Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Budget Committee met July 13.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
On July 13, 2023, the Budget Committee met at The Springfield Room at 555 W. Monroe, Chicago, Illinois and at the ICJIA Offices, 524 S. 2nd Street, Suite 220, Springfield, Illinois, to discuss and take actions regarding:
• Death Penalty Abolition Fund
• Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
• Safe From the Start
• Community Law Enforcement Partnership for Deflection and Substance Abuse Treatment
• Metropolitan Family Services
• Safer Foundation Fund
• Violence Prevention and Reduction
• Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention
• Acclivus
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 General Counsel Kristina Dion
ICJIA Program Supervisor Shai Hoffman
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Jude Lemrow ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Vanessa Morris ICJIA Criminal Justice Specialist Lajuana Murphy
ICJIA Grant Specialist Kyle Schlegel
ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Greg Stevens
ICJIA Program Manager Mary Ratliff
ICJIA Deputy General Counsel Scott Risolute
Other Authority staff members and guests were present.
1. Minutes of the June 22, 2023, Budget Committee Meeting
The Budget Committee approved the minutes of the June 22, 2023, Budget Committee meeting.
2. Death Penalty Abolition Fund
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $236,707 in SFY24 appropriated Death Penalty Abolition (DPA) funds to support the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy Services to support its Assist Families Experiencing Trauma program. This funding will allow the Moran Center to provide legal representation to young people (through age 26) in Evanston involved in the criminal justice system, and case management, counseling, crisis management, and linkage to other supportive services, such as housing, food, and additional psychiatric services. This program services the City of Evanston/Evanston Township. This designation will support an additional 12 months of programming.
3. Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee set aside up to $114,900 in appropriated Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council (IFVCC) funding for the SFY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Awards will range from a minimum of $30,000 to a maximum of $38,300. Funds can be used to support a part-time local council coordinator for each council and coordination of committee work, travel, and other related activities as determined by the applicant.
The expected period of performance for Planning programs will be January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024, which may be extended by ICJIA up to an additional 12 months (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). Selected applicants are expected to be presented to the ICJIA Budget Committee in December 2023.
4. Safe from the Start
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee set aside up to $360,000 in appropriated Safe From the Start (SFS) funding for the SFY24 NOFO. Awards will range from a minimum of $60,000 to a maximum of $120,000. The SFS grant program is designed to assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive and coordinated community-based models to identify, assess, and serve children, ages 0 to 5 who have been exposed to violence in their home and/or community. Funds can be used to support personnel and fringe, training, travel, supplies, and other related activities/expenses as grantees being the SFS planning process.
The expected period of performance for Planning programs will be January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024, which may be extended by ICJIA up to an additional 12 months (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). Selected applicants are expected to be presented to the ICJIA Budget Committee in December 2023.
5. Community Law Enforcement Partnership for Deflection and Substance Abuse Treatment
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $900,000 in SFY24 appropriated Community Law Enforcement Partnership for Deflection and Substance Abuse Treatment funds, as described in the table below.
| Applicant | Maximum
Amount |
| Arlington Heights Police Department | $149,254 |
| Elk Grove Village Police Department | $151,955 |
| Kane County Sheriff Department | $225,167 |
| Village of Mundelein Police Department | $215,981 |
| City of Taylorville Police Department | $157,643 |
| Total | $900,000 |
6. Metropolitan Family Services Fund
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated up to $6,694,300 in SFY24 appropriated funds to Metropolitan Family Services to support their Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) which provides a targeted and holistic multi-tiered approach to confront gun violence in the highest risk neighborhoods of Chicago.
7. Safer Foundation Fund
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated up to $1,000,000 in SFY24 appropriated funds to Safer Foundation to support their Working 4 Peace employment programs to provide supports and employment opportunities to young adults, especially those with criminal records who are residing in or reentering their community.
8. Violence Prevention and Reduction
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $10,841,100 in SFY24 Violence Prevention and Reduction (VPR) funds to the entities listed below.
| Entity | Maximum
Amount |
| Alliance of Local Service Organizations | $197,000 |
| Boxing Out Negativity | $300,000 |
| Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Inc. | $197,000 |
| Champaign, City of | $371,600 |
| Community Lifeline | $143,200 |
| Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club | $371,600 |
| East St. Louis School District 189 | $500,000 |
| Elite Community Outreach, Inc. | $500,000 |
| F.O.C.U.S For Our Children’s Undistracted Success | $200,000 |
| Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) | $1,000,000 |
| Imagine Englewood | $100,000 |
| Institute for Non-Violence Chicago | $197,000 |
| Legacy Reentry Foundation | $1,000,000 |
| Major Adams Community Center | $197,000 |
| Peoria Park District | $1,000,000 |
| Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action | $788,500 |
| Rockford Park District | $743,200 |
| Roseland Cease Fire | $1,350,000 |
| Cook County - Southland Juvenile Justice Council | $1,200,000 |
| St. Agatha Catholic Church | $135,000 |
| Teamwork Englewood | $50,000 |
| UCAN | $300,000 |
| Total | $10,841,100 |
9. Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $6,882,769 in SFY24 Violence Prevention and Reduction (VPR) funds to augment existing designations to support implementation of the community-based violence prevention programming to the entities listed below.
| Grantee | Current
Designation | SFY24
Appropriation | Total
Designation |
| Alternatives | $565,355 | $399,074 | $964,429 |
| Area Consortium of Educational Services for Our Youth DBA: ACES 4 Youth | $766,482 | $0 | $766,482 |
| BandWith Chicago | $205,581 | $145,116 | $350,697 |
| Between Friends | $371,957 | $0 | $371,957 |
| Boxing Out Negativity, Inc. | $677,739 | $478,404 | $1,156,143 |
| CHAMPS Male Mentoring Program | $344,961 | $243,502 | $588,463 |
| Chicago Youth Boxing Club Inc. | $298,156 | $0 | $298,156 |
| Chicago Youth Programs | $300,730 | $212,280 | $513,010 |
| CircEsteem, Inc. | $619,290 | $437,146 | $1,056,436 |
| Grantee | Current
Designation | SFY24
Appropriation | Total
Designation |
| Duane Dean | $425,000 | $300,000 | $725,000 |
| Entrepreneurs Academy | $658,526 | $0 | $658,526 |
| Girls Inc | $616,080 | $434,880 | $1,050,960 |
| Greater Chatham Initiative | $531,179 | $374,950 | $906,129 |
| Hope Center Foundation | $485,105 | $342,427 | $827,532 |
| Illinois Association of Juvenile Justice Councils | $442,748 | $312,528 | $641,129 |
| Ladies of Virtue NFP | $340,000 | $240,000 | $580,000 |
| Leaders In Transformational Education | $194,664 | $137,410 | $332,074 |
| Lost Boyz Inc. | $693,036 | $489,202 | $1,182,238 |
| Project H.O.O.D. Communities
Development Corporation | $676,331 | $0 | $676,331 |
| Reflections Foundation | $170,017 | $0 | $170,017 |
| Ring of Hope | $374,840 | $264,593 | $639,433 |
| River City Community Development Center | $713,279 | $0 | $713,279 |
| Roseland Ceasefire Project Inc. | $678,919 | $479,237 | $1,158,156 |
| Taking Back Our Lives | $384,594 | $271,478 | $656,072 |
| The Blessed Child | $677,657 | $478,346 | $1,156,003 |
| The Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago | $600,270 | $0 | $600,270 |
| The Support Group | $679,932 | $0 | $679,932 |
| Trickster Cultural Center | $171,819 | $121,284 | $293,103 |
| True to Life Foundation | $468,544 | $0 | $468,544 |
| Vermilion County Rape Crisis Center | $299,200 | $211,200 | $510,400 |
| Youth With a Positive Direction | $722,092 | $509,712 | $1,231,804 |
| TOTAL | $15,154,083 | $6,882,769 | $22,036,852 |
10. Acclivus Fund
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated up to $7,500,000 in SFY24 appropriated funds to Acclivus to support their violence prevention program for 12 months, representing the 4th year of programming.
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