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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
MISSING PIECES GRANT PY25
AGREEMENT NO. IHS-2022C1-26114
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 4140
$25,000
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago that grant funds in the amount of $25,000 (TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/DOLLARS) are available to be used to fund costs associated with coordinating with partners on a comparative effectiveness trial of interventions to support parents after their child’s unexpected or traumatic death; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Agreement No. IHS-2022C1-26114 with the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); 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 of DuPage finds that the need to appropriate said additional 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 Agreement No. IHS-2022C1-26114 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 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 $25,000 (TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/DOLLARS) be made to establish the Missing Pieces Grant PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 4140, for the period February 1, 2025, through May 30, 2028; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the DuPage County Coroner is approved as the County’s Authorized Representative; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should local funding cease for this grant, the Judicial and Public Safety Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; 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 12th day of August, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK