File #: TMP-24-3079   
Type: Resolution Status: Reported to County Board
File created: 10/16/2024 In control: County Board
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action:
Title: AUTHORIZING THE USE OF STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FOR ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT (AID) TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES IN KANE COUNTY AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. Exec. Sum., 2. , 3. , 4.
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AUTHORIZING THE USE OF STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FOR ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT (AID) TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES IN KANE COUNTY AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT

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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, the Association for Individual Development has made a request in the amount of $300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) of SLFRF to support the expansion of access to mental health and crisis support services in Kane County for the purpose of responding to the COVID-19 public emergency or its negative economic impacts; and

WHEREAS, AID created and Illinois Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health (IDHS-DMH) partially funded, a Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT). The MCRT is an intervention available 24 hours a day, 365 da...

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