July 13, 2016 Planning and Grants Committee Meeting

Audience

Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission Planning and Grants Members and Staff. The public is welcome to attend.

Date/Time

July 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Location

  • 401 S Clinton
    General Counsel's 6th Floor Video Conference Room
    Chicago, IL
  • 815 E Monroe
    Springfield, IL
  • Call In: 888-494-4032 Code: 5329547331#

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call
  3. Approval of Minutes
  4. Fiscal Updates
  5. Program Updates
    1. Current grants / projects
    2. System Improvement Grant Discussion
    3. Expungement report
    4. Other
  6. New Business
  7. Public Comment
  8. Next Meeting
  9. Adjournment

Minutes

  1. Call to Order
    The Meeting was called to order at 9:04 am.
  2. Roll Call
    IJJC Chairman George Timberlake, Planning and Grants Chairperson Lisa Jacobs, Rick Velasquez, George Hill, Esther Franco-Payne, Julie Biehl.  Quorum present. 
    Staff:  Karima Douglas. Guests:  Susan Witkin. 
  3. III. Approval of Minutes
    Commissioner Velasquez motioned to approve.  Commissioner Hill seconded.  Minutes approved.
  4. Fiscal Updates
    The Committee reviewed the grant spending for Commission grantees as of 5/10/16. There is still one more month of expenditures owed before the end of the fiscal year but 65% of the total award has been spent.
    The Committee also discussed the impact of the state budget impasse on state contracts for grantees and diversion providers like CCBYS and Redeploy. Now that we are entering a new fiscal year, IJJC Chairman Timberlake suggests that the Commission review the ways in which providers were changed by delayed/reduced payments and how those changes may impact the juvenile justice system. Planning and Grants Chairperson Jacobs suggests discussing these issues in greater detail at the full Commission meeting on July 20, 2016.The issues to be discussed are 1) the details of the "stopgap budget" and how it includes Redeploy/CCBYS, 2) GATA requirements, 3) FY17 ICOY Contract. Karima Douglas will reach out to the ICOY Policy Director, to present on the stopgap budget and Karrie Rueter, DHS Associate Director of Youth Intervention Services Bureau to present on GATA requirements. Karima will also present on the ongoing deliverables under the ICOY contract.
  5. Program Updates
    1. Current grants/projects
    2. System Improvement Grant Discussion
    3. Expungement report
    4. Other
  6. New Business
    Grant request from IDJJ/Vera Institute aftercare youth. The request is to send five youth to an upcoming Center for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) conference. The request is for $5360.95 to cover the cost of flights, ground transportation, discounted conference registration fee and hotel. The Committee agreed that this was a worthwhile investment for the Commission and asked that the youth report back to the Commission on what they learned at the conference. Motion to approve full funding by Commissioner Velasquez.  Commissioner Hill seconded the motion.IJJC Chairman George Timberlake abstained. Motion carried. The funding will be brought for a vote at the Commission meeting on July 20, 2016.
  7. Public Comment
    None.
  8. Next Meeting Date
    August 10, 2016.
  9. Adjournment
    Commissioner Biehl motioned to adjourn and Commissioner Hill seconded the motion.  Meeting adjourned at 10:18 am.