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Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State’s Attorney’s Court Improvement grant program, originating from a US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Administration for Children, Youth and Families grant program, administered through the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts on behalf of the Illinois Supreme Court, including $110,000 in federal funds, and an emergency appropriation in the amount of $18,333.
Staff Summary
· This is a renewal of the Court Improvement Program, a court improvement grant administered through the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts (AOIC), for a performance period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.
· The program’s federal funding supports 100% of the cost of 12 months of salary and fringe expenses for an Assistant State’s Attorney position at the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office.
· The goals of the program include: to strengthen the infrastructure of child protection cases in Lake County, and to improve outcomes for victims and non-offending family members of familial abuse and neglect.
· The program’s objectives include: solidifying relationships and co-processes between Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Family Court, Criminal Court, and Juvenile Court; and to integrate and unify case management protocols among all response facets of child protection in coordination with the Lake County Sexual Assault Coordinating Council.
· Sources of program funding include federal funds in the amount of $110,000; in-kind matching funds of $36,787 already allocated to the State’s Attorney’s Children’s Advocacy Center budget, for a grant program total of $146,787.
· An emergency appropriation, in the amount of $18,333, is necessary for the salary and fringe expenses for October and November of 2011.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts (AOIC) has announced the continuation of the State’s Attorney’s Court Improve...
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