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 Oct. 24.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
On October 24, 2024, the Budget Committee met at The Michael A. Bilandic Building, 160 N. LaSalle Street, Room N-505, Chicago, Illinois and at the ICJIA Offices, 524 South 2nd Street, Suite 220, Springfield, Illinois to discuss and take actions regarding:
• Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
• Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
• Safe From the Start
• Justice Assistance Grants
• Restore, Reinvest, and Renew
• Violence Against Women Act
• Victims of Crime Act
• Institute 2 Innovate
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 | ||
| Dan Likens for Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly | X | ||
| Patricia Jjemba 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 | ||
| 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 Superintendent Larry Snelling | X | ||
| Dr. Janice Phillips for Illinois Dept. of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra | X |
ICJIA Executive Director Delrice Adams
ICJIA Program Manager Jashay Fisher-Fowler
ICJIA Program Manager Samuel Hadley
ICJIA Program Manager Shataun Hailey
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Jude Lemrow ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Risé Maye
ICJIA Federal & State Grant Unit Administrative Assistant Vanessa Morris ICJIA Deputy General Counsel Scott Risolute
ICJIA Federal & State Grants Unit Director Greg Stevens ICJIA Program Director Webster Vital
ICJIA Program Manager Cydney Wessel
ICJIA Program Manager Aisha Williams
Other Authority staff members and guests were present.
1. Minutes of the August 29, 2024, Budget Committee Meeting
The Budget Committee approved the minutes of the August 29, 2024, Budget Committee meeting.
2. Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated $2,500,000 in FFY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) funds to entities to support CVIPI programming as detailed in the table below.
| Applicant | Designation Approved 8-29-24 (Yr. 1) | Additional Funds (Yr. 1) | Year 2 Designation (Yr. 2) | Total Designation |
| New Eclipse Community Alliance | $270,844 | $23,559 | $319,523 | $614,014 |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $226,167 | $19,673 | $266,816 | $512,729 |
| Roseland Ceasefire | $163,206 | $14,196 | $192,539 | $369,994 |
| Build, Inc. | $239,783 | $20,857 | $282,878 | $543,518 |
| Total | $900,000 | $78,285 | $1,061,756 | $2,040,041 |
| Additional Applicants | |||
| Applicant | Year 1 | Year 2 | Total Designation |
| Angel Of God | $300,000 | $325,500 | $625,500 |
| Breakthrough Urban Ministries | $125,577 | $139,506 | $268,083 |
| Southwest Organizing Project | $214,461 | $232,690 | $447,151 |
| Total | $640,038 | $697,696 | $1,337,734 |
3. Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee approved a set-aside of $490,000 in Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council (IFVCC) SFY26 funds to support a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support a part-time local council coordinator for each council and coordination of committee work, training, travel, and other related activities as determined by the local council planning/steering committees. The expected period of performance for the IFVCC Implementation program will be July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026. Selected applicants to be presented to the ICJIA Budget Committee in late June of 2025.
4. Safe From the Start
New Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Budget Committee approved a set-aside of $2,868,000 in Safe From the Start (SFS) SFY26 funds to support a NOFO to support personnel and fringe, training, travel, supplies, and other related activities/expenses for programs 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. The expected period of performance for the SFS Implementation program will be July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026. Selected applicants to be presented to the ICJIA Budget Committee in late June of 2025.
5. Justice Assistance Grants
New Notices of Funding Opportunity
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Disorders, and Housing for Justice-Involved Persons
The Budget Committee approved a set-aside of $1,400,000 for twelve months of programming in available JAG FFY22 funds; to issue a NOFO that will help achieve Priority 1 and 7 detailed in the Illinois Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Strategic Plan 2024 – 2029, which are: Priority 1: Address mental health and substance use disorders for justice-involved persons. Priority 7: Support housing needs for justice involved persons. It is anticipated that the NOFO will be released in the first quarter of 2025. Designations resulting from this NOFO will be presented at a future Budget Committee meeting.
Public Defense Services
The Budget Committee approved a set-aside of $850,000 for twelve months of programming in available JAG FFY22 funds; to issue a NOFO that will help achieve Priority 6 detailed in the Illinois Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Strategic Plan 2024 – 2029, which is: Priority 6: Support public defense services. It is anticipated that the NOFO will be released in the second quarter of 2025. Designations resulting from this NOFO will be presented at a future Budget Committee meeting.
6. Restore, Reinvest, and Renew
New Designation
The Budget Committee designated $862, 532 in Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) SFY25 funds to Bridget to Freedom to support R3 programming in the Cook-Chicago Southern region.
7. Violence Against Women Act
Designation Reductions
The Budget Committee acted to reduce designations to reflect Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funds recently returned to ICJIA as described in the table below.
| Designee / Program | Reason for Lapse / Recission | FFY21 Funds |
| Cook County State's Attorney's Office / Sexual Assault Multi-Disciplinary Team Response | Funds unspent at performance period end. | $71,530 |
| Cook County State's Attorney's Office / Domestic Violence Multi-Disciplinary Team Response | Funds unspent at performance period end. | $102,341 |
| St. Clair County State's Attorney's Office / Domestic Violence Multi-Disciplinary Team Response | Funds unspent at performance period end. | $2,073 |
| Total | $175,945 | |
New Designations
The Budget Committee designated VAWA funds to support Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) programs as described in the table below.
| Entity | Program | FFY21
Amount | FFY23
Amount | FFY24
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 | ||
| Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office | Domestic Violence MDT | $700,000 | ||
| Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office | Sexual Assault MDT | $573,489 | ||
| St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office | Domestic Violence MDT | $700,000 | ||
| Total | $126,511 | $2,100,000 | $1,273,489 | |
Designation Reductions
The Budget Committee acted to reduce designations to reflect Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds recently returned to ICJIA as described in the table below.
| Designee / Program | Reason for Lapse /
Recission | FFY19
Funds | FFY20
Funds |
| Chicago Survivors / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Funds unspent at performance period end. | $57,122 | |
| Lake County Crisis Center dba A Safe Place / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Less staff and contractual services needed than expected. | $222,197 | |
| Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Personnel funds unspent. | $10,607 | |
| Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Staffing issues. | $64,482 | |
| Remedies Renewing Lives / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Personnel shortage. | $47,254 | |
| St. Anthony Hospital / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Funds unspent at performance period end. | $398,009 | |
| YWCA Evanston - North Shore / Services to Victims with Multiple Victimizations | Less contractual expenses than expected. | $1,839 | |
| Lake County CASA / County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Victim Assistance | Staffing issues. | $9,757 | |
| Sangamon County CASA / County Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Victim Assistance | Staffing issues. | $2,901 | |
| CASA of Southwestern Illinois / County Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Victim Assistance | Staff vacancy. | $26,010 | |
| Winnebago County CASA / County Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Victim Assistance | Staffing issues. | $30,771 | |
| Total | $57,122 | $813,827 | |
Court-Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance Program
The Budget Committee designated $1,515,548 in FFY23 VOCA funds to support Court Appointed Special Advocate Victim Assistance Program services as described in the table below.
| Agency Name | FFY23 Amount |
| Advocacy Network for Children | $90,584 |
| CASA of Boone County | $76,306 |
| CASA of Cook County | $135,000 |
| CASA of DeKalb County | $134,279 |
| Every Child | $135,000 |
| CASA Kane County | $134,825 |
| CASA Lake County | $135,000 |
| CASA of McLean County | $135,000 |
| CASA of River Valley | $134,784 |
| CASA of Sangamon County | $134,990 |
| CASA of Southwestern Illinois | $135,000 |
| CASA of Winnebago County | $134,780 |
| TOTALS | $1,515,548 |
The Budget Committee designated $1,707,752 in FFY23 VOCA funds to support Law Enforcement/Prosecution Victim Assistance Services Program services as described in the table below.
| Agency Name | FFY23 Amount |
| Cook County State's Attorney's Office | $500,000 |
| Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office | $91,248 |
| Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office | $196,343 |
| Lake County State's Attorney's Office | $200,000 |
| McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office | $78,676 |
| City of Rolling Meadows Police Department | $81,641 |
| St. Clair County States Attorney | $85,000 |
| Village of Wheeling Police Department | $182,000 |
| Williamson County State's Attorney | $92,850 |
| Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office | $199,994 |
| TOTALS | $1,707,752 |
The Budget Committee designated $750,000 in FFY23 VOCA funds to support Services for Victims of Human Trafficking as described in the table below.
| Agency Name | FFY23 Amount |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | $200,000 |
| Heartland Human Care Services | $200,000 |
| Life Span | $175,000 |
| Remedies Renewing Lives | $175,000 |
| TOTALS | $750,000 |
The Budget Committee designated $121,071 in FFY23 VOCA funds to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office to serve as an Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) bridge grant for staffing related to a mass violence incident in Highland Park on July 4, 2022. Funding will cover cost for a victim services specialist and a social worker, as well as supplies for a six-month grant period. This will allow the agency to begin working with victims prior to the AEAP grant award.
9. Institute 2 Innovate
The Budget Committee approved a set-aside of $2,500,000 in SFY25 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds; to issue a NOFO to support the Government Alliance for Safe Communities (GASC) Capacity Building Network for Community Safety program. The
GASC Capacity Building Network for Community Safety will serve as a centralized hub for community-based organizations, providing tailored technical assistance, training, and capacity-building services. The anticipated program performance period will be January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, with potential extensions contingent on performance and available funds.
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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