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File #: HS-R-0062-23    Version: 1
Type: HS Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/11/2023 In control: Human Services
On agenda: 10/17/2023 Final action: 10/24/2023
Title: Approval of issuance of payments by DuPage County to energy assistance providers through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) HHS Grant FY23 Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-224028 in the amount of $367,086. (Community Services)

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 $367,086

resolution
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage receives grant funds and administers the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grant FY23, Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-224028, Company 5000 Accounting Unit 1420; and

WHEREAS, the energy assistance budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grant FY23, Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-224028 has been increased by $367,086 (THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, EIGHTY- SIX 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 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grant FY23, Inter-Governmental Agreement 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 $3,197,512 (THREE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED NIN...

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