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Authorizing Awards For Behavioral Health System Improvement Grants and the Execution of Behavioral Health System Improvement Grant’s Agreements
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WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has enacted the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) to provide economic relief to State, Local, and Tribal governments responding to economic and public health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kane received a total of $103,413,041 (One Hundred Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand, Forty-One Dollars) from the United States Department of the Treasury, in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“SLFRF”) pursuant to ARPA; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board has established the American Rescue Plan Committee (“ARPC”) as a resource for research, education, planning, and recommendations for the best allocation and uses of the County’s SLFRF; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board approved in Resolution 23-497 the allocation of $9,975,000 (Nine Million, Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF to the Kane County Health Department to improve the behavioral health system in Kane County and meet the behavioral health needs of residents; and
WHEREAS, as part of that allocation, the Kane County Health Department and the American Rescue Plan Program established parameters to use $5,393,575 (Five Million Three Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Five Dollars) of SLFRF as Behavioral Health System Improvement Grants via competitive notice of funding process (see Exhibit A), to be distributed as reimbursements for eligible expenses, which has been made available to organizations located in Kane County that are fully incorporated and operating by January 1, 2019, deliver services within Kane County, whose proposals for behavioral health system improvement were selected for funding by a competitive process; and
WHEREAS, the $5,393,575 (Five Million Three Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Five Dollars) is recommended to be awarded as competitive grants and distributed as reimbursements for eligible expenses between the following organizations in Kane County whose proposals scored highest for behavioral health system improvement in the competitive process: AID (2 projects), Boys and Girls Club, La Federación de Clubes Michoacanos en Illinois/FEDECMI dba Casas Michoacán, Ecker Center, Family Service Association of Greater Elgin, Family Counseling Services, Family Guidance Centers, Family Recovery Centers, Fox Valley Hands of Hope, Mathers Recovery, Mid-Valley Special Ed Co-Op, Mutual Ground, Suicide Prevention Services of America, The Start Program, Tri-City Family Services, VNA, Well Child Center, World Relief, and Youth Outlook (see Exhibit B).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board authorizes the Kane County Board Chairman to execute separate grant agreements with the organizations receiving awards, as set forth in Exhibit B, to be distributed as reimbursements for eligible expenses incurred by the organizations, with the terms established pursuant to the template grant agreement (not attached) as Exhibit C, and with the final form of each agreement to be reviewed by the State’s Attorney’s Office.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that County staff will take all necessary steps to ensure that expenses submitted for reimbursement from each organization are reviewed, verified, and are consistent with the terms of the executed grant agreements, and are in accordance with ARPA, the Final Rule, and all related guidance by the United States Department of the Treasury.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that ARP Program staff will ensure that all eligible expenses are processed for payment through the Finance Department and the County Auditor, and will further coordinate with the County Treasurer the payment and delivery of the reimbursements to the respective organizations.
Passed by the Kane County Board on September 10, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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