David E. Olson, PhD. - Chair | ICJIA Board | Loyola University Chicago
David E. Olson, PhD. - Chair | ICJIA Board | Loyola University Chicago
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Budget Committee met Dec. 14.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
On December 14, 2023, the Budget Committee met at Michael A. Bilandic Building, 160 N. LaSalle St., Room N502, Chicago, Illinois and at the ICJIA Offices, 524 S. 2nd Street, Suite 220, Springfield, Illinois, to discuss and take actions regarding:
• American Rescue Plan Act – Trauma Recovery Centers
• Justice Assistance Grants
• Prison Rape Elimination Act
• Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
• Safe From the Start
• Violence Against Women Act
• Victims of Crime Act
• State Crisis Intervention Program
• Community Partnership for Deflection and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
• Bullying Prevention
• Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
• Violence Prevention and Reduction
Authority members and designees present were:
| Budget Committee Member Attendance | Present | Telephone | Absent |
| Jason Hernandez for Cook Co. Sheriff Tom Dart | X | ||
| Illinois Justice Project Director Ahmadou Dramé (Budget Committee Chair) | X | ||
| Nicole Kramer for Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx | X | ||
| Lt. Colonel Daniel Likens for Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly | X | ||
| Peter Kocerka for Cook Co. Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. | X | ||
| Loyola CJRPP Director David Olson (Authority Chair) | X | ||
| John Carroll for Attorney General Kwame Raoul | X |
| Other Authority Member Attendance | Present | Telephone | 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 | X | ||
| Lake County Public Defender Keith Grant | X | ||
| Shelith Hansbro for Illinois Department of Corrections Acting Director Latoya Hughes | X | ||
| Anthony Escamilla for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez | X | ||
| Senior Director of Inclusive Engagement for the University of Illinois at Chicago Kendal Parker | X | ||
| Ali Abid for Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle | X | ||
| Steve Spagnolo for Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart | X | ||
| Ryan Goodwin for Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc D. Smith | X | ||
| Dr. Janice Phillips for Illinois Dept. of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra | X | ||
| Cmdr. Robert Vanna for Chicago Police Department Interim Superintendent Fred Waller | X |
ICJIA Executive Director Delrice Adams
ICJIA Program Supervisor Shataun Hailey
ICJIA Program Supervisor Shai Hoffman
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Jude Lemrow ICJIA Strategic Project Administrator Michael Lynch
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Vanessa Morris Ryan Nottingham, Illinois Department of Corrections
ICJIA Program Director Mary Ratliff
ICJIA Program Manager Ron Reichgelt
ICJIA Deputy General Counsel Scott Risolute
Lynn Romanotto, Illinois State Police
ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Greg Stevens ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Mitch Troup ICJIA Program Supervisor Cydney Wessel
Lance Williams, Acclivus
Oscar Zepeda, Centro Corporativo Empresarial
Other Authority staff members and guests were present.
Authority Board Chair David Olson appointed Ahmadou Dramé to serve as Budget Committee Chair for this and future Budget Committee meetings.
1. Minutes of the October 19, 2023, Budget Committee Meeting
The Budget Committee approved the minutes of the October 19, 2023, Budget Committee meeting.
2. American Rescue Plan Act – Trauma Recovery Centers
Designation Increases
The Budget Committee designated SFY24 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)funds to augment existing SFY22 ARPA designations as described in the table below.
| Agency | SFY22
Designation | SFY24
Increase | Revised
Designation |
| Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation dba Advocate Christ Medical Center | $1,747,650 | $1,750,000 | $3,497,650 |
| Southland RISE and Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) Partnership | $500,000 | $500,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Total Designation | $2,250,000 | $2,247,650 | $4,497,650 |
Designation Adjustments
The Budget Committee moved to re-designate FFY20 and FFY21 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds for three Violent Crime Reduction in Illinois Communities programs as follows:
| Entity - Program | JAG
FFY20 | JAG
FFY21 | Total: |
| Winnebago Co | $149,577 | $132,961 | $282,538 |
| Lake County | $200,000 | $100,000 | $300,000 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | $200,000 | $83,334 | $283,334 |
| Totals | $549,577 | $316,295 | $865,872 |
The Budget Committee increased the existing $633,334 FFY20 JAG designation to the Illinois Statistical Analysis Center by $316,666 for an adjusted designation total of $950,000.
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee set aside $950,000 in JAG FFY21 funds to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that will help achieve Goal #5 detailed in the JAG 2019 - 2024 Strategic Plan, which is: Support the Illinois Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) to assist the state in criminal justice planning, data analysis, evaluation, and identification of evidence-based or informed practices. It is anticipated that the NOFO will be released in the spring of 2024. Designations resulting from this NOFO will be presented at a future Budget Committee meeting.
4. Prison Rape Elimination Act
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $127,984 in FFY22 and $146,447 in FFY23 PREA funds to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to support their Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Compliance Program, specifically the implementation of a centralized PREA database/case management system.
5. Illinois Family Violence Coordination Councils
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $36,700 in SFY24 Illinois Family Violence Coordination Councils (IFVCC) funds to Build, Inc. to allow for 6 months of funding for planning programs, representing the first 6 months of their planned 18 months of programming.
6. Safe from the Start
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated SFY24 SFS funds to the following entities to allow for 6 months of funding for planning programs, representing the first 6 months of their planned 18 months of programming.
| Implementing Agency | Geographic Area | Designation |
| Stress and Trauma Treatment Center | Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, Williamson, and White | $120,000 |
| East Side Aligned | City of East St. Louis, Village of Washington Park, City of Cahokia Heights, and Village of Fairmont City | $120,000 |
| Safe Surroundings and Refuge | Madison County | $120,000 |
| TOTAL | $360,000 | |
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated Violence Against Women Act funds to the following entities as described below.
| Entity | Program | FFY21
Amount | FFY22
Amount | FFY23
Amount |
| Kankakee County
Probation Department | Sexual Assault MDT | $126,511 | ||
| Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office | Domestic Violence MDT | $700,000 | ||
| Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office | Sexual Assault MDT | $700,000 | ||
| Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office | Sexual Assault MDT | $573,489 | ||
| Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office | Domestic Violence MDT | $700,000 | ||
| St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office | Domestic Violence MDT | $700,000 | ||
| Total | $126,511 | $1,973,489 | $1,400,000 | |
Designation Reductions
The Budget Committee reduced FFY18, FFY19, and FFY20 designations to Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) programs by the amounts described in the table below.
| Designee / Program | Reason for Lapse / Recission | FFY18
Funds | FFY19
Funds | FFY20
Funds |
| A Safe Place / Illinois HEALS | Staffing and subcontracts/subawards expenses lower than expected. | $247,420 | ||
| Advocate Christ Medical Center / Trauma Recovery Centers | Staffing issues, reduced need for travel. | $52,565 | ||
| Advocate Condell Medical Center / Trauma Recovery Centers | Staffing issues, reduced travel & contractual services. | $68,259 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago / Illinois HEALS | Travel, Supplies and Contractual costs lower than expected. | $7,862 | ||
| Chicago Department of Family and Support Services / Domestic Violence Hotline | Contractual funds unexpended. | $1,273 | ||
| Child 1st Center / Illinois HEALS | Reduced staffing. | $2,917 | ||
| Egyptian Health Department / Illinois HEALS | Reduced number of planned participating partners. | $255,020 | ||
| Egyptian Health Department / Illinois HEALS | Reduced participation/need for subawardees, staffing challenges. | $198,062 | ||
| Erie Neighborhood House / Illinois HEALS | Staffing issues; supplies costs lower than expected. | $82,081 | ||
| Hoyleton Youth and Family Services / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues. | $83,276 | ||
| Hoyleton Youth and Family Services / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues. | $10,999 | ||
| Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority / InfoNet | Travel funds not spent; personnel issues. | $115,994 | ||
| Macon County CASA / Court Appointed Special Advocates Victim Assistance | Agency went into Stop Pay and was without an Executive Director for some time. | $47,797 | ||
| OSF Healthcare System DBA St. Anthony Hospital / Trauma Recovery Centers | Staffing issues. | $152,614 | ||
| OSF Healthcare System St. Francis Medical Center / Trauma Recovery Centers | Staffing issues, reduced need for supplies. | $292,772 | ||
| Restoration61 / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues, other reduced spending. | $99,622 |
| Restoration61 / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues, reduced spending in all other categories. | $95,864 | ||
| City of Rockford / Illinois HEALS | Contractual costs lower than expected. | $48,389 | ||
| Southern Illinois University School of Medicine / Trauma Recovery Centers | Staffing issues, reduced need for travel & supplies, reduced indirect costs. | $51,366 | ||
| Stress and Trauma Treatment Center / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues, reduced spending in all other categories. | $33,025 | ||
| UCAN / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues, reduced spending in all other categories. | $30,218 | ||
| UCAN / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Late program start, staffing issues, reduced spending in other categories. | $109,278 | ||
| Universal Family Connection / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Grantee lapsed funds due to COVID. | $82,269 | ||
| University of Illinois at Chicago / Illinois HEALS | Reduced participation from subawardees and subcontractors. | $46,216 | ||
| Total | $1,867,951 | $298,410 | $47,797 | |
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated FFY22 VOCA funds as described below.
| Agency Name | Program | FFY22 |
| Advocacy Network for Children | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $90,584 |
| CASA of Boone County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $76,306 |
| CASA of Cook County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $135,000 |
| CASA of DeKalb County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $134,279 |
| Every Child | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $135,000 |
| CASA Kane County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $134,825 |
| CASA Lake County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $135,000 |
| CASA of McLean County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $135,000 |
| CASA of River Valley | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $134,784 |
| CASA of Sangamon County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $134,990 |
| CASA of Southwestern Illinois | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $135,000 |
| CASA of Winnebago County | Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance | $134,780 |
| Cook County State's Attorney's Office | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $500,000 |
| Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $91,248 |
| Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $196,343 |
| Lake County State's Attorney's Office | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $200,000 |
| McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $78,676 |
| City of Rolling Meadows Police Department | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $81,641 |
| St. Clair County States Attorney | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $85,000 |
| Village of Wheeling Police Department | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $182,000 |
| Williamson County State's Attorney | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $92,850 |
| Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office | Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services | $199,994 |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Services for Victims of
Human Trafficking | $200,000 |
| Heartland Human Care Services | Services for Victims of Human Trafficking | $200,000 |
| Life Span | Services for Victims of Human Trafficking | $175,000 |
| Remedies Renewing Lives | Services for Victims of Human Trafficking | $175,000 |
| TOTAL | $3,973,300 | |
New Notices of Funding Opportunity
Targeted Public Information, Outreach, and Training
The Budget Committee set aside $1 million in State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) FFY23 funds to issue a NOFO for grants to state agencies to develop and implement effective and equitable targeted public information, outreach, and training strategies. This NOFO will focus on outreach to system partners as well as potential firearms restraining order (FRO) petitioners that are at a higher-risk and those with barriers impacting support and use of by using trusted messengers to both help craft targeted, meaningful, effective content and facilitate delivery of training.
Local Implementation Support
The Budget Committee set aside $3,810,999 in SCIP FFY23 funds to issue a NOFO for grants to local agencies for FRO implementation support.
10. Community Partnership for Deflection and Substance Use Disorder Treatment New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee set aside $1 million in Community Partnership for Deflection and Substance Use Disorder Treatment (CP) SFY25 funds to issue a NOFO for grants to provide funding to law enforcement, other first responders, and local government agencies to develop and implement collaborative deflection programs in Illinois that offer immediate pathways to substance use treatment and other services as an alternative to traditional case processing and involvement in the criminal justice system, and to unnecessary admission to emergency departments.
11. Bullying Prevention
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated SFY24 Bullying Prevention (BP) funds to the following entities.
| AGENCY NAME | SFY24 |
| People Matter | $74,378 |
| Stress and Trauma Treatment Center | $74,970 |
| TOTAL | $149,348 |
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $500,000 in FFY23 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) funds to hire contractual personnel who will provide project management as Illinois State Police develops a new records management system.
13. Violence Prevention and Reduction
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $250,000 in SFY24 Violence Prevention and Reduction (VPR) funds to the Centro Corporativo Empresarial for their youth engagement program.
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).
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