an emergency appropriation of $208,333 for the Lake County Therapeutic Intensive Monitoring Court Service Enhancement project.
Staff Summary
• Lake County has received a second year of funding in the amount of $208,333 for a drug court enhancement project from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for the period September 30, 2011 - September 29, 2012.
• The 19th Judicial Circuit will use the grant funds to continue a contract with Haymarket to provide recovery coaches for TIM Court participants.
• Up to 33 new participants a year receive intensive case management services including two evidence-based practices: motivational interviewing and contingency management.
• There have been 28 participants enrolled in the program since it began earlier this year.
• This grant is renewable in the amount of $208,333 for one more year upon the successful completion of the 2011-2012 award period, and there is no match required.
• This resolution authorizes the acceptance of the grant award #TI023106-02 and appropriates the $208,333 in new funding for the period September 30, 2011 - September 29, 2012.
Body
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit’s drug court program known as the Therapeutic and Intensive Monitoring (TIM) Court received a $208,333 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2010 that was renewable for two additional years; and
WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently informed the 19th Judicial Circuit that it has been awarded a second year of funding in the amount of $208,333; and
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit is using these grant funds to work with the Haymarket Center’s recovery coaches to provide TIM Court participants with intensive case management services during the clients’ transition from treatment back to the community; and
WHEREAS, these services will extend and enhance the recovery-oriented system of care in Lake County to reduce criminal behavior and improve recovery outcomes among TIM Court participants; and
WHEREAS, this grant is renewable in the amount of $208,333 for one additional year upon the successful completion of the first two years; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept this award and appropriate the $208,333 in new funding to continue this grant program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that it hereby authorizes acceptance of Grant Award #TI023106-02 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and an emergency appropriation of $208,333 for the Lake County Therapeutic Intensive Monitoring Court Service Enhancement project for the period September 30, 2011 - September 29, 2012; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the $208,333 be appropriated as follows:
101-3290050-45340-000-000-000-32012 208,333
101-3290050-71500-000-000-000-32012 9,000
101-3290050-73195-000-000-000-32012 1,404
101-3290050-79940-000-000-000-32012 197,929
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 13th day of September, A.D., 2011.