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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
211 ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT PY24
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1765
$102,600
(Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by 211 Illinois that grant funds in the amount of $102,600 (ONE HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to provide 24-hour-a-day 211 services to residents of Illinois in support of operating a 211 contact center and marketing the 211 service; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into a Subcontractor Agreement with 211 Illinois, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and
WHEREAS, the period of the Subcontractor Agreement is from January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this funding; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of this funding does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board finds that 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 the Subcontractor Agreement (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and 211 Illinois 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 $102,600 (ONE HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the 211 ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1765, for the period January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Director of Community Services is approved as the County’s Authorized Representative; 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 27th day of February, 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK