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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 PY25
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 25-224028
IN THE AMOUNT OF $387,000
(Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)
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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 PY25 No. 25-224028, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420; and
WHEREAS, the energy assistance budget for the LIHEAP Energy Assistance HHS Grant PY25 No. 25-224028 has been increased by $387,000 (THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS), by way of Amendment No. 002, to a new total of $3,870,228 (THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT 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 PY25 No. 25-224028, for the period October 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026 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 PY25 No. 25-224028, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420, for the period October 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, 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...
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