December 10, 2014 Planning and Grants Committee

Audience

Planning and Grants Members and Staff.  The public is welcome to attend. 

Date/Time

December 10, 2014, 9:00am to 11:00am

  • Location

  • 160 N LaSalle
    10th Floor
    Chicago, IL
  • 823 E Monroe
    Springfield, IL
  • Call In:  888-494-4032
    Code: 5329547331#

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call
  3. Approval of Minutes - November 8, 2014
  4. Fiscal Update
    1. ICOY Expenditures
  5. Annual Report
  6. Application for SFY16 Contracts
  7. Funding Requests
    1. Pay for Success Evaluation Plan
    2. Mikva Challenge for Expunge.io
  8. New Business
  9. Adjourn

Minutes

  1. Call to Order
    Meeting was called to order at 9:11am.
  2. Roll Call
    Chairman Lisa Jacobs, IJJC Chairman George Timberlake, Julie Biehl, George Hill, Esther Franco-Payne, Rick Velasquez, Samantha Fields. Quorum declared present. Staff: Rob Vickery, Julie Stremlau, Karima Douglas. Guests: Andrea Durbin, Susan Witkin.
  3. Approval of Minutes - November 8, 2014
    Commissioner Velasquez motioned to approve the minutes and Commissioner Hill seconded. Minutes approved.
  4. Fiscal Update
    Executive Director, Rob Vickery talked about the federal funds that will lapse. The amount is not as high as expected. Chairman Jacobs thanked Rob Vickery, Julie Stremlau and the DHS Fiscal Staff for their work on this.
    1. ICOY Expenditures
      DMC Coordinator, Karima Douglas gave the overview of the ICOY expenditures. A handout was provided. The group reviewed information and asked questions about the expenditures. Andrea Durbin, ICOY CEO further explained expenditures and answered Commissioner's questions.
  5. Annual Report
    The group discussed the new focus of the report as designated by OJJDP and what the IJJC would like to continue to concentrate on. Work will continue.
  6. Application for SFY16 Contracts
    Chairman Jacobs explained the contracts for 2016. The operation, analysis and program focus was reviewed. They discussed the use of a "letter of intent". The group discussed the timelines, calendar of meetings to process and deadlines, amounts of contracts, etc. The IJJC plans to be stricter with amounts allotted as it appears the agencies did not spend what they thought. Juvenile Justice Councils will be mandated, also fulfilling the JCEC role, and we will incorporate deliverables and deadlines for councils. Juvenile Justice Council will create a local plan and applications for funding should support this plan. The group discussed the current priority areas. Some of the JABG contracts we currently have we inherited and we need to change that and make them collaborative with Councils as a priority, no isolated proposals. The Planning and Grants Committee is to get approval from the Executive Committee for the strategy it develops and recommends. Commissioner Biehl motioned to approve this plan of action. Commissioner Velasquez seconded the motion. All in favor, motion passed.
  7. Funding Requests
    1. Pay for Success Evaluation Plan
      Scott Kleiman a Fellow from the Governor's office gave the presentation and requested $114,434 from the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission to support planning and pilot phase evaluation activities conducted by the Research and Evaluation Team. The members of the Committee need more information on this proposal. Will review again.
    2. Mikva Challenge for Expunge.io
      Mikva request was moved to Executive Committee for review due to time constraints.
  8. New Business
    None noted.
  9. Adjourn
    Commissioner Velasquez motioned to end the meeting, Commissioner Biehl seconded. Meeting adjourned at 11:12am.