10.
DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK
Janelle Chadwick, Administrator of the DuPage Care Center, stated the Care Center has had
another covid outbreak, believed to be the new variant called FLiRT. Ten residents and seven
staff have been affected. At least 122 residents received the vaccine in April. Some were not
able to receive the vaccine due to age requirements. Only one resident had significant symptoms
but is on the mend. The residents are slowly moving off the covid unit.
Member Galassi asked about the current protocol. Ms. Chadwick replied that if a resident tests
positive they are moved onto the covid unit. The Care Center is performing contact tracing, such
as a roommate or any contacts resident had on day one, three, and five. If testing negative
through day five, the resident is no longer considered a possible carrier. A quarantined resident
remains on the covid unit for fourteen days.
Member LaPlante asked if testing is done as a matter of course or symptomatically, to which Ms.
Chadwick replied they test symptomatically and if exposed. She also answered the question that
the DuPage Care Center is now masked but was not at the time of the breakout.
Regarding the Care Center renovations, Unit 4N underwent the life safety code survey and the
nursing clinical side and was cleared for occupancy by both. The Care Center is now waiting for
the official letter from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to begin moving
residents into the unit. Staff are now planning the details of the move and expect it to take about
two weeks once approved by IDPH.
Vice Chair Garcia asked about visiting the new rooms in consideration of the covid outbreak.
Ms. Chadwick replied that 2N and 2E are quarantined and will not affect a visit to the 4N unit.
Members can contact Janelle Chadwick for visitation.
11.
COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING
Discussion of 2nd round of food pantry infrastructure grants
Mary Keating, Director of Community Services gave an overview of the latest round of
applications to the food pantry infrastructure grants. As a reminder, she stated there is $1.145M
in ARPA interest that has been allocated for food assistance. The board has set aside $500,00 for
a second round of food pantry infrastructure grants. The Finance team produced a handout that
reflects all the applications the County received for the second round of funds. The total request
was $1.2M. Ms. Keating thanked the Finance ARPA team for reviewing the applications and
putting together the numbers. The total requests were separated on the blue section of the
handout by applications that didn’t receive any funding or didn’t apply in the first round of
applications, which comes to a total of $557,000. Some of the agencies have issues with backup,
which reflects that agencies have requested amounts without clear receipts of cost and/or may
have rounded up their requested dollars. If approved to move forward the Finance team would go
back to applicants for a hard, verifiable amount of their purchases.
The yellow section of the handout contains applicants that are applying for funds a second time.
Some are listed as partially ineligible, typically due to things related to building improvements,
which were not eligible.
Chair Schwarze commented on the available options:
1. Only fund those agencies that were not previously funded in round one.
