DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FI-R-0129-24

• File #: FI-R-0129-24
• Version: 1
• Type: Finance Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/31/2024
• In control: Judicial and Public Safety Committee
• On agenda: 8/6/2024
• Final action: 8/13/2024
• Title: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT INNOVATIONS PROGRAM GRANT PROGRAM PY24 AWARD NO. 2019-VC-BX-K003 COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 6155 $67,650 (Under the administrative direction of the DuPage County Department of Probation and Court Services)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/13/2024	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
8/13/2024	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass
8/6/2024	1	Judicial and Public Safety Committee	Approved and Sent to Finance

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
VETERANS TREATMENT COURT INNOVATIONS PROGRAM
GRANT PROGRAM PY24
AWARD NO. 2019-VC-BX-K003
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 6155
$67,650

(Under the administrative direction of the
DuPage County Department of Probation and Court Services)

resolution

WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Department of Probation and Court Services, has been notified by the U.S. Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance, that grant funds in the amount of $67,650.00 (SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) have been made available to establish an Veterans Treatment Court Innovations program to improve outcomes for veterans and other probationers with brain injury in DuPage County through the development of a brain injury informed workforce and the implementation of systematic screening, support and referral protocol; and

WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Subaward Agreement No. 2019-VC-BX-K003 with the U.S. Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and

WHEREAS, the period of performance of the Grant Award is from March 26, 2024 to March 26, 2025; and

WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this funding; and

WHEREAS, acceptance of this grant does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and 

WHEREAS, the County Board finds the need to appropriate said grant funds 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 Subaward Agreement No. 2019-VC-BX-K003 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the U.S. Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Assistance 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 $67,650.00 (SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance Veterans Treatment Court Innovation Grant Program PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 6155, for the period of March 26, 2024 through March 26, 2025; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Deputy Director of Probation and Court Services is authorized to sign Subaward Agreement No. 2019-VC-BX-K003 as the Authorized Representative; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should federal funding cease for this grant, the Judicial and Public Safety Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Judicial and Public Safety 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 13^th day of August, 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.

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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR

DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD

Attest: ___________________________________

JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK