Title
Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $94,444, the execution of Grant Agreement #508302, and related line item and interfund transfers for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Juvenile Pre-employment Program.
Staff Summary
· The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority recently announced that the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit was awarded $85,000 in Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funds to continue the juvenile probation pre-employment program that began in late 2009.
· The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit will provide a 10% match of $9,444 from the Probation Services Fee Fund.
· The grant will be used to continue funding a part-time position to serve as program coordinator, to provide a job readiness curriculum to approximately 60 youth and to contract with local agencies and employers to provide approximately 26 youth with paid internships. Supplies and bus passes are also included in the budget.
· This resolution authorizes an emergency appropriation of $94,444, the execution of a program agreement to accept the grant funding, and related line item and interfund transfers.
Body
WHEREAS, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority recently announced that the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit was awarded $85,000 in Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funds to continue the juvenile probation pre-employment program that began in late 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit will provide a 10% match of $9,444 from the Probation Services Fee Fund; and
WHEREAS, the funding will be used to continue funding a part-time position to serve as program coordinator, to provide a job readiness curriculum to approximately 60 youth and to contract with local agencies and employers to provide approximately 26 youth with paid internships as well as for supplies and bus passes; and
WHEREAS, the County Board must authorize the execution of a program agreement and an emergency appropriation of $94,444 to accept this grant and c...
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