Lake County Gazette

Lake County Health and Community Services Committee met Aug. 1.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call of Members

4. Addenda to the Agenda

5. Public Comment (Items not on the agenda)

6. Chair's Remarks

7. Unfinished Business

8. New Business

CONSENT AGENDA (Item 8.1)

*MINUTES*

8.1 23-1051

Committee action approving the Health and Community Services minutes from June 27, 2023.

REGULAR AGENDA

*COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT*

8.2 23-1014

Joint resolution accepting the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the Illinois Department of Human Services and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $28,259 for grant administration and the implementation of the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).

• The $28,259 in grant funds will be used to operate HMIS and administer the ESG.

• The $28,259 in grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

• The grant award will be for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

• If funding for the position and services end, and new funding is not secured, the position and services will be eliminated.

*WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT*

8.3 23-1096

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act grant modification and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $9,780.42.

• DCEO has provided a modification to the Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act grant to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $9,780.42.

• The grant is for the term of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, which includes funding for individuals certified as eligible under the Act.

• This funding is expected to cover training costs for one additional customer.

• An emergency appropriation of $9,780.42 is requested to be approved to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget and authorize acceptance of this modification.

8.4 23-1098

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery (CAREER) Dislocated Worker Grant modification and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $100,080.81.

• The WIOA CAREER Grant modification increases the grant by 100,080.81 for a total grant award of $628,580.81.

• The WIOA CAREER Grant will fund employment and training services for an additional twelve dislocated workers that have been unemployed for an extended period.

• The grant period is December 1, 2021 through August 19, 2023.

*HEALTH DEPARTMENT*

8.5 23-1092

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services funding and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $847,000 for the Medicaid Match program.

• The $847,000 Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services funding will be used to fund the Belvidere Medical Building renovation project, Midlake roofing project, Zion roofing project, Belvidere Medical Building heating replacement on roof, Belvidere Medical Building glass curtain wall, 3010 Grand boiler replacement, 3010 Grand Board Room video equipment upgrade, Women’s Residential Services lower-level bathroom renovation, NeoGov Policy Management and Accreditation Standards System, and Belvidere Medical Building and Zion scanning project.

• The $847,000 in additional funding has not been previously appropriated because the resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the FY 2023 budget.

• The funding will be for the period December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023.

8.6 23-1093

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Human Services grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $192,727 for the Suicide Prevention Call Center Enhancement grant.

• The $192,727 Illinois Department of Human Services grant will fund six current staff positions, supplies, and contractual services.

• The $192,727 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

• The grant award will be for the period July 1, 2023, through April 29, 2024.

8.7 23-1094

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Public Health grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $267,779 for the Tuberculosis Elimination in Uniting for Ukraine grant.

• The $267,779 Illinois Department of Public Health grant will fund a temporary outreach worker, supplies contractual services, indirect expenses, and offset existing staff salaries and fringe benefits.

• The $267,779 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

• The grant award will be for the period August 15, 2022, through September 10, 2023.

• If funding for the position and services end, and new funding is not secured, the position and services will be eliminated.

9. County Administrator's Report

10. Executive Session

11. Members' Remarks

12. Adjournment

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