The finance committee of the Cook County Board will come in order and the secretary will call the roll.

Thank you, Chairman.

Commissioner Aguilar?

Here.

Commissioner Naya.

Present.

Commissioner Britton?

Here.

Commissioner Degnan.

Present.

Commissioner Gaynor is excused.

Commissioner Laurie.

Present.

Commissioner McCaskill.

Commissioner Miller.

Commissioner Moore.

Is absent.

Commissioner Morita.

Commissioner Kevin Morrison.

Is absent.

Commissioner Sean Morrison.

Sean Morrison present.

Commissioner Scott?

Present.

Commissioner Stamps.

Present.

Commissioner Trevor?

Here.

Commissioner Vasquez.

Chairman Daly is present.

Please mute yourself if you Commissioner Gaynor, are you participating remotely?

I see you connected.

Chairman, let me I am participating remotely.

Chairman, let me revisit the roll call.

We're going to add Commissioner Gaynor as remote participation.

And you do have a quorum.

The following members are currently absent.

Commissioner Moore and Commissioner Kevin Morrison, I will add to the row as well.

So Chairman, currently you have Commissioner Moore absent.

All other members are present.

You do have a quorum.

Commissioner Lowry moves, second by Commissioner.

Commissioner Aguilar, your vote, sir.

Aye.

Commissioner Naya.

Aye.

Commissioner Britton.

Aye.

Commissioner Degnan.

Aye.

Commissioner Gaynor.

Commissioner Gaynor, your vote, ma'am.

Gainer's aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

Commissioner I'm sorry, Vice Chair Laurie.

Commissioner McCaskill.

Following votes were all aye.

Commissioner Miller.

Commissioner Moore is absent.

Commissioner Morita.

Commissioner Kevin Morrison.

Commissioner Sean Morrison.

Sean Morrison and I.

Commissioner Scott?

Aye.

Commissioner Stamps.

Aye.

Commissioner Trevor?

Aye.

And Commissioner Vasquez.

Aye.

Chairman Daly, your vote, sir.

Chairman is aye.

Chairman 16 ayes.

One absent vote for Commissioner Moore.

Before I uh Bill, let me thank you on behalf of the board for what you as you started out at the last meeting, extending our TPS simply to the entire dear family.

Do they're in our thoughts and for ours constantly.

And um we had the moment of silence, but they will be remembered by all of us.

We'll begin with uh public speakers.

Chairman, there are no speakers currently registered for your meeting.

I do want to uh alert the board that there is a supplemental agenda in your um motions for today.

It's item number 26117, which is the Comptroller report, and then there is an errata for item number 260828, which is found on page 10 of the finance agenda.

Commissioner Lowry.

Thank you, Chairman.

I now move approval of the finance committee minutes for the meeting held on my in March of 2026.

That's item number two six-1133.

Second it's been moved by Commissioner Lowry, second by Commissioner Brennan to approve item number two six one one three three.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed motion carries.

Commissioner Brennan.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman, members of the committee.

I move to receive and file item 261049, the quarter's report for February and March of 2026.

To approve the special court cases on pages two and three, to approve the proposed settlements on pages three and six through three through six to approve 261056, the workers' compensation settlement decisions report for March through April 2026.

Approved 261068, workers' compensation claims report February 1 to the end of February 2026.

To approve item 261102, the workers' compensation claim report for April.

To approve 261067, the quarterly litigation disbursement record for quarter one fiscal year 2026, December through February 2026.

Approved 261105, the patient and rescue claims report for February 1 through February 28.

Approved 260969, the self-insurance claims report for March.

To approve 261066, the claims recovery settlements for the month ending March 31, 2026.

That's been moved by Commissioner Bremen.

Second by Commissioner Degnan.

Do receive and file item 261049, which is the court orders, approval uh the special cases, uh special uh court orders two through three two through three proposed settlement letters three three through six approved two six one zero five six approved two six one zero six eight approved two six one one zero two approved two six one zero six seven approved two six one one zero five approved two six zero nine six nine approved two six one zero six six any questions on any of these matters all the real cloud commissioner Aguilar your vote sir aye commissioner Naya Commissioner Britton Aye Commissioner Degnan Commissioner Gaynor Gayner's aye vice chair Laurie Aye Commissioner McCaskill Commissioner Miller Miller aye previous votes were all aye commissioner Moore is absent commissioner Morita Commissioner Kevin Morrison is absent for the moment Commissioner Sean Morrison Morrison aye commissioner

Special uh court orders two three three two through three proposed settlement letters three three through six approved two six one zero five six approved two six one zero six eight approved two six one one zero two approved two six one zero six seven approved two six one one zero five approved two six zero nine six nine approved two six one zero six six any questions on any of these matters although roll call Commissioner Aguilar your vote sir aye Commissioner Naya Commissioner Britton Aye Commissioner Decknan Commissioner Gaynor Gayner's aye Vice Chair Laurie Aye Commissioner McCasco Aye Commissioner Miller Miller aye previous votes were all aye commissioner more is absent commissioner marita commissioner Kevin Morrison is absent for the moment Commissioner Sean Morrison Sean Morrison aye commissioner Scott Aye Previous votes were all aye commissioner Stamps Aye Commissioner Trevor Aye Commissioner Vasquez Chairman Aye Chairman you have 15 ayes to absent yeah minus are approved Commissioner Kevin Morrison the items are approved Commissioner Sean Morrison Chairman I moved to receive and file item number 26-1065 which is the controller's report for the three-month period ending on February the 28th of 2026 also move to receive and file item number 261117 which is a supplemental agenda found on the supplemental agenda controllers analysis of revenues and expenses report for the 12 month to month ending november 30th of 2025 finally I move to receive and file item number 26-1145 which is the Cook County Health Report from August 2026 it's been moved by Commissioner Sean Moore sent second by commissioner Trevor to receive and file 261065 26117 the supplemental as well as receive and file 261145 before we go to the Cyril please add Commissioner Moore to the roll call and i aye on all previous items yes sir and commissioner Kevin Morrison on the previous roll call yes yes sir good morning commissioners and chairman daily Cyril Thomas Comptroller for the three month period ended February 28th of 2026 the general fund had a favorable net budget variance of 234.5 million it was comprised of a 204.1 million favorable revenue variance and a favorable expense variance of 30 point four million the favorable revenue variance is driven primarily by county sales tax property tax and cigarette tax receipts higher than forecasted the health fund had an unfavorable net budget variance of three million on a budget or cash basis it was comprised of a 39.5 million unfavorable revenue variants and a favorable expense variance of 36.5 million the accrual based financial reports prepared by the health fund are a better indicator of the financial condition as an enterprise fund state revenues update February 28th of 2026 the state of Illinois owed the county 98 million that included 88.2 million due to the general fund and 9.8 million due to the health fund the receivable was comprised of 15 million from AOIC administrative office of Illinois court 06 million for rent and 82.4 million for federal pass through and state direct grants in fiscal 26 the federal government canceled 0.7 million in one-time grants related to BED that concludes my report does anyone have any questions any question by any of the members if not the uh cook county health scott good morning chairman and commissioners uh scott spenser uh interim cf o for cook county health um so as mentioned uh cook county health ended the month with a th uh three million dollar variance to budget on a cash basis uh this consists of an unfavorable net patient service revenue and uh directed payment variance and a favorable variance uh in regards to uh health plan service revenue and property tax revenue um and expenses um came in favorable to budget by 36 and a half million uh dish payments are current and we have no past due capitation from the state with that happy to answer any questions any questions by any of the members vice chairlow thank you chairman i just uh scott first of all thank you for the report uh i just wanted to share as i did yesterday during the health and hospitals committee uh that our treasure craig williams will be leaving uh cook county health effect of may 15th uh he'll be taking the role of president and ceo uh for spear hospital uh which is located uh in massachus uh near his hometown uh he will be really missed for just a plethora of reasons including uh his leadership relative to the agency reduction plan uh which he is overseeing for over the past year and has just done a phenomenal job we're trying to get Craig in uh at our meeting next month on Thursday which would be May 14th since we'll still have him for one more day so all of us will be able to say good luck in person thank you thank you thank you very much any other questions the motion on the floor is receive and I receive an I item number two six one zero six five receive and file two six one one one seven and two six one one four five roll call commissioner aguilar your vote aye commissioner naya aye commissioner Britton aye commissioner deckman aye commissioner gayner aye commissioner laurie aye commissioner McCasco aye commissioner miller miller aye commissioner more is aye previous votes were all aye commissioner marita

The motion on the floor is receive and I uh receive an item number two six one zero six five, receive in file two six one one one seven and two six one one four-five roll call.

Commissioner Aguilar, you vote aye.

Commissioner Naya.

Hi.

Commissioner Britton.

Hi.

Commissioner Degman.

Hi.

Commissioner Gaynor.

Aye.

Commissioner Laurie.

Aye.

Commissioner McCasco.

Commissioner Miller.

Miller, I.

Commissioner Moore.

Commissioner Previous Volts were all aye.

Commissioner Marita.

Commissioner Keg Morrison.

Commissioner Sean Morrison.

Oh, Morrison.

I.

Commissioner Scott.

Aye.

Commissioner Stamps.

Commissioner Trevor.

Aye.

Commissioner Vasquez.

Chairman.

Aye.

Chairman 17 eyes zero next.

The items are approved.

Commissioner Lowry.

Thank you, Chairman.

I now move to approve item 26-0552.

A proposed resolution increasing the sub-recipient agreement in the amount of up to $1,020,000 to support the first of two renewal options between Cook County's Justice Advisory Council and Heartland Human Care Services for the supporting education and employment development.

That's the seed program.

You might combine both of them, Bill?

Sure.

I move to approve item 26-0828 as amended in the Arata, the proposed resolution for ARPA Cook County Behavioral Health Services Program initiatives implemented by Cook County Health to the following organizations.

One, amend the sub-recipient agreement with Chinese American Service League by 112,000.

Two, amend the sub-recipient agreement with communities and schools of Chicago by 1,219,211.26 cents in three.

Amend the sub-recipient agreement with juvenile protective association by 954,491 dollars.

It's been moved by Commissioner Lowry, second by Commissioner Purden to approve item number 260552.

260828 as a met is amended in the errata.

It was interim.

I believe everyone has been, but uh sochi or is did anyone want to give an overview of these because these are pretty significant contributions that the county is adding through the APRA dollars.

I don't know if any who's here.

So one is J Smith J.

JEC, I'm sorry.

And then Dr.

Nutter, if there's someone from the hospital is on.

If I I just assumed I know everyone's been briefed on this, I believe.

But I think it's good to get an overview of what we're doing doing.

So, Chairman, who do you want to come to the microphone overview?

It would be JE.

The first one is I believe J A C J A C and Christina's here.

Good morning, um, Commissioners.

This is Avic Das, the executive director of the Justice Advisory Council.

My colleague, director of policy, Christina Koppah, is coming to the podium.

I just wanted to take a brief moment to thank you, Commissioners, and send our condolences and heartfelt uh prayers to the Deer family.

The Justice Advisory Council has long endured uh uh enjoyed the support of the Deer family and the community with many organizations, including Laundale Christian Legal Center and of course the Dennis Deere Center, and we're sending our prayers on behalf of the entire JAC team to the group in solidarity with the commissioners.

Thank you.

Now I pass to Christina.

Christina.

Good morning, Commissioners.

The seed program uh originally started with the MacArthur and Safety and Justice Challenge was collaboratively designed by all of the criminal justice stakeholder agencies in Cook County and as a diversion program for emerging adults 18 to 26.

Um we go a little bit older on a case-by-case basis, where we work with Heartland Human Care Services to provide education, employment opportunities as a socioeconomic intervention for folks that might be relying on drug dealing as a form of primary income.

So this is kind of a first of its kind diversion program where we're not just focusing on mental health or behavioral health services, which are typically able to be reimbursed by insurance companies or Medicare.

Uh so this is one that originally started with Mark Garth Foundation funding, and then we were able to braid that with county funding and ARPA funding, and now as we're exiting ARPA, we're looking to renew this contract for another year and continue supporting these young people and this program with JAC re-entry dollars.

Well, congratulations on the hard work.

Um Dr.

Nutter.

I'm sorry, were there any questions on the approval?

Good morning, Commissioners.

Um as you know, in 2024, uh utilizing uh ARPA funding and with the leadership and support of this body, and in particular uh the late Commissioner Deer, our our office was privileged to be able to award uh 44 million dollars in grants to more than 50 local organizations providing behavioral health services throughout Cook County.

Um we're pleased to report that that that those investments have been impactful and uh that those organizations are doing great work.

Uh that will be summarized in a report uh that's being finalized this week.

I saw the first draft of it this week, so you'll be seeing it in the next month uh regarding the impact of these funds through the end of FY25.

But inevitably, if you have uh uh if you award uh grants to uh this this high number of organizations, around 50 with uh just over 50, uh, with a fairly limited time window, inevitably there's gonna be some underspend.

And so, in order to make sure we're making use of uh of all ARPA dollars uh entrusted to us uh and as stewards of public trust, we um identified three organizations uh whose spend rates and spending capacity were such that increasing those rates would allow us to make full use of the uh of the uh dollars uh entrusted to us, and so here to present the details regarding those three organizations and and um uh is via Koslowski, who was uh was and is uh grants administration managers done outstanding job working with all uh 52 partner organizations.

Uh we're also uh also present today are Dr.

Brothers, who is the architect of the Stronger Together program, as well as leadership of each of the three organizations.

Good morning, commissioners.

Um I can go into each of the um partners that we have here today.

So the first is Chinese American Service League.

We are requesting an increase of 112,000.

Um they've already delivered 1,600 service sessions and served over 300 families and clients.

This additional funding will support autism screaming and family navigation services, leading to earlier intervention identification, stronger care coordination, and improve access for children and families in communities like Armour Square, Brighton Park, Chicago Ridge, and Bridgeport.

The next partner is communities and schools of Chicago.

We are requesting an increase of approximately 1.2 million dollars to expand school-based services.

Um this investment will allow an expansion into 10 additional schools, improving attendance engagement and behavioral health outcomes for students in Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, South Lawndale, West Garfield Park, and Auburn Gresham.

And the last is juvenile protective association.

We are requesting an increase of approximately $954,000.

Um they've already provided school-based therapy to 200 schools in North Law and 200 students in North Lawndale and Humboldt Park, and this increase will fully fund the staffing for this program, expand services to 13 schools, and create satellite locations.

Um we have representatives from each of these organizations today.

If you have any additional questions, before I go to questions, I had to ask in the preliminary meeting if you had a list of the schools.

I do, yes and if the you could submit it to the the chair and the entire board members, especially the communities that you're serving.

Absolutely.

Yes, I can provide that.

Questions, Commissioner, Commissioner Sean Morrison.

Chairman, just uh also sorry, the list of each of the um schools and districts were sent to the commissioners earlier this week, but I'm happy to repeat the question.

I didn't have received after our meeting.

But if it's it was done, especially to the members, the school members who represent our schools are being served in that in those areas.

Commissioner Sean Marson.

I just want to reconfirm again, as we have in previous meetings that the I didn't say we're getting both from Guide House and from legal, is that these are going to be in our uh approved as funds that can be used for these sources?

We confirm that again for the doctor that the the guidelines.

Yes, I would doctor.

I would assume they're correct.

They are for the records.

For the record general.

And tomorrow we'll see on the agenda.

BED for the recommendation there's a report from the auditor.

They have what showed that BED internally adapted their own measures was much much stronger than the guidelines said.

I think it's important for the public to know that that we're using these dollars appropriately.

Commissioner Dagman.

Thank you, Chair.

For 26052, the resolution to renew and increase sub-recipient um funds.

Did we get um I am happy with uh organizations that we've historically funded, although I am disappointed with the fact that the county has to redirect money away from environmental programs, including um electronic charging stations, EV charging stations, and brown fields redevelopment.

I think given the storms, the fact that there are typhoons, climate change, and all the environmental issues that are going on that will cost taxpayers and citizens more money, we should have been able to spend that money in the four years, given the fact that we had talked about this many, many years ago.

Um those dollars were allocated, were intended to be spent, and this board agreed with that.

And so the fact that four years later we still haven't spent that money on charging stations, which are not particularly difficult to install, is disappointing.

So while I am glad that the C program is getting additional dollars, that's great.

Um, it's at the expense of environmental initiatives.

So thank you.

Commissioner Shames.

Um thank you.

I was curious um with the statement that when you have this many programs, I'm paraphrasing that you can anticipate and underspend.

Why is that in anticipation to underspend the money if you're servicing this many organizations?

And then we use this term, and then you'll say you'll get it to us next month about how we gauge success.

And I'm curious as to what is the metrics in which we utilize to gauge what we deem is successful beyond um just clinic visits or site or visits.

Um I just want to know what is what is the metrics that you use to gauge it and not use such you know neutral terms like it was really these these organizations were really successful.

Um I also wanted to know a little bit more about the communities and schools and all of the services that they provide and how much money did they receive initially?

And I think you said it, but if you could just repeat it, um, what was the goal?

What were the how do you think gauge outcomes?

Okay, and and verbiage.

Um thank you so much from the attorney.

Uh and then uh yeah, about the communities and schools and the services that they are uh providing, and again, the list of the 13 schools, and thank you for saying you sent it to us earlier in the week.

I appreciate that.

Um but if you do have a copy that you can share with us about what those additional 13 schools are, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you so much, Chair.

Thank you.

Yeah, commissioner you might answer now or submit it to the commissioner.

Do you want that submitted to you now or later?

If they have it now.

Okay, doctor.

Okay.

Well, I'll take those uh one at a time.

So my my comments regarding the uh the spending, uh we have uh 52 awardee organizations, and each of them have a have a budget and they have a limited time window to spend that uh those funds.

And so just given the fact that it's a it's a tight environment workforce-wise, and some of those funds will be were allocated for hiring new staff and just the sheer number of organizations, um some are going to underspend.

That doesn't mean that some are going to hopefully fail.

Uh, this was done through a competitive process, so that you know I think we had more than about 325 organizations total that applied for the grants.

So uh all I was referring to was the fact that we have so many awardees that if some were going to underspend, we'd want to make sure that those underspent uh funds could go somewhere where they would be optimal utilized, not that we were expecting organizations to to fail or to under underspend just that they're just based on the on the logistics of the fact that they're more than 50.

That's all I meant by that.

I hope that wasn't uh misleading.

No, I was just curious, but since you said that, why do we go oh I'm sorry, I I had a response to that.

Is there a reason and I and I'm probably I'm just not aware of the reason behind it, but why do we go and give additional money to organizations that we gave money to rather than look at some of the organizations that we didn't give money to that didn't make that 52 organization cut and support those organizations with with new funding, why do we go back and give people who already got money more money?

Because they wouldn't have been able to spend it.

The we awarded we awarded the uh uh as you recall, there were these awards were made in June of 2024.

The contracts for these organizations uh by the time those logistics were completed, uh I think we're all done around October.

So to go back then and given the limited time window, keep in mind all these funds have to be spent by September 30th of this year.

So the logistics of uh inviting a new organization in would not have been pragmatic and would likely have led to additional underspending on the on the people we're trying to serve.

So uh with regard to your second question on metrics, as part of the application process, organizations had to identify uh how they would um quantify their success and measure their success.

And so while most of the measures that you see in the in the report that will be forthcoming will be number of persons served and those those sorts of um metrics, uh there are specific outcomes measures tracked by many of those organizations.

They're specific to the pro to those projects, so it's hard to generalize on them, but the details of all 52 will be provided again.

That should come out in the next month or so.

Uh I just have the first draft cross my desk this week, so we haven't fully reviewed it internally, but uh you should have the the details of that uh within the next month.

And we're open to uh respond to any questions you may have when you once you see that.

Uh with regard to the CIS uh question.

Oh uh do you want to make a quick so I want to turn it over to Dr.

Judith Allen and Beth Rubens to talk more about communities and schools of Chicago and their services?

Good morning, thank you, Commissioners, for having us here.

Uh my name is Dr.

Judith Allen.

I am the chief operating officer, but also the clinical director of communities and schools of Chicago.

We have had a presence in the Chicago area and working with CPS for 30 years now.

Um our role is we are basically embedded in actually currently 250 schools within CPS.

And our role is to basically act like um individuals that know the students that are struggling.

We only work in the under-resourced communities, uh, the list that was provided earlier, and these are all priority areas for um this project for JAC.

Um when we talk about metrics, uh, the work that we do is not necessarily just huggy buggy handing out candy and taking kids on field trips, but what we're looking at is we're looking at the work that we're doing, the interventions, the counseling, the coaching, the case management, how does it move the needle in terms of their academic scores, their attendance, and their behavior.

Everything we do is measured on those three um indicators, which means that we are focused on the students that are um of the most need in those schools that we provide service to.

Um, I'm gonna ask Beth to talk a little bit about our budget and what it looks like.

Um I believe this is the only form of municipal funding that we receive.

We have a close to nine million dollar budget that is based on fundraising, grant writing, um, and uh initiatives like this.

Hello, Commissioners.

My name is Beth Rubens.

I'm the director of institutional giving for communities and schools of Chicago.

Um, a little bit about our budget and why this project has worked for our organization.

As Judith mentioned, we are almost exclusively funded by private philanthropy, institutional giving, foundation giving, um, but we do have we've had a history of working with JAC and here with the Cook County Department of Behavioral Health.

We have had a great opportunity with this grant.

The reason CIS was selected, and I'm sure Sophia can speak more specifically to it, is because our spend down rates had been uh better than adequate when compared to the other grantees.

Um as Judith mentioned, we are in a large number of schools.

The schools where we have a full-time staff member on campus, numbers 40.

And because we had the capacity and the opportunity to expand the services where we already are, um, that's why we were received an increase in this grant, uh, a proposed increase in this grant.

So the costs per service um for us, it runs around 150,000 per year per person, all in and the county funds are not being proposed to uh fund 100% of that.

We leverage that with other funding.

And if there are any questions about our financial model or how we um operate in schools, I'm happy to answer that.

I don't want to take up too much time.

Just say follow-up.

So is your you're in the public schools, correct?

Yes.

For a number of years you said 37, actually going on 38 years now.

So if an individual has an IEP in the pub within the public school, do you work with the teacher in that classroom or like additional help or is this separate?

We don't work with um we're doing if you want to answer that on a clinical level.

Right.

Right.

On a clinical level, we do not work with students that have IEPs because they are actually earmarked to work with school counselors and legally we are not allowed to work in that scope.

So this is someone who who did not meet that level.

Exactly.

Okay, okay, thank you.

Uh Commissioner, is any any additional questions?

Commissioner McCaysk.

I'm sorry, Commissioner Stamps, did you have a follow-up?

Commissioner McCasco.

Thank you, Chair.

Um I listened to the list that you gave, and I'm still I'm seeing where the dollars are being given, and we're increasing dollars for certain locations.

None of the locations seem to be stretching out their services to the South Suburban area.

And I continue to reiterate that at every single meeting.

If we're going to continue to give out grants, we've given millions, billions in this area to Chicago.

At some point, we need to be purposeful in our effort to bring services and those same levels of funding into the Southland region.

You're missing the entire South Side of Chicago and the South the Southland of Chicago, meaning four, five, and six.

So I really want us to be more intent, and it's unfortunate that we're trying to be purposeful at a time when the dollars are actually about to expend themselves.

They're going to expire in September.

So we need to see what can be done between now and September to make sure that the schools, because it sounds like a wonderful service that's being done in Chicago public schools, and I'm glad that it's there, but I want to see it replicated in other areas that also need that service.

Well, just uh a couple of things I'd like to clarify, and thank you for that question.

Um the decisions to award these three organizations was based on uh spend rate and and capacity.

And if we had five or six organizations that met those thresholds, we'd be we'd be bringing five or six organizations here.

This wasn't a you know, some organizations were selected and some were not, type of a type of a situation.

No.

But the broader question that you're asking is on the awarding of the uh of the grants in the first place, and you know, we um at the time uh those uh that grant making process was underway.

We had the we had the summit in February of 2024, um trying to build public awareness of it.

We there were a number of grant-making um sessions and educational sessions for particularly for smaller organizations that may not have strong grant-making apparatus, uh, so that we wouldn't just be awarding the same big players that always get grants when grants are awarded.

Um we had additional points awarded for areas of high social vulnerability, and I think the areas where the grants were awarded correlates actually fairly well with uh areas of highest social vulnerability across Cook County.

Is that as uniform as we'd like it to be?

Maybe not, but I'd be happy to provide the.

So Dr.

Mailey, I think her question to Commissioner Miller and Stan have been.

Do you have a list of those communities?

Um the groups that you sent, like in her district, whether it be a hospital or whatever uh agency that might she would be able to say, hey, this was sent out and no one responded.

Is that compared to the happy reset?

We're happy to resend that information on the on the entire grant making process.

Is there commissioner cask?

You have 52 schools or 52 organizations that you mentioned.

You keep touting the number 52.

Of those 52 schools, how many are on the of those 52 agencies?

How many are in four, five, and six?

Districts.

What's that actual number?

District four.

Hold on.

There's two parts.

How many are in four, five, and six, or on the south side of Chicago?

And then of those organizations, so when you decided, when you made the decision, because it didn't just arbitrarily happen as you're trying to imply, of those of those uh agencies that you decided to give more money to, of those, how many of those are in the that same area?

That's that's the question.

You cannot continue to quantify it about as by saying these are the people that spend the money down, because if they're not spending the money down, then that means that there's a technical issue at our level because we should be showing them or helping them to learn how to spend the money appropriately so they can spend it down.

That's exactly right.

When we are having those meetings.

Okay, so with that being said, there should have been at least one program out of the three or four or five that could have been placed somewhere south so that those services could be extended so that we're servicing the entire county and not just certain parts.

That's my point.

So, and no, that information has not been sent.

So, and if it has, please re-forward it.

It might have been sent.

Uh I'm not uh it was sent in the summer of 2024, so I'm not sure where that where that falls with.

No, I wouldn't have that.

Okay, well we're we're happy to resend that information.

I think that's the commissioner just doctor, just so you know, she's come and has said this if and this applies to everyone.

When information is sent out to community groups or whatever, it helps her uh as well as other commissioners to know if we're asked X amount of uh that you by district, these community groups groups were sent.

And I know in 24, I uh commit I'm just trying to recall if you were here or not.

Um anyways, just say it was sent out.

So anyways, just say it was sent out.

It helps her to say, hey, these community groups would when she goes, anyone goes to a meeting, they were sent out and no one responded.

Whatever.

That's basically in served lack of services.

So whatever they did didn't respond for whatever reason.

Correct, Commissioner, but besides the bigger picture.

And it came up yesterday in a meeting yesterday as well.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Commissioner Braden, let me finish.

Thank you, Chairman.

And just referring back to Commissioner Stamp's question and Commissioner McCaskill.

All these organizations are renewing.

This is just renewals.

And Commissioner Stamp says other organizations are wait for funding.

So what are what's your action?

What's the criteria of you renewing automatic renewals?

So when they're going to renew their funding, do they report to you or how do you measure their success?

And I mean maybe I'm reading this wrong, but a hundred percent of these organizations are going to get renewed.

So they just renew their their contract or whatever.

So that means they were all the all they all reported good results.

Do you measure their results or how do you base the criteria of renewal funding?

So none of them are up for renewal at this point.

This is simply about allocating additional resources so that we don't leave monies unspent rather than spending those monies on uh on those who need behavioral health services.

So again, this is a um this was a process that was based on on spend rate and spend capacity.

Um we would have been happy to award more were there more organizations that were you know, do you mind do you monitor these organizations?

All of the all of the and all of those organizations we we have our staff meet with them monthly, uh sometimes more frequently.

They're not only tracking their their spending, uh their compliance with uh RFA requirements, but also the the quality measures that each of those organizations are tracking for this product for the process.

And and you feel secure that all of them are meeting the standards and they're meeting their goals and their whatever you whatever uh tell up to those that they have they're meeting up to them, and then you're not open to any other options or other organizations that uh Commissioner Stamps was saying that maybe there's some other organizations that might qualify, and then if one organization is in the meet the power, maybe you could reconsider them or I don't know, just look at a different thing.

Well, again, if we were we to try to do that to find other organizations to award at this at this stage in the game, uh by the time those organizations received their award and contract, the time period of the uh for the grant would be expired, and so those monies would be unused.

That's it, that's my point.

All of them met requirements.

That's amazing.

All of them met requirements.

It's an incredible record.

Well, it's a it's a really impressive group of uh of the questions.

Commissioner says you know, just let me if we don't allocate this, we we will lose our dollars.

What was done in the and they was there was a series of very long process, we were all involved, and we're able to inform big individuals in our districts.

But if we don't allocate this, the dollars are gone.

This must be spent uh within this period of time by the And it must be spent on these organizations.

It has to be spent.

They've been out, they've gone through the process of uh determination and all that.

Everyone was given an opportunity by district or whatever the groups they reach out to.

Um and we were part of that to reach out to our community.

Uh please uh mute yourself and resolution to call on me again.

Please mute mute yourself, but if we don't do this, we will the dollars are called okay.

Then these are these are these are our funds?

Yes.

These are our time.

Isn't it December?

Isn't it December the deadline to spend?

September 30th.

I thought it was December.

Right.

Pardon me.

I thought we mean.

I thought we had to spend it by December, not you explain it.

It's right here.

So all these years were I'm thinking that's December.

Well, that's news of me.

I was told to center it.

Oh, here I am.

Hey, well.

Hi.

Good morning, Tanya Anthony, Chief Financial Officer.

I was just coming to whisper in Chairman Daly's ear.

So um ARPA funding, we had to obligate our ARPA funding by the end of December of 2024.

Obligation means that we had all our contracts locked in and we could not change how we were spending the money and pass it on to things that were not obligated.

And so what we're trying to say here is we had to give it to contracts that already existed when we obligated our ARPA funding by the end of 2024.

So there was no opportunity to obligate or to give new funding to new organizations.

Oh, okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Just double checking back out.

Thank you, Chair.

Um this question is for the director.

Bill.

So I just want a little bit of clarity on the individuals in which you serve.

You say that you don't serve individuals with IEPs.

Uh in communities in which you serve.

A lot of folks that have IPs are the folks that are having challenges with behavior.

Behavior, they're having challenges uh academically.

Um so are these individuals who you know parents may not have opted in, because I know you have to sign the IEP as a parent.

Are these folks who might not have signed in the IEP?

Uh and then what what are the other um categories that they may fall in as it relates to to whom you serve?

And director, tell us your name again, please.

Yes, um, I'm Dr.

Judith Allen, and I'm the chief operating officer and clinical director of community schools of Chicago.

The students that we work with, some of them um correct, have not tested um for IEPs, and part of that's because maybe the school doesn't have the resources or ability to test them.

One of the things you want to make sure is that the resources we provide are not double dipping and are not overlaid.

Um but we do have students that um are on the verge, and what we do is provide recommendations that yes, we need to move forward to get that child an IEP.

The I'm gonna use air quotes typical student that we will work with will be a student that has truancy issues, um, a student that has it on the verge of suspension, um, a student that is failing grades, and we know that if they're not in school, they're not learning.

If they're not learning, we also see behavioral issues.

So these are all students that are really kind of on the fulcrum of the seesaw, where if we're not there, they're gonna further slip down and eventually drop out.

And I know sometimes they may be evaluated and not assessed an IEP.

Um in or let's say graduated out of the IEP or did not qualify anymore.

Do you then serve those students as well?

Just one of the yes, absolutely.

So that the word there's no gap in services or support.

And we work with the parents as well to make sure that they're informed about what we do.

Every parent signs a consent form to allow their student to work with us.

Yeah, and through the through the chair, just not even um the ones that we're funding.

I I'd love to know the schools that you are in across um the district if possible.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Commissioner Stamps.

Thank you, Chair.

Just to be clear.

In the 52 receiving organizations of this money, none of them are on the South Side or in the South lands.

That is not correct.

That's not correct.

No.

Okay.

I don't have the specific numbers, but I uh we we can send those to you.

Why don't we do this?

Submit it to the chair and you have all the members.

And I would really be able to sub the sooner if we could have sketched that list out of what's in by districts by the South Side, you know.

Yes, Commissioner both have asked.

Thank you, Chair.

I was just I was just confused about the specificity of the question, and so I I heard it wrong.

I thought we didn't give any money, but it what the the correction was it was just that three organizations that's been expanded to receive additional monies are not neither of those organizations are in the Southlands.

So I was correct.

Okay, so thank you.

And I think it helps when not only you that but any group that comes to have that information available.

I think it's it, I mean, pretty it should be pretty accessible to say yes, these are the communities, not only these ones we're dealing with today, but in general, and again, it just doesn't apply to you.

Commission Commissioner Stamps has been on this from day one to uh make it applicable to everyone when you come and testify.

Thank you.

Yeah, so the motion on the floor uh it's been moved and seconded.

The motion by Commissioner Lowry, second by Britton.

Commissioner, did you have a follow-up?

Roll call.

And Chairman, this is for the last two items on the agenda to approve 260552 and 260828.

Commissioner Aguilar, your vote, sir?

Aye.

Commissioner Naya.

Commissioner Britton?

Commissioner Degnan.

Aye.

Commissioner Gaynor.

Aye.

Vice Chair Laurie.

Aye.

Commissioner McCasco.

Commissioner Miller.

Miller.

Aye.

Commissioner Moore.

Moore is aye, but uh present on item 260552.

0552.

There is a present vote for Commissioner Moore.

The other item is aye.

Commissioner Marita.

Commissioner Kevin Morrison.

Commissioner Sean Morsen.

Commissioner Scott.

Is out of the room, absent for the moment.

Commissioner Stamps.

Yes.

I vote.

Thank you, ma'am.

Commissioner Stamps is aye.

Commissioner Trevor.

Aye.

Commissioner Trevor is aye.

Commissioner Vasquez.

Aye.

Commissioner Vasquez is aye.

Commissioner Scott, your vote is aye.

Thank you.

Commissioner Scott is aye.

Chairman?

Aye.

Chairman's vote is aye.

Chairman, thus you have 17 ayes and one present vote for Commissioner Moore on item number 0552.

The items are approved.

Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Moore, second by Commissioner Vasquez.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Oppose the motion, carries.