Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Budget Committee met June 22.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
On June 22, 2023, the Budget Committee met at The Illinois Room at 555 W. Monroe, Chicago, Illinois and at the State Capitol, 301 S. 2nd Street, Room 100, Springfield, Illinois, to discuss and take actions regarding:
• American Rescue Plan Act
• Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
• Safe From the Start
• Violent Crime Witness Protection Program
• Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
• Death Penalty Abolition Fund
• National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act
• Justice Assistance Grants
• Violence Against Women Act – Sexual Assault Services Programs
• Victims of Crime Act
Authority members and designees present were:
| Budget Committee Member Attendance | Present | Video
Conference | Absent |
| Jason Hernandez for Cook Co. Sheriff Tom Dart | X | ||
| Nicole Kramer for Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx | X | ||
| Mary Morrissey for Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly | X | ||
| Peter Kocerka for Cook Co. Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. | X | ||
| John Carroll for Attorney General Kwame Raoul | X |
| Other Authority Member Attendance | Present | Video Conference | Absent |
| DuPage County Circuit Court Clerk Candice Adams | X | ||
| Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Director Keith Calloway | X | ||
| Scott F. Main for State Appellate Defenders Office Director James Chadd | X | ||
| Dr. Vickii Coffey | X | ||
| State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor’s Office Director Patrick Delfino (Authority Chair) | X | ||
| Lake County Public Defender Keith Grant | X | ||
| Shelith W. Hansbro for Illinois Department of Corrections Acting Director Latoya Hughes | X | ||
| Anthony Escamilla for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez | X | ||
| Loyola CJRPP Director David Olson | X | ||
| Ali Abid for Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle | X | ||
| Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart | X | ||
| SPAC Director Kathryn Saltmarsh | X | ||
| Ryan Goodwin for Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc D. Smith | X | ||
| Dr. Amaal E. Tokars for Illinois Dept. of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra | X | ||
| Cmdr. Robert Vanna for Chicago Police Department Interim Superintendent Fred Waller | X |
Also in attendance were:
ICJIA Executive Director Delrice Adams
ICJIA Strategic Project Administrator Kimberly Atkins
ICJIA Program Supervisor Shataun Hailey
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Jude Lemrow
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Vanessa Morris
ICJIA Program Supervisor Ron Reichgelt
ICJIA Advanced Grant Specialist Luisa Salazar
ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Greg Stevens
ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Mitch Troup
ICJIA Program Manager Mary Ratliff
ICJIA Deputy General Counsel Scott Risolute
Todd Shackelford, Advocacy Network for Children
ICJIA Program Manager Cydney Wessel
Other Authority staff members and guests were present.
1. Minutes of the April 13, 2023, Budget Committee Meeting
The Budget Committee approved the minutes of the April 13, 2023, Budget Committee meeting.
2. American Rescue Plan Act
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $50,000 in SFY23-24 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to West Chicago Elementary School District 33 to support a contract with Youth Guidance to implement its Becoming A Man (BAM) program. The program will serve young men in 6th to 8th grades. The Youth Guidance program model helps students break cycles of violence, overcome life and academic obstacles, make positive choices, and remain on track for future success.
3. Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $375,400 in SFY24 Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council funds to support local family violence coordinating councils that offer local forums to share and discuss information promoting a coordinated response to family violence in communities, as described in the table below.
| Judicial
Circuit | Implementing Agency/Fiscal Agent | Amount |
| 3rd | County of Madison | $13,000 |
| 5th | Regional Office of Education #11 | $38,300 |
| 7th | Sangamon County | $38,300 |
| 10th | County of Peoria | $38,300 |
| 12th | Will County | $38,300 |
| 16th/23rd | Kendall County | $56,000 |
| 17th | Winnebago County | $38,300 |
| 18th | DuPage County | $38,300 |
| 21st | Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education #32 | $38,300 |
| 22nd | McHenry County | $38,300 |
| TOTAL | $375,400 | |
4. Safe from the Start
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $994,000 in SFY24 Safe from the Start funds to assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive and coordinated community-based models to identify, assess, and serve children, primarily ages 0 to 5, who have been exposed to violence in their home and/or community, as described in the table below.
| Implementing
Agency | Geographic Area | Designation Amount |
| Children's Advocacy Center of North & Northwest Cook County | Cook/Kane (Elk Grove, Hanover, Maine, Palatine, Schaumburg, and Wheeling Townships; Prospect Heights; Carpentersville; E. Dundee) | $122,000 |
| Center for Prevention of Abuse | Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford | $122,000 |
| Casa Central | Chicago (Austin, Belmont Cragin, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Near West Side, South Lawndale, West Town) | $96,000 |
| Child Abuse Council | Rock Island, Henry, and Mercer | $122,000 |
| Children's Home + Aid Society of Illinois | McLean | $122,000 |
| Family Focus, Inc. | Cook (Englewood and W Englewood) | $96,000 |
| Heartland Human Care Services | Cook (Pilsen, Little Village, Brighton Park, Back of the Yards, McKinley Park) | $96,000 |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Cook (Roseland, Pullman, West Pullman) | $96,000 |
| South Suburban Family Shelter, Inc. | Cook and Will (Townships include Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland, Palos, Rich, Thornton, Worth, Crete, Frankfort, Manhattan, Monee, New Lennox, Peotone, and Washington) | $122,000 |
| TOTAL | $994,000 | |
5. Violent Crime Witness Protection Program
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee set aside up to $30 million in SFY24 Violent Crime Witness Protection Program funding to support a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO). $1.5 million will be reserved for administrative purposes pursuant to the statute (Public Act 102-0756, (725 ILCS 173/ 1-25)). There will be $28.5 million that will support the NOFO. The NOFO will offer two funding tracks:
Track I: Up to $10 million will be available to be requested to support the relocation of witnesses, victims, and appropriately related persons supporting the prosecution of violent crime. The OAG, state’s attorneys’ offices, and chief executive of a police agency are eligible for this funding.
Track II: Up to $18.5 million will be made available to be requested by local law enforcement agencies to establish local violent crime witness protection programs that support the relocation of witnesses, victims, and appropriately related persons supporting the prosecution of a violent crime.
Staff anticipates releasing this NOFO in August 2023. NOFO releases are contingent upon Joint Committee on Administrative Rules review and approval. Programs resulting from this funding opportunity will have a performance period of September 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
6. Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
The Budget Committee approved an adjustment of an existing $264,100 FFY22 Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes (IREEO) designation to the Adler University Access to Higher Education in Prison Program by increasing the designation by $1,125 for a revised total designation of $265,225. Adler University will use the additional funds to support personnel costs for facilitating the courses.
7. Death Penalty Abolition Fund
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $1,163,526 in SFY24 Death Penalty Abolition Act (DPA) funds to be used for services for families of victims of homicide or murder and for training of law enforcement personnel, as described in the table below.
| Agency | Program | SFY24 |
| BUILD | Community Violence Support Services | $276,426 |
| Chicago Survivors | Family Support Services | $350,000 |
| Family Resources | Homicide and other Violent Crimes Program | $308,000 |
| Lake County Crisis Center dba A Safe Place | Expanded Crisis Response Services for Families Experiencing Trauma due to Homicide Program | $229,100 |
| TOTAL | $1,163,526 |
No action was taken on a designation recommendation of $236,707 in SFY24 DPA funds to support the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy Services to Assist Families Experiencing Trauma program and the recommendation will be addressed at a future Budget Committee meeting.
8. National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $714,935 in FFY22 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act (NFSIA) funds to improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, as described in the table below.
| Facility | NFSIA FFY22 |
| Illinois State Police | $178,734 |
| Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Lab | $178,734 |
| DuPage County Sheriff’s Office | $178,733 |
| Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner | $178,734 |
| Total: | $714,935 |
9. Justice Assistance Grants
Designation Reduction
The Budget Committee acted to reduce the FFY19 Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) designation to the Crime Strategy Analysis and Evaluation (CSAE) program from $791,667 to $755,886.
Designation Adjustment
The Budget Committee designated $35,781 in lapsing FFY19 JAG funds to extend Winnebago County’s Violent Crime Reduction in Illinois Communities grant program operations through September 2023.
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $633,334 in FFY21 JAG funds to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) to support its Crime Strategy Analysis and Evaluation Program for an eight-month period.
10. Violence Against Women Act – Sexual Assault Services Programs New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $612,528 in Violence Against Women Act / Sexual Assault Services Programs (VAWA SASP) FFY22 funds and $157,987 in future VAWA SASP FFY23 funds to the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault to serve as a lead entity and offers services to victims of sexual assault.
11. Victims of Crime Act
Designation Reductions
The Budget Committee acted to reduce FFY18 and FFY19 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) designations as described in the table below.
| Designee / Program | Reason for Lapse / Recission | FFY18
Funds | FFY19
Funds |
| Chicago, City of / Domestic Violence Hotline | Contractual funds unspent due to COVID. | $57,548 | |
| Cook County / Services to People with Multiple Victimizations | Funds remained at performance period end. | $6,178 | $672 |
| Lake County / Services to People with Multiple Victimizations | Program start date delayed over two months. | $9,443 | $72,860 |
| Remedies Renewing Lives / Services to People with Multiple Victimizations | Personnel issues relating to COVID. | $31,702 | $14,415 |
| YWCA Evanston - North Shore / Services to People with Multiple Victimizations | Supplies and contractual expenditures less than expected. Program period delayed two months. | $4,665 | $47,887 |
| Heartland Human Care / Services to People with Multiple Victimizations | Personnel, travel, reduced performance period, and supplies expenses less than expected due to COVID. | $123,340 | |
| Safe Passage / Transitional Housing | Fewer housing units available than expected. | $34,318 | |
| Remedies Renewing Lives / Transitional Housing | Supplies, personnel, and indirect costs expenses less than expected. | $79,206 | |
| WINGS / Transitional Housing | Personnel issues. | $114,790 | |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago / Transitional Housing | Personnel issues. | $111,934 | |
| Center on Halsted / Transitional Housing | Personnel issues; indirect costs less than expected. | $19,606 | |
| Build Inc. / Transitional Housing | Personnel issues. | $80,844 | |
| Reclaim 13 / Transitional Housing | Personnel issues. | $163,517 | |
| YWCA Evanston - North Shore / Transitional Housing | Travel and supplies expenses less than expected due to COVID. | $17,221 | |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinoi / Services to People with Multiple Victimizations | Personnel issues. | $12,241 | |
| Hope of East Central Illinois / Transitional Housing | Personnel issues. | $83,129 | |
| Total | $109,536 | $975,980 | |
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated FFY22 VOCA funds to support Legal Assistance for Victims of Crime programs as described in the table below.
| Agency Name | FFY22 Amount |
| Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation | $312,869 |
| Highland Park Legal Aid | $500,000 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $500,000 |
| Ascend Justice | $478,400 |
| Life Span Legal Services | $500,000 |
| Mil Mujeres | $168,625 |
| Land of Lincoln/Central | $500,000 |
| Land of Lincoln Legal/Southern | $500,000 |
| Prairie State Legal Services/Central | $500,000 |
| Prairie State Legal Service/Northern | $500,000 |
| TOTALS | $4,459,894 |
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee designated $2,547,814 million in available VOCA funds to issue a NOFO in the second quarter of 2023 for the Trauma Recovery Center Service for Victims of Crime Program. Designation recommendations resulting from this funding opportunity will be presented at the August 17, 2023, Budget Committee meeting. This NOFO will support comprehensive mental health and case management services through TRC model implementation. The TRC model serves victims of violent crime and their families in underserved communities with high levels of violence.
Public Comment
Todd Shackelford, representing the Advocacy Network for Children in Quincy, Illinois, said that he urged ICJIA to funnel its allocation of VOCA funds for court-appointed special advocate (CASA) programs to the Illinois Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates (AICASA). IACASA distributes funds to all accredited court appointed special advocate programs in Illinois. Currently, ICJIA only funds a fraction of the CASA programs in Illinois. Funding would be more effective if it was channeled through the IACASA and subject to their funding formula.
Under the Authority’s administrative rules, members shall be notified of all motions passed by a particular committee within 5 business days of any committee meeting, or prior to the next meeting of that committee, or before the next meeting of the Authority, whichever is sooner. Within 10 business days of this notice, a special meeting may be convened upon the request of 5 Authority members to discuss any action taken by a committee and to supersede the action. 2 Ill. Admin. Code 1750.340(i).
Please contact Jude Lemrow at 312-793-0893 or jude.lemrow@illinois.gov if you have any questions
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