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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION
OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HHS GRANT PY25
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 25-224028
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1420
FROM $4,050,265 TO $4,500,265
(AN INCREASE OF $450,000)
(Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage heretofore accepted and appropriated the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grant PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420, pursuant to Resolution FI-R-0237-24 for the period October 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026 as amended; and
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with Amendment No. 002 to Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 25-224028 (ATTACHMENT II) that additional grant funds in the amount of $450,000 (FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to assist low-income DuPage County residents by offsetting the rising cost of home energy through direct financial assistance, energy counseling, outreach, and education; and
WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this additional funding; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of this additional funding does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and
WHEREAS, the County Board finds that the need to appropriate said additional funding creates an emergency within the meaning of the Counties Act, Budget Division, (55 ILCS 5/6-1003).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that Amendment No. 002 to Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 25-224028 (ATTACHMENT II) be and is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the additional appropriation on the attached sheet (ATTACHMENT I) in the amount of $450,000 (FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made and added to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grant PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420, and that the program continue as originally approved in all other respects; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should state and/or federal funding cease for this grant, the Human Services Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Human Services Committee determine the need for other funding is appropriate, it may recommend action to the County Board by resolution.
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Enacted and approved this 13th day of October, 2026 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK