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Authorizing Acceptance of the Medical Reserve Corps - State, Territory, and Tribal Nations Representative Organizations for Next Generation (MRC-STTRONG) Grant
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WHEREAS, the Kane County Medical Reserve Corps is an all-volunteer response group coordinated and overseen by the Kane County Health Department, responding to public health emergencies, supporting daily operations, administering vaccine, and training and educating the public and receives little to no financial support to carry out its mission; and
WHEREAS, the Medical Reserve Corps of Illinois, an oversight body and governing authority, has identified the need for additional financial support to be distributed to local Medical Reserve Corps Units to carry out their mission; and
WHEREAS, the Medical Reserve Corps of Illinois, identifying this need, has applied for and been awarded through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, the Medical Reserve Corps - State, Territory and Tribal Nations Representative Organizations for Next Generation (MRC-STTRONG) Grant; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Health Department has applied to receive this funding on behalf of the Kane County Medical Reserve Corps in the amount of five-thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to be expended between September 10, 2024 and January 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, , the funding will allow the Kane County Medical Reserve Corps to replace aging medical equipment used for public education and training, purchase advanced training for medical volunteers, pay for existing volunteer management software, replace aging uniforms, and purchase additional equipment to assist in overall operations. So;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board that the Chairman thereof is hereby authorized to enter into said agreement with the Medical Reserve Corps of Illinois.
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Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? No
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Medical Reserve Corps - STTRONG Grant
Passed by the Kane County Board on November 12, 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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