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File #: FI-R-0239-23    Version: 1
Type: Finance Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/11/2023 In control: Human Services
On agenda: 10/17/2023 Final action: 10/24/2023
Title: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HHS GRANT FY23 INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 23-224028 COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1420 FROM $3,291,193 TO $ 3,718,038 (AN INCREASE OF $426,845) (Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)
Attachments: 1. LIHEAP HHS Grant FY23 IGA 23-224028 Budget-$426845-Attachment I.pdf, 2. LIHEAP HHS Grant FY23 IGA 23-224028 Modified Agreemnt (executed)-Attachment II - R.pdf

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF
THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HHS GRANT FY23
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 23-224028
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1420
FROM $3,291,193 TO $ 3,718,038
(AN INCREASE OF $426,845)

(Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)

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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage heretofore accepted and appropriated the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grant FY23, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420, pursuant to Resolution FI-R-0477-22 for the period October 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024, as amended; and

WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with Amendment No. 002 to Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-224028 (ATTACHMENT II) that additional grant funds in the amount of $426,845 (FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY- FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to assist low-income DuPage County residents by offsetting the rising cost of home energy through direct financial assistance, energy counseling, outreach, and education; and

WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this additional funding; and

WHEREAS, acceptance of this additional funding does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and

WHEREAS, the County Board finds that the need to appropriate said additional funding 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 Amendment No. 002 to Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-224028 (ATTACHMENT II) be and 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 $426,84...

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