Patrick Delfino - ICJIA Board Member | Illinois state's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor
Patrick Delfino - ICJIA Board Member | Illinois state's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Budget Committee met June 20.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
SUBJECT: Summary of Budget Committee Actions Taken on June 20, 2024
On June 20, 2024, the Budget Committee met at 555 W. Monroe, Lincoln Room - 4th Floor, Chicago, Illinois and at the ICJIA Offices, 524 South 2nd Street, Suite 220, Springfield, Illinois to discuss and take actions regarding:
• Death Penalty Abolition Fund
• National Forensic Science Improvement Act
• Community Partnership for Deflection & Substance Use Disorder Treatment • Less than Lethal Alternatives for Law Enforcement
• State Crisis Intervention Program
• Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention
• Safer Foundation
• Street Intervention Program
• Violence Prevention and Reduction
• Statewide Diversion Program
• Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
• Safe From the Start
• Co-Responder Pilot Program
• Flexible Housing Pool Reentry Pilot Program
Authority members and designees present were:
| Budget Committee Member Attendance | Present | Telephone | Absent |
| Patricia Pantoja 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 | ||
| Elizabeth Leahy 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| GRO Community Director Jerry Davis-El | X | ||
| State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor’s Office Director Patrick Delfino | X | ||
| Peoria Police Department Chief Eric Echevarria | 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 | ||
| Ryan Goodwin for Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Heidi Mueller | 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 | ||
| Fred Waller for Chicago Police Department Interim Superintendent Larry Snelling | X | ||
| Dr. Janice Phillips for Illinois Dept. of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra | X |
Sherry Cannon, Elite Community Outreach, Inc.
Betty Green, Chicago Lawndale AMACHI Mentoring Program
J. Hanley, Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office
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 Jared Pavelske, Center for Housing and Health
Noah Perkins, Chicago Youth Boxing Club
ICJIA Strategic Projects Administrator Director Mary Ratliff
ICJIA Deputy General Counsel Scott Risolute
ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Greg Stevens
Dave Thomas, Center for Housing and Health
ICJIA Program Manager Stacey Woods
Other Authority staff members and guests were present.
1. Minutes of the April 18, 2024, Budget Committee Meeting
The Budget Committee approved the minutes of the April 18, 2024, Budget Committee meeting.
2. Co-Responder Pilot Program
The Budget Committee did not address this item because staff indicated that more information needed to be collected to make a proper presentation. This item will be addressed at a future Budget Committee Meeting.
3. Death Penalty Abolition Fund
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $1,290,802 in SFY25 Death Penalty Abolition (DPA) funds as described in the table below.
| AGENCY NAME | SFY25 |
| BUILD | $207,223 |
| Chicago Survivors | $262,500 |
| Family Resources | $221,861 |
| James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | $157,805 |
| Lake County Crisis Center dba A Safe Place | $441,413 |
| TOTAL | $1,290,802 |
The Budget Committee designated $1 million in SFY25 Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) Reentry Pilot Program funds to the Center for Housing and Health for its FHP Reentry Pilot Program. The Center for Housing and Health will provide rental subsidies and case management services to individuals leaving the Illinois Department of Corrections and returning to their communities.
5. National Forensic Science Improvement Act
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $743,592 in FFY23 National Forensic Science Improvement Act funds as described in the table below.
| Facility | NFSIA FFY23 |
| DuPage County Sheriff’s Office | $75,000 |
| Illinois State Police | $222,864 |
| Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Lab | $222,864 |
| Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner | $222,864 |
| Total: | $743,592 |
The Budget Committee designated $674,199 in SFY25 Community Partnership for Deflection and Substance Use Disorder (CP) state funding as described in the table below.
| Organization | Budget |
| Kane County Sheriff’s Office | $175,000 |
| Village of Arlington Heights | $149,199 |
| Village of Mundelein | $175,000 |
| Will County Sheriff’s Office | $175,000 |
| TOTAL | $674,199 |
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $5 million in SFY25 Less Lethal Alternatives (LLA) funding to the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) to serve as a lead entity for less lethal alternatives for law enforcement grants.
8. State Crisis Intervention Program
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $344,259 in FFY23 State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) funding to the Illinois State Police (ISP) to support its Firearms Restraining Order (FRO) Outreach and Training Program.
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee set aside $655,741 in SFY23 SCIP funds to support a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for FRO outreach and training programs.
9. Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention
Recommended Designations
The Budget Committee designated $8,816,742 in SFY25 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention (CBVIP) funds to entities to support implementation of the community-based violence prevention programming as detailed in the table below.
| Grantee | SFY25 Designation |
| Alternatives | $399,074 |
| BandWith Chicago | $145,116 |
| Between Friends | $262,558 |
| Boxing Out Negativity, Inc. | $478,404 |
| CHAMPS Male Mentoring Program | $243,502 |
| Chicago Youth Boxing Club Inc. | $210,463 |
| Chicago Youth Programs | $212,280 |
| Duane Dean | $300,000 |
| Entrepreneurs Academy | $464,842 |
| Girls Inc | $434,880 |
| Greater Chatham Initiative | $374,950 |
| Hope Center Foundation | $342,427 |
| Illinois Association of Juvenile
Justice Councils | $312,528 |
| Ladies of Virtue NFP | $240,000 |
| Leaders In Transformational Education | $137,410 |
| Lost Boyz Inc. | $489,202 |
| Project H.O.O.D. Communities
Development Corporation | $477,410 |
| Reflections Foundation | $120,012 |
| Ring of Hope | $264,593 |
| River City Community Development Center | $503,491 |
| Roseland Ceasefire Project Inc. | $479,237 |
| Grantee | SFY25 Designation |
| Taking Back Our Lives | $271,478 |
| The Support Group | $479,952 |
| Trickster Cultural Center | $121,284 |
| True to Life Foundation | $330,737 |
| Vermilion County Rape Crisis Center | $211,200 |
| Youth With a Positive Direction | $509,712 |
| TOTAL | $8,816,742 |
The Budget Committee designated $1,000,000 in SFY25 state-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.
11. Street Intervention Program
The Budget Committee designated $6,694,300 in SFY25 Street Intervention Programs (SIP) 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.
12. Violence Prevention and Reduction
The Budget Committee designated $15,299,900 in SFY25 Violence Prevention and Reduction (VPR) funds to the entities listed below.
| Entity | Maximum Amount |
| Acclivus | $4,759,600 |
| Angel’s Boxing Academy | $300,000 |
| Boxing Out Negativity | $300,000 |
| Centro Corporativo Empresarial | $250,000 |
| Champs Male Mentoring Program | $200,000 |
| Chicago Lawndale AMACHI
Mentoring Program | $215,000 |
| Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club | $371,600 |
| Elite Community Outreach, Inc. | $500,000 |
| Elite Striders Drill Team | $200,000 |
| F.O.C.U.S For Our Children’s
Undistracted Success | $200,000 |
| Global Giving Foundation | $200,000 |
| Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) | $1,000,000 |
| Legacy Reentry Foundation | $2,000,000 |
| Peoria Park District | $1,000,000 |
| Proviso Leyden Council for
Community Action | $788,500 |
| Entity | Maximum Amount |
| Rockford Park District | $743,200 |
| Roseland Cease Fire | $1,350,000 |
| St. Agatha Catholic Church | $572,000 |
| Teamwork Englewood | $50,000 |
| UCAN | $300,000 |
| Total | $15,299,900 |
The Budget Committee designated $316,109 in SFY25 Statewide Diversion Program (SDP) Funds to the Winnebago County for the continued implementation of the DIVERT program.
14. Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
A. Planning Grant
The Budget Committee designated $49,000 in SFY25 Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils (IFVCC) funds to Build, Inc, to support a planning grant program designed to lead new grantees through a strategic planning process in order to be prepared to apply for an IFVCC Implementation grant.
B. Implementation Grants
The Budget Committee designated SFY25 IFVCC funds to the following entities to allow the programs to continue for 12 months, representing Year 3 of their planned three years of programming.
| Judicial Circuit | Implementing Agency/Fiscal Agent | DUNS Number | Amount |
| 5th | Regional Office of Education #11 | 790352785 | $49,000 |
| 7th | Sangamon County | 054218524 | $49,000 |
| 10th County of Peoria | 071436208 | $49,000 | |
| 12th Will County | 020035838 | $49,000 | |
| 16th/23rd | Kendall County | 361779440 | $62,000 |
| 17th Winnebago County | 010243822 | $49,000 | |
| 18th DuPage County | 135836026 | $49,000 | |
| 21st Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education #32 | 825390479 | $49,000 | |
| 22nd McHenry County | 082044694 | $49,000 | |
| TOTAL | $454,000 | ||
A. Planning Grants
The Budget Committee designated $360,000 in SFY25 Safe From the Start (SFS) funds to entities described in the table below to support a planning grant program designed to lead new grantees through a strategic planning process in order to be prepared to apply for an SFS Implementation grant.
| Implementing Agency | Geographic Area | DUNS # | Designation Amount |
| Stress and Trauma Treatment Center | Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, Williamson, and White | 117003337 | $120,000 |
| East Side Aligned | City of East St. Louis, Village of Washington Park, City of Cahokia Heights, and Village of Fairmont City | 118530449 | $120,000 |
| Safe Surroundings and Refuge | Madison County | 69808883 | $120,000 |
| TOTAL | $360,000 | ||
The Budget Committee designated SFY25 SFS funds to the following entities to allow the programs to continue for 12 months, representing Year 3 of their planned three years of programming.
| Implementing Agency | Geographic Area | DUNS # | 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) | 604536383 | $240,500 |
| Center for Prevention of Abuse | Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford | 167637503 | $240,500 |
| Casa Central | Chicago (Austin, Belmont Cragin, Hermosa, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Near West Side, South Lawndale, West Town) | 964894344 | $240,500 |
| EveryChild | Rock Island, Henry and Mercer | 604788927 | $240,500 |
| Children's Home + Aid Society of Illinois | McLean | 068479955 | $240,500 |
| Family Focus, Inc. | Cook (Englewood and W Englewood) | 096801998 | $240,500 |
| Heartland Human Care Services | Cook (Pilsen, Little Village, Brighton Park, Back of the Yards, McKinley Park) | 149584877 | $240,500 |
| Implementing Agency | Geographic Area | DUNS # | Designation Amount |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Cook (Roseland, Pullman, West Pullman) | 079745246 | $240,500 |
| Anew | Cook and Will (Townships include Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Orland, Palos, Rich, Thornton, Worth, Crete, Frankfort, Manhattan, Monee, New Lennox, Peotone and Washington) | 624770017 | $240,500 |
| TOTAL | $2,164,500 | ||
Please contact Jude Lemrow at 773-343-0404 or jude.lemrow@illinois.gov if you have any questions.
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