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APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF PAYMENTS BY DUPAGE COUNTY
TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS THROUGH THE
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HHS GRANT FY23
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 23-224028
IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,326,980
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage receives grant funds and administers the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Assistance HHS Grant FY23 No. 23-224028, Company 5000 Accounting Unit 1420; and
WHEREAS, the energy assistance budget for the LIHEAP Energy Assistance HHS Grant FY23 No. 23-224028 has been increased by $1,326,980 (ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS), by way of Amendment No. 001, to a new total of $2,755,254 (TWO MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND NO/100 DOLLARS); and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity reviews energy assistance applications and directs the County as to the payment amount and the energy assistance provider to be paid; and
WHEREAS, all payments made for the LIHEAP Program are based on payment registers received from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the Human Services Committee recommends County Board approval for the issuance of payments for the LIHEAP Energy Assistance HHS Grant FY23 No. 23-224028, for the period October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 for energy assistance, in amounts not to exceed the total grant energy assistance budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that individual payments to provide energy assistance in accordance with the LIHEAP Energy Assistance HHS Grant FY23 No. 23-224028, Company 5000 Accounting Unit 1420, for the period October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024, for Community Services/LIHEAP, be and it is hereby approved for issuance to the providers on the approved State of Illinois Registers, in amounts not exceeding the grant total of $2,755,254 (TWO MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND NO/100 DOLLARS).
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Enacted and approved this 13th of June, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK