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Authorizing the Use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to Fund Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participant Funds for the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office
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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 has received a total of $103,413,041 (One Hundred Three Million, Four Hundred Thirteen 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, pursuant to ARPA and the administrative regulations adopted by the United States Department of the Treasury (“Final Rule”), the County of Kane shall use SLFRF to defray costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 pandemic within the County, to address the economic fallout from the pandemic, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 21-313, 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, by Resolution 21-156, the Kane County Board approved the recommended Spending Plan as proposed by the ARPC, which designates $42,000,000 (Forty-Two Million Dollars) to be used for Kane County Department and Elected Office project requests; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office has made a request in the amount of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF to fund Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participant Funds for the purpose of responding to the COVID-19 public emergency or its negative economic impacts; and
WHEREAS, Pre-Arrest Diversion nka Collaborative Diversion was initiated in 2021 with the goal of reducing recidivism in Kane County by connecting the County’s most vulnerable population with mental health, substance use, and housing resources; and
WHEREAS, Flexible Participant Funds (“FPF”) are a part of pre-arrest diversion programs that provide short-term, emergent needs of participants to help provide eligible items or activities referenced in the Community Partnership for Deflection and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act (50 ILCS 71/1 et seq.) that help ensure an individual's basic needs are met as part of the pre-arrest diversion program; and
WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, there have been significant increases in substance use, mental health issues, and increasing poverty, and the pre-arrest diversion program anticipates serving up to 200 participants in a year; and
WHEREAS, with the current funding, the program has limited resources available for participants’ needs, and this request for $90,000 (Ninety Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF will help fund the program’s FPF to meet participants’ basic needs and allow the program to lease vehicles to transport participants to essential services, including but not limited to court dates, medical facilities, and other basic needs or services; and
WHEREAS, this request is for $30,000 (Thirty Thousand Dollars) a year for three years, a total of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand Dollars), to meet this initiative’s need; and
WHEREAS, to assist the County in determining whether the project is an eligible use of SLFRF under ARPA, the Final Rule, and the related guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, the ARPC consultant, Ernst and Young, has reviewed the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office’s request for SLFRF for Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participant Funds for the purpose of responding to the COVID-19 public emergency and its negative economic impacts and completed an assessment regarding the project’s eligibility (see Exhibit A); and
WHEREAS, the ARPC recommends that the Kane County Board authorizes the use SLFRF in the amount of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand Dollars) to fund the Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participant Funds for the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, to be spent during the ARPA period of performance and in accordance with the ARPA, the Final Rule and related guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, and any other Federal, State or local laws and regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the amount of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand Dollars) to be used for Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participant Funds, in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Final Rule, and related guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, and any other Federal, State or local laws and regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Kane County Board that the following adjustment be made to Fiscal Year 2024 budget:
355.800.668111.50150 Contractual/Consulting Services $21,000
355.800.668111.60010 Operating Supplies $9,000
355.800.668.85000 Allowance for Budget Expense ($30,000)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Kane County Board that the Fiscal Year 2025 budget will include an amount not to exceed $30,000 for the Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participants Fund and the Fiscal Year 2026 budget will include an amount not to exceed $30,000 per the Pre-Arrest Diversion and Equity: Flexible Participants Fund.
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Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? No
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? See Above
Passed by the Kane County Board on April 9, 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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